Research Vessel for Everett Community College

埃弗里特社区学院研究船

• 批准号: 1318552
• 负责人: Ardi Kveven
• 金额: $ 21.81万
• 依托单位: Everett Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1318552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Vessel; Everett; Community; College

Everett Community College (EvCC) is awarded a grant to acquire a research vessel to enhance undergraduate research experiences for community college students and other educational partners in the North Puget Sound region. This research vessel provides the platform to conduct basic biological research relevant to two local community college education agendas, leveraging new levels of academic and scientific collaboration. Providing opportunities for students to explore the intersection between research and education while dissecting the biological connections to physical and geological dynamics in an estuary represents powerful teaching and learning.The vessel will be equipped with a drop down bow for beach landing and swing through davit access for a CTD array and sediment dredge, as well as electronic interface for real-time display of water column profile and benthic surveys. The vessel will expand and enhance the research capacity on longitudinal research conducted by students, increasing research cruises from monthly to weekly, while providing greater research training opportunities for more students. A dedicated research vessel provides flexibility to adjust to weather conditions, allows for anchoring, provides shallow water access for eel grass surveys, increases data collection as well as accessibility, increases collaboration between community colleges, universities and state agencies and provides increased opportunities for community engagement.Emerging partnerships expand the research opportunities beyond EvCC, through the partner institutions of the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative. Ongoing partnerships with local universities, state agencies, K-12 institutions and community partners provide rich opportunities for increasing the sense of place and the connection to the local ecosystem which helps students make more informed decisions about the environment in which they live. By providing the tools and access, this vessel represents an innovative platform for teaching and training emerging scientists, many of whom are underserved in STEM fields. For more information visit www.everettcc.edu/orca

埃弗雷特社区学院（EvCC）获得一笔赠款，用于购买一艘研究船，以增强北普吉特海湾地区社区学院学生和其他教育合作伙伴的本科研究经验。这艘研究船提供了一个平台，进行与两个当地社区学院教育议程相关的基础生物学研究，利用新的学术和科学合作水平。为学生提供探索研究和教育之间的交叉点的机会，同时剖析河口的物理和地质动力学的生物联系，这是一个强大的教学和学习。该船将配备一个下拉式船头，用于海滩登陆，并通过CTD阵列和沉积物挖掘机的入口摆动，以及用于实时显示水柱剖面和底栖调查的电子界面。该船将扩大和提高学生进行纵向研究的研究能力，将研究巡航从每月增加到每周，同时为更多学生提供更多的研究培训机会。一艘专用的研究船提供了适应天气条件的灵活性，允许抛锚，为鳗鱼草调查提供浅水通道，增加了数据收集和可访问性，增加了社区学院，大学和国家机构之间的合作，并为社区参与提供了更多的机会。新兴的合作伙伴关系扩展了EvCC之外的研究机会，通过社区学院本科生研究计划的合作机构。与当地大学，国家机构，K-12机构和社区合作伙伴的持续伙伴关系为增加地方感和与当地生态系统的联系提供了丰富的机会，这有助于学生对他们生活的环境做出更明智的决定。 通过提供工具和访问，这艘船代表了教学和培训新兴科学家的创新平台，其中许多人在STEM领域服务不足。如欲了解更多信息，请访问www.everettcc.edu/orca