PASI: Pan-American Sensors for Environmental Observatories - An Interdisciplinary PASI; Bahia Blanca, Argentina, January 2009

这项由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2009年1月在阿根廷Bahía布兰卡的阿根廷研究所Oceanografía举行。由加州大学默塞德分校的Thomas C. Harmon博士组织，PASI的目标是在传感器系统技术应用于环境观测科学方面为参与者提供跨学科的合作培训经验。该活动将为30-40名研究生、博士后和初级教师提供多样化的团队，他们的背景从芯片上的实验室传感器开发到湖泊学的实地探索，并提供一系列的动手实验，这将扩大他们在传感器系统技术领域的实践经验。拟议的PASI短期课程将通过培养一批在环境观测技术状况方面受过培训的科学家和工程师骨干，并为开展应用环境传感器系统的技术开发和环境研究领域的国际合作研究做好准备，从而具有变革性。该项目还将帮助开发可通过美国和国际研究组织在其他情况下重复使用的培训材料。调查结果将通过PASEO网站https://eng.ucmerced.edu/paseo公布。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place January 2009 at the Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Organized by Dr. Thomas C. Harmon of the University of California - Merced, the goal of this PASI is to deliver an interdisciplinary collaborative training experience to participants in applications of sensor system technology to environmental observational science.The activity will provide a diverse group of 30-40 graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty with backgrounds ranging from lab-on-a-chip sensor development to field exploration in limnology with a series of hands-on experiments, which will expand their practical experience in the field of sensor system technology. The proposed PASI short course will be transformative by creating a cadre of scientists and engineers who are trained in the state-of-technology for environmental observations and primed for embarking on international collaborative research in both technology development and environmental research domains applying environmental sensor systems. The project will also help develop training materials that can be reused in other contexts through U.S. and international research organizations. Results will be disseminated through the PASEO web site at https://eng.ucmerced.edu/paseo.