Hatfield Marine Science Center Experimental Seawater Facility

俄勒冈州立大学哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心 (HMSC) (http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu) 已获得拨款，用于建设 2256 平方英尺的实验海水设施。该设施将通过增加湿实验室空间的使用，显着扩大 HMSC 为教师、研究生和本科生进行跨学科合作研究的能力，特别是在新兴研究领域，包括与气候变化和海洋酸化相关的研究领域。 HMSC 每天 150 万加仑的海水系统可靠地实现了近 50 年的卓越教学和研究，是俄勒冈州立大学和位于 HMSC 校园的六个联邦和州机构当前研究的重要组成部分。实验海水设施通过增加关键湿实验室研究空间并实现实验室海水和光环境的实时监测和实验操作，增加了海水系统的直接价值和多功能性。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，以支持当前项目和学术项目扩展 2) 湿实验室研究空间，供俄勒冈州立大学教师、研究生和访问科学家进行短期研究，而无法进入海水实验室 3) 为教师、研究生和访问用户提供高风险或试点项目的湿实验室研究空间，这些项目可能会导致对新兴或关键问题的协作、跨学科研究 4) 监测和操纵实验室海水环境参数进行实验的能力，对河口、近岸和海洋状况的现有和计划监测进行补充。实验海水设施的多用途设计建立在数十年研究和教学成功以及 2006 年 NSF 规划拨款成果的基础上。新的湿实验室空间的一部分将为本科生和研究生研究人员设计和配备，包括 NSF 资助的本科生 (REU) 实习生研究经验。实验室海水的实验监测和操纵将补充 NSF 资助的纽波特海岸附近的海洋观测计划 (OOI) 耐力阵列，该阵列将收集一系列空间和时间尺度的实时海洋数据。该设施还将支持新的研究，以补充美国国家科学基金会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 广泛的外展和教育计划为针对新出现问题的新研究提供了一个工具，通过 HMSC 游客中心为更大的社区提供信息和启发，该中心通过 NSF 的资助也充当自由选择学习实验室和 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.