Expansion of the Seawater System of the Center for Marine Science

海洋科学中心海水系统扩建

• 批准号: 0934295
• 负责人: Richard Satterlie
• 金额: $ 10.99万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• 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: 2009-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0934295&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expansion; Seawater; System; Center; Marine

The PI's request funding to expand and enhance seawater facilities by increasing wet laboratory space through expansion into an adjacent field equipment storage room on one side of the existing wet lab room, and into the former shipping/receiving room on the other side of the current wet lab room. These rooms were made available upon completion of the new wing of the CMS building. The original building included a wet laboratory and seawater facility for which demand has increased greatly due to new faculty hires and growth of research and education programs. The wet laboratory is supplied with seawater drawn from the ICW at the end of a pier. The CMS wet laboratory provides about 1,500 ft2 of space with 9 seawater access points to meet the needs of 68 UNCW faculty, their graduate and undergraduate students, and visiting investigators. With rapid development of marine research programs since 2000, demand for wet laboratory space has exceeded current availability. chambers to be available for specific project use (rather than dedication to a single project). Use priority of one of the chambers will go to graduate students working on dissertation or thesis research. Intellectual merit: Expansion of wet laboratory space would greatly increase the options for research and education available to UNCW faculty, visiting scientists and students at CMS. Expanded laboratory space would accommodate the growing demand for culture facilities for many research programs, the science cannot begin until organisms can be reliably and dependably maintained. Broader Impacts: The site is very active in education and research-training of undergraduate and graduate students. The additions will enhance capacity for student research and 1 environmental chamber has even been set aside for student work. The addition will also contribute to the many educational programs that the site hosts by providing animal holding facilities for hands-on and exploration programs. The center has been involved in outreach for over 20 years via a MarineQuest program offering primary and secondary students and adults hands on experiences (66,000 to date), and also through a variety of camps, classes, and seminars.

PI 请求提供资金来扩大和增强海水设施，方法是扩展到现有湿实验室一侧的相邻现场设备储藏室以及当前湿实验室另一侧的前运输/接收室，从而增加湿实验室空间。这些房间在 CMS 大楼新翼竣工后即可使用。原来的建筑包括一个湿实验室和海水设施，由于新教师的聘用以及研究和教育项目的增长，对这些设施的需求大大增加。湿实验室的海水是从码头末端的 ICW 抽取的。 CMS 湿实验室提供约 1,500 平方英尺的空间和 9 个海水接入点，可以满足 68 名 UNCW 教职人员、研究生和本科生以及访问研究人员的需求。自 2000 年以来，随着海洋研究项目的快速发展，对湿实验室空间的需求已经超出了目前的可用空间。室可供特定项目使用（而不是专用于单个项目）。从事论文或论文研究的研究生将优先使用其中一个室。智力价值：湿实验室空间的扩大将大大增加 UNCW 教师、访问科学家和 CMS 学生的研究和教育选择。扩大的实验室空间将满足许多研究项目对培养设施不断增长的需求，只有能够可靠且可靠地维持生物体，科学才能开始。更广泛的影响：该网站在本科生和研究生的教育和研究培训方面非常活跃。这些新增设施将增强学生的研究能力，甚至还预留了 1 个环境室用于学生工作。通过提供用于实践和探索项目的动物饲养设施，该新增设施还将为该地点举办的许多教育项目做出贡献。 20 多年来，该中心一直通过 MarineQuest 项目开展外展活动，为中小学生和成人提供实践经验（迄今为止已提供 66,000 次实践经验），并通过各种夏令营、课程和研讨会开展活动。