FSML: Expansion of Small Boat Dockage Facility at the Center for Marine Research

北卡罗来纳大学威尔明顿分校海洋研究中心。联合国开发计划署获得了一笔赠款，用于扩建和更新海洋研究中心(CMS)现有的码头设施。CMS提供的主要设备或共享设备作为核心设施运行。每个设施都有一名确定的教职员工作为设施负责人，技术支持和服务合同由CMS维护。这些设施是北卡罗来纳大学任何组成校区的教职员工和学生可以使用的地区性资源(以消耗品的成本)，而成本只是其他地方收取的成本的一小部分。研究船作业核心设施的成立是为了管理和维护大学的研究船队。CMS运营着22艘船，大小从4米(13英尺)到11米(35英尺)的R/V海鹰号，到21米(68英尺)的R/V恐惧角。CMS唯一直接进入现场的通道是通过一个235米(770英尺)长的码头和一个大型平台，该码头直接位于近海水道上，只有一个永久泊位用于支持通常由R/V CAPE FREARE号占用的长达25米(80英尺)的科考船，以及两个用于阶段性研究的小型浮动平台。这笔赠款将扩大现有码头，在现有码头基础上增加一个72英尺(21米)的扩建部分，其中将包括8个小船滑板、4个带升船机的滑板和4个不带升降器的1-35英尺(11米)的R/V海鹰泊位，以及一个用于其他研究项目和贝类养殖的空间。这一扩展/扩建将极大地方便人们使用船只，以满足海洋科学AT计划不断扩大的科学、教育和外展需求。可信的海洋科学计划需要可靠、装备精良的船只，能够轻松进入海洋环境。此外，联合国教科文组织及其旗舰海洋科学项目的目标是在所有级别的海洋科学中增加体验式学习，从K到Gray。CMS为100名教师、约500名本科生(海洋生物学、海洋学和物理学，可选修物理和海洋学)、约100名攻读海洋科学学位的硕士研究生、约20名攻读海洋生物学博士学位的学生和60名工作人员提供实验室和实地访问。有专门用于研究、教育和公众宣传的空间。随着最近将该大学的认证与一项专注于通过应用学习体验变革性教育(ETEAL)的质量提升计划捆绑在一起，该计划建立在该大学作为该州沿海大学的使命基础上，预计未来十年我们的小型船队用于“由跨学科和教学探索启发的应用学习”将大幅增加。此外，该中心与MarineQuest和沃森教育学院合作，为K-12学生提供为期30年的体验式学习机会；为18,000多名对海洋环境感兴趣的年轻人(进入第三代)提供令人兴奋的学术充实机会，仅去年一年就有8,000多人。新汉诺威县的几乎每个学生都曾参加过MarineQuest项目，其中许多学生都需要方便地使用船只。仅去年夏天，来自全国各地和海外的500多名年龄在10岁至17岁之间的学生参加了暑期寄宿夏令营，他们使用了CMS科考船。欲了解更多有关CMS的信息，请访问http://uncw.edu/cms/.。

University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) Center for Marine Research. UNCW is awarded a grant to expand and update the current dockage facilities at the Center for Marine Researh (CMS). Major pieces of equipment or shared use equipment that are provided by CMS are operated as CORE Facilities. Each facility has an identified faculty member as the facility leader, with technical support and service contracts maintained by CMS. These facilities are regional resources available to faculty and students from any UNC constituent campus (for the cost of expendables) at a fraction of the costs that would be charged elsewhere. The Research Vessel Operations Core Facility was formed to manage and maintain the University's research fleet. CMS operates 22 vessels ranging in size from 4 meters (13 feet) to the 11 m (35 foot) R/V Seahawk to the 21-meters (68-foot) R/V Cape Fear. CMS's only direct access to the field is via a 235 meter (770 ft) long dock with a large platform directly on the Intracoastal Waterway with only one permanent berth for support of research vessels up to 25 meters long (80 feet), normally occupied by the R/V Cape Fear, and 2 small floating platforms for staging research. This grant will expand the current dock by adding a 72 ft (21 m) extension to the existing dock that will include 8 small boat slips, 4 slips with boat hoists and 4 without, 1 - 35 ft (11 m) berth with hoist for the R/V Seahawk, a well as space for additional research projects and shellfish culturing. This expansion/extension will greatly ease access to the boats for the ever expending scientific, educational and outreach needs of the marine science at program.A credible marine science program needs reliable, well-equipped vessels with easy access to the marine environment. In addition, UNCW and its flagship marine science program has a goal of increasing experiential learning in marine science at all levels, K to Gray. CMS provides laboratory and field access for 100 faculty, ~ 500 undergraduate students (Marine Biology, Oceanography and Physics with option in Physics Oceanography), ~ 100 M.S. students pursuing marine science degrees; ~ 20 students pursuing Ph.D. degrees in Marine Biology, and 60+ staff. with dedicated space for research, education and public outreach. With the recent tying of the University's accreditation to a Quality Enhancement Plan focused on Experiencing Transformative Education through Applied Learning (eTEAL) built upon the University's mission as the state's coastal university, projected use of our small boat fleet in the next decade for "applied learning inspired by explorations across academic disciplines and pedagogies" to increase dramatically. In addition, in partnership with MarineQuest and Watson School of Education, the Center offered experiential learning opportunities for K to 12 students for 30 years; providing exciting academic enrichment opportunities for over 18,000 young people (entering 3rd generation) interested in the marine environment, with over 8,000 just in the last year. Virtually every student in New Hanover County has at one time participated in a MarineQuest program, many of which have need of easy access to vessels. Last summer alone, more than 500 students ages 10 to 17 from across the country and abroad who participated in summer boarding camps made use of CMS research vessels. For more information about CMS visit http://uncw.edu/cms/.