Improvements in Facilities for Field Research, Education and Marine Operations at the Great Lakes WATER Institute

五大湖水研究所实地研究、教育和海洋作业设施的改进

• 批准号: 0829481
• 负责人: J Klump
• 金额: $ 25.5万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829481&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvements; Facilities; Field; Research; Education

The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (UWM) is awarded a grant for the conversion and renovation of approximately 4,000 GSF of floor space into a field research operations, staging and sample processing facility for ?Water, Environment, and Technology?. This field facility will provide: direct access to the dock with overhead door and platform lift; direct access to boat storage yard with overhead door and vehicle ramp; facilities for mobilization, storage, maintenance, cleaning, and isolation of nets, buoys and other field gear; an open field laboratory bay for sample processing and analysis; and adjacent temporary aquaria tank space for holding collected specimens. It will also assist with funding for the conversion of the existing smaller staging area into a new instructional laboratory which the Institute currently lacks. The UWM Great Lakes Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research (WATER) Institute is the only oceanographic-scale research dock on Lake Michigan that is active year round. The facility houses the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Great Lakes Studies and serves as a base for UW research vessels and scientists from other campuses. Broader Impacts:The proposed new space at the WATER Institute would support anticipated growth in educational and outreach activities. Programs that would be developed or expanded upon include: Partnership with Discovery World, Partnership with Milwaukee Public Museum/JASON Project, Parnership with Urban Ecology Center and others listed in the body of the proposal. The urban location of the WATER Institute provides an opportunity to engage underrepresented groups and groups from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. In addition, the long-running REU program provides opportunities for undergraduates. Other educational/outreach programs have suffered from lack of teaching space, and most programs, e.g., JASON, UEC, SSCHC, COSEE, indicate an interest in participating more, once the space is made available.

威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校 (UWM) 获得拨款，将约 4,000 GSF 的建筑面积改建和翻新为“水、环境和技术”领域的实地研究操作、暂存和样品处理设施。该现场设施将提供： 通过高架门和平台升降机直接进入码头；通过高架门和车辆坡道可直接进入船舶存放场；网、浮标和其他野外装备的动员、储存、维护、清洁和隔离设施；用于样品处理和分析的露天实验室；以及邻近的临时水族箱空间，用于保存收集到的标本。它还将协助提供资金，将现有的较小的中转区域改造成研究所目前缺乏的新教学实验室。 UWM 五大湖威斯康星州水产技术和环境研究所 (WATER) 研究所是密歇根湖上唯一一个全年活跃的海洋学规模的研究码头。该设施设有威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校五大湖研究中心，并作为威斯康星大学研究船和其他校区科学家的基地。更广泛的影响：水研究所拟议的新空间将支持教育和外展活动的预期增长。将开发或扩展的项目包括：与探索世界的合作、与密尔沃基公共博物馆/JASON 项目的合作、与城市生态中心的合作以及提案正文中列出的其他项目。水研究所的城市位置为吸引代表性不足的群体和来自不同社会经济背景的群体提供了机会。此外，长期运行的 REU 项目为本科生提供了机会。其他教育/外展项目因缺乏教学空间而受到影响，大多数项目，例如 JASON、UEC、SSCHC、COSEE，一旦有空间，就会表示有兴趣参与更多。