Hatfield Marine Science Center Experimental Seawater Facility

俄勒冈州州立大学的哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心（HMSC），http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu，已获得赠款，用于建设一个2256平方英尺的实验海水设施。该设施将显着扩大HMSC的跨学科，合作研究的教师，研究生和本科生的能力-特别是在新兴的研究领域，包括那些与气候变化和海洋酸化-通过增加访问湿实验室空间。HMSC每天150万加仑的海水系统可靠地实现了近50年的教学和研究卓越，是俄勒冈州立大学和六个联邦和州机构共同位于HMSC校园目前研究的关键组成部分。实验海水设施通过增加关键的湿实验室研究空间，并实现对实验室海水和光环境的实时监测和实验操作，提高了海水系统的即时价值和多功能性。该设施和相关仪器将提供：1）为本科生和研究生研究人员提供教学湿实验室空间，以支持当前的课程和学术课程扩展2）OSU教师，研究生和访问科学家的短期研究湿实验室研究空间，而无需其他途径进入海水实验室3）湿实验室研究空间，用于教师的高风险或试点项目，研究生和访问用户，这可能导致对新出现的或关键问题的合作，跨学科研究4）监测和操纵实验室海水环境参数的能力，以供实验，补充现有的和计划的河口监测，实验海水设施的多功能设计建立在数十年的研究和教学成功以及2006年NSF规划拨款的基础上。新的湿实验室空间的一部分将被设计和装备为本科生和研究生研究人员，包括NSF资助的本科生（REU）实习生研究经验。实验室海水的实验性监测和操纵将补充NSF资助的海洋观测计划？s（OOI）耐力阵列在纽波特海岸，它将收集实时海洋数据在一系列的空间和时间尺度。该设施还将使新的研究能够补充几个NSF资助的海洋酸化研究项目，这是北太平洋的一个新兴研究领域。HMSC广泛的推广和教育计划为新出现的问题提供了一个新的研究工具，通过HMSC游客中心通知和激励更大的社区，通过NSF的资助，该中心还作为一个自由选择的学习实验室和COSEE学习中心。

Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC), http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu, has been awarded a grant for the construction of a 2256 sq ft Experimental Seawater Facility. The facility will significantly expand HMSC's capacity for interdisciplinary, collaborative research for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students - especially in emerging areas of research including those related to climate change and ocean acidification - through increased access to wet lab space. HMSC's 1.5 million gallon per day seawater system has reliably enabled nearly 50 years of teaching and research excellence and is a critical component of current research by OSU and six federal and state agencies co-located on the HMSC campus. The Experimental Seawater Facility increases the immediate value and versatility of the seawater system by increasing key wet lab research space and enabling real-time monitoring and experimental manipulation of laboratory seawater and light environment. The facility and associated instrumentation will provide: 1) instructional wet lab space for undergraduate and graduate student researchers in support of current programs and academic program expansion 2) wet lab research space for short-term research by OSU faculty, graduate students and visiting scientists without other access to seawater labs 3) wet lab research space for high-risk or pilot projects for faculty, graduate students and visiting users which may lead to collaborative, interdisciplinary research on emerging or critical issues 4) the ability to monitor and manipulate environmental parameters of laboratory seawater for experimentation, complimenting existing and planned monitoring of estuarine, nearshore and oceanic conditions.The Experimental Seawater Facility's multi-purpose design builds on decades of research and teaching success and on the results of a 2006 NSF planning grant. A portion of the new wet lab space will be designed and equipped for undergraduate and graduate student researchers including NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) interns. Experimental monitoring and manipulation of laboratory seawater will complement the NSF-funded Ocean Observing Initiative?s (OOI) Endurance Array off the coast of Newport, which will collect real-time ocean data at a range of spatial and temporal scales. The facility will also enable new research complementing several NSF-funded research programs in ocean acidification, an emerging area of research in the North Pacific. HMSC's extensive outreach and education programs provide a vehicle for new research on emerging issues to inform and inspire the larger community through the HMSC Visitor Center, which through NSF funding also serves as a free-choice learning laboratory and as a COSEE Learning Center.