UC Santa Barbara Marine Laboratory SCUBA Compressor Improvement

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校海洋实验室水肺压缩机改进

• 批准号: 1418738
• 负责人: Mark Brzezinski
• 金额: $ 14.75万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1418738&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UC; Santa; Barbara; Marine; Laboratory

The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) is awarded a grant to replace an obsolete SCUBA air compressor with an upgraded model that supplies both air as well as mixed gas nitrox.The UCSB marine laboratory (http://msi.ucsb.edu) supports the largest research diving program in the United States with faculty and students conducting National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research across a variety of campus departments including: Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (EEMB), Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB), Geography, Geology, Physics, and Engineering as well as the Marine Science Institute, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, and the Earth Research Institute. An upgraded SCUBA air compressor that provides air and nitrox gas will dramatically increase the safety of the campus diving program, produce more educated and capable research divers and increase the efficiency of research by allowing for longer bottom times and shorter surface intervals between research dives. Nitrox diving requires added training in physiology, safety, and equipment. Having this resource available allows the campus diving program to increase its level of American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) diver training above industry standards as well as improve our training collaborations with other educational institutions. The UCSB marine diving community that will be supported by the new SCUBA compressor collaborates with local non-profits, educational institutions, county and state authorities, and community outreach organizations. Providing a safer and more accessible research diving program at UCSB through upgraded equipment has far reaching effects on a local, regional, and even global scale. Research divers work in a myriad of specialties that include ocean acidification, kelp forest ecology, biomaterials, fisheries, management and sustainability. The lab also provides resources to visiting researchers, both domestic and foreign, and contributes to a multitude of education and outreach programs as far reaching as Japan. As the scientific world evolves the UCSB marine lab and diving program continues to stay at the forefront helping to support new and often logistically difficult research programs.

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）获得了一笔赠款，将一台过时的SCUBA空气压缩机更换为一台升级型号，可提供空气和混合气体氮氧。UCSB海洋实验室（msi.ucsb.edu）支持美国最大的研究潜水计划，教师和学生在校园各部门开展国家科学基金会（NSF）资助的研究，包括：生态学，进化和海洋生物学（EEMB），分子，细胞和发育生物学（MCDB），地理，地质学，物理学和工程以及海洋科学研究所，环境科学与管理的布伦学院，和地球研究所。 升级后的SCUBA空气压缩机提供空气和氮氧气体，将大大提高校园潜水计划的安全性，培养更多受过教育和有能力的研究潜水员，并通过允许更长的底部时间和更短的研究潜水之间的表面间隔来提高研究效率。 高氧潜水需要在生理、安全和设备方面进行额外的培训。 有了这些资源，校园潜水项目就可以提高美国水下科学院（AAUS）潜水员培训的水平，使其高于行业标准，并改善我们与其他教育机构的培训合作。 UCSB海洋潜水社区将得到新SCUBA压缩机的支持，并与当地非营利组织、教育机构、县和州当局以及社区外展组织合作。 通过升级设备在UCSB提供更安全，更容易获得的研究潜水计划在当地，区域甚至全球范围内产生了深远的影响。研究潜水员从事各种专业工作，包括海洋酸化、海带森林生态学、生物材料、渔业、管理和可持续性。 该实验室还为国内外访问研究人员提供资源，并为远至日本的众多教育和推广计划做出贡献。 随着科学世界的发展，UCSB海洋实验室和潜水计划继续保持在最前沿，帮助支持新的，往往后勤困难的研究计划。