EAGER: Toward Eco-Friendly Oceanography - Using Biodegradable Materials for Drifting Buoys

私人投资机构要求提供资金，以调查生物塑料在海洋学中的使用情况。拟议中的可生物降解船体为实验海洋学提供了一条更环保的道路。这是为未来的小型、低功率浮标网络制造对环境影响较小的浮标的重要第一步。这个由女性领导的科学家和工程师团队致力于为北冰洋和全球海洋创造更环保的海面漂流浮标。它将为学生提供培训机会，使他们能够发展聚合物科学和工程、可持续性、系统测试和表征以及浮标部署方面的专门知识。此外，参与该项目的研究生将参加清洁能源大使计划。该项目为他们在华盛顿州各地的教室提供便利，他们将在那里进行用生物质制造聚合物复合材料的实验，并与参与其中的学校进行辅导互动。为了评估这些访问的影响，教师和东道主将通过评估提供反馈。清洁能源大使计划建立了一个由500多名教师组成的网络，确保由该项目产生的外展活动可以与广大师生分享。他们提议调查生物塑料在海洋学中的应用。生物塑料领域本身正在取得进展，我们打算使用的生物材料本身就是一种尖端方法。国际海洋科学研究所将把这种以材料科学为重点的研究应用于海洋探索，目的是促进海洋相关环境中材料的特征描述，以及推动浮标开发的可能前沿。可生物降解的船体为实验海洋学提供了一条更环保的道路。这是为未来的小型、低功率浮标网络制造对环境影响较小的浮标的重要第一步。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The PIs request funding to investigate the use of bioplastics for oceanography. The proposed biodegradable hull enables a greener way forward for experimental oceanography. It is an important first step toward making buoys with less environmental impact for future networks of small, low power buoys. This women-led team of scientists and engineers strives to create more eco-friendly surface drifting buoys for the Arctic Seas, and the global ocean. It would provide training opportunities for students, enabling them to develop expertise in polymer science and engineering, sustainability, system testing and characterization, and the deployment of buoys. In addition, graduate students involved in the project would participate in the Clean Energy Ambassador Program. This program facilitates their placement in classrooms across the state of Washington, where they will conduct experiments on creating polymer composites from biomass and engage in mentoring interactions with the participating schools. To evaluate the impact of these visits, teachers and hosts will provide feedback through evaluations. The Clean Energy Ambassador Program has established a network of over 500 teachers, ensuring that the outreach activities stemming from this project can be shared with a broad audience of teachers and students. They propose to investigate the use of bioplastics for oceanography. The field of bioplastics itself is making advances and the biomaterials we intend to use present a cutting-edge approach as such. The PIs would apply this material science focused research in ocean exploration, with the intent to further both the characterization of the material in ocean relevant environments, as well as push the frontier of what is possible in buoy development. A biodegradable hull enables a greener way forward for experimental oceanography. It is an important first step toward making buoys with less environmental impact for future networks of small, low power buoys.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.