RAPID: Deploying VentCam as a Data Collection Base Station for the Axial Seamount SensorBot Array

2011年8月，在Juan de Fuca Ridge轴向海山对SensorBot阵列进行测试期间，PI请求资金将VentCam海底摄像机系统重新用作数据接收基站。SensorBot阵列是一组光通信和荧光传感聚碳酸酯球体，使用最初用于人类健康应用的新型荧光聚合物测量弥漫性热液流体特性。该技术的重新部署将涉及VentCam控制软件的大量重写，以及硬件的微小变化。该项目以低成本的方式展示了VentCam的多功能性，并最大限度地提高了其对海底科学界的益处。更广泛的影响：该项目还将展示VentCam系统的多功能性，以及该系统在解决各种海底仪器问题方面的潜在适用性。将有几名本科生加入这次游轮，他们将与科学家、工程师和游轮一起工作。以获得使用海洋仪器的经验，并进行自己的研究。作为一名职业生涯早期的科学家，这个项目将支持PI？美国开发新型海底的努力

The PI requests funds to repurpose the VentCam seafloor camera system to act as a data receiving base station during a test of the SensorBot array at Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca Ridge during August of 2011. The SensorBot array is a set of optically communicating and fluorescently sensing polycarbonate spheres that measure diffuse hydrothermal fluid properties using novel fluorescent polymers developed originally for use in human health applications. The redeployment of this technology will involve a substantial rewrite of the VentCam control software, and minor changes to hardware. This project represents a low-cost opportunity to demonstrate the versatility of the VentCam, and maximize its benefit to the seafloor scientific community.Broader Impacts: This project will also demonstrate the versatility of the VentCam system and the potential applicability of this system to address a variety of seafloor instrumentation problems. There will be several undergraduate students joining this cruise who will work alongside scientists, engineers, and the ship?s crew to gain experience using oceanographic instrumentation and to conduct their own research. As an early career scientist, this project will support the PI?s efforts to develop novel seafloor