Expansion of the Seawater System of the Center for Marine Science

PI要求提供资金，通过扩建现有湿实验室一侧的相邻现场设备储存室和现有湿实验室另一侧的前装运/接收室，增加湿实验室空间，以扩大和增强海水设施。这些房间是在CMS大楼新翼完工后提供的。最初的建筑包括一个湿实验室和海水设施，由于新的教师招聘和研究和教育计划的增长，对这些设施的需求大大增加。湿实验室的海水来自码头末端的ICW。CMS湿实验室提供约1，500平方英尺的空间，有9个海水接入点，以满足68 UNCW教师，他们的研究生和本科生以及访问调查员的需求。自2000年以来，随着海洋研究计划的快速发展，对湿实验室空间的需求已经超过了目前的可用性。会议室应可供特定项目使用（而不是专用于单个项目）。其中一个分庭的优先使用权将授予从事论文或论文研究的研究生。智力优点：湿实验室空间的扩大将大大增加研究和教育的选择提供给UNCW教师，访问科学家和CMS的学生。扩大的实验室空间将适应许多研究项目对培养设施日益增长的需求，在生物体能够可靠地和独立地维持之前，科学不能开始。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。这些增加将提高学生研究的能力，甚至还为学生工作留出了一个环境室。此外，还将有助于许多教育计划，该网站主机提供动物饲养设施的实践和探索计划。该中心通过MarineQuest项目参与外展活动已有20多年，该项目为中小学生和成年人提供实践经验（迄今已有66，000人），并通过各种营地，课程和研讨会。

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.