Modernization and expansion of seawater facilities at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

俄勒冈州大学获得了一笔赠款，用于扩大和现代化俄勒冈州海洋生物研究所运行的海水系统的老化部件（http：//pages.uoregon.edu/oimb/）。 该系统是海洋实验室基础设施中最重要的部分，几乎所有研究人员和学生，包括来自其他机构的科学家，每天都在使用该系统。 使用寿命即将结束的大型海水泵将被更换为由微处理器系统控制的新水泵，该系统可通过安全的无线网络进行监测和编程。 泵和控制装置将被包含在一个新的泵房中，该泵房提供了良好的防盐雾和防潮保护。备用发电机将确保在停电期间持续运行，浪费的淡水启动将被简单和可持续的海水启动系统取代。 新的储罐将增加容量，以容纳越来越多的参观者和使用海洋实验室的学生。 这一基础设施的改善将支持发育生物学、幼虫生物学、动物行为和生态学的研究，所有这些都需要可靠的纯净和丰富的海水。 海水系统是不可或缺的，几乎所有的海洋教育在俄勒冈州的大学，包括针对小学班级和教师，本科生，从其他学院，社区学院的教师和学生访问类的计划，以及访问研究生。 公众可以通过讲座和讲习班以及即将开放的新的公共博物馆和水族馆获得服务。俄勒冈州大学的几个项目是针对少数民族学生的，包括美洲原住民。一个沿海硕士自然主义者认证计划准备在州立公园和其他场所服务的非正式海洋科学教育工作者。 为教师编制的海洋科学课程在互联网上免费提供。

The University of Oregon is awarded a grant to expand and modernize aging components of the running seawater system at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (http://pages.uoregon.edu/oimb/). The system, which is used daily by virtually all researchers and students at the facility including scientists from other institutions, is the most important part of the marine lab infrastructure. Large seawater pumps near the end of their useful life will be replaced with new pumps controlled by a microprocessor-based system that can be monitored and programmed through a secure wireless network. The pumps and controls will be contained in a new pump house that affords excellent protection from salt spray and humidity. A backup generator will assure continuous operation during power outages and wasteful freshwater priming will be replaced with a simple and sustainable seawater priming system. New storage tanks will increase capacity to accommodate the growing numbers of visitors and students that use the marine lab. This infrastructure improvement will support research in developmental biology, larval biology, animal behavior and ecology, all of which require reliably pure and abundant seawater. The seawater system is integral to virtually all of the marine education at the University of Oregon, including programs directed at elementary school classes and teachers, undergraduate college students, visiting classes from other colleges, community college faculty and students, and visiting graduate students. The general public is served by lectures and workshops as well as a new public museum and aquarium that will soon open. Several programs at the University of Oregon are directed at minority students, including Native Americans. A Coastal Master Naturalist certification program prepares informal marine science educators for service in state parks and other venues. Marine science curriculum developed for teachers is made freely available on the internet.