Marine Technology Education Center

海洋高级技术教育(Mate)中心总部设在加利福尼亚州蒙特利的蒙特利半岛学院，是一个由社区学院、高中、大学、研究机构、海洋行业和工作专业人员组成的全国性网络。Mate中心的使命是改善海洋技术教育，并通过这种方式帮助美国未来的劳动力为海洋相关职业做好准备。Mate中心现在继续其作为ATE资助的资源中心的使命。作为海洋技术教育的资源中心，Mate中心是：(1)支持有意发展或改进海洋技术方案的机构；(2)开发新的课程，特别是在海洋地理信息系统、潜水技术、海洋地理空间数据收集(水文测量)和职业意识领域；(3)为高中、大学和大学教育工作者提供专注于海洋技术(包括潜水技术、海洋数据收集和分析、海洋职业意识和地理信息系统的海洋应用)的教师发展研究所；(4)举办区域和国家ROV(遥控潜水器)竞赛，以增加学生的学习体验，并建立学术和雇主伙伴关系；(5)加强和扩大国家Mate实习计划，为全国各地的学生提供岸上和海上技术经验；(6)通过该中心的网站以传统形式和电子方式传播Mate产品，包括课程、教科书、职业指南、能力和过程指南(实习手册、调查材料等)；以及(7)增加海洋劳动力的多样性。Mate中心致力于成为全国支持、加强和扩大社区大学、高中和大学海洋技术教育的领先组织。海洋经济规模庞大，种类繁多，占我国国民经济的20%，支撑着我国六分之一的就业岗位。海洋技术对国家安全、运输和商业、能源和勘探活动、电信、娱乐和旅游、渔业和水产养殖、搜索和找回、环境评估和监管以及研究至关重要。尽管这些经济部门各不相同，但它们背后的技术有许多相似之处。其中包括收集和使用遥控车辆和声学仪器的数据；使用地理信息系统等先进计算系统组织和管理数据；利用电子和微电子技术在偏远恶劣环境中进行电力、控制和小型化。对能够设计、建造、操作和维护这项技术的高素质技术专业人员的需求从未像现在这样大。需要作出协调一致的努力，确保我们的工作人员做好准备，迎接目前日益依赖海洋活动和使这些活动可行的技术的经济。Mate Center准备领导这一努力。

The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, headquartered at Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, California, is a national network of community colleges, high schools, universities, research institutions, marine industries, and working professionals. The mission of the MATE Center is to improve marine technical education and in this way help to prepare America's future workforce for ocean-related occupations. The MATE Center continues its mission now as an ATE-funded Resource Center. As a Resource Center for marine technology education, the MATE Center is:(1) Supporting institutions interested in developing or improving marine technology programs;(2) Developing new curricula, particularly in the areas of marine GIS, submersible technology, the collection of marine geospatial data (hydrographic surveying), and career awareness;(3) Offering faculty development institutes for high school, college, and university educators that focus on marine technology (including submersible technology, ocean data collection and analysis, marine career awareness, and the marine applications of GIS);(4) Conducting regional and national ROV (remotely operated vehicle) competitions to increase students' learning experiences and build academic and employer partnerships;(5) Enhancing and expanding the National MATE Internship Program that provides students from across the country with shore-based and at-sea technical experiences; (6) Disseminating MATE products, including curricula, textbooks, occupational guidelines, competencies, and process guides (internship manuals, survey materials, etc.), both in traditional formats and electronically though the Center's website; and(7) Increasing diversity in the marine workforce.The MATE Center seeks to be the nation's leading organization for supporting, enhancing, and expanding marine technology education at community colleges, high schools, and universities. The ocean economy is large and diverse, accounting for twenty percent of our national economy and supporting one in six jobs in this country. Marine technology is vital to national security, transportation and commerce, energy and exploration activities, telecommunications, recreation and tourism, fisheries and aquaculture, search and recovery, environmental assessment and regulation, and research. Although these economic sectors are diverse, the technology behind them has many similarities. These include the collection and use of data from remotely operated vehicles and acoustic instruments; the use of advanced computing systems, such as GIS, for organizing and managing data; and the use of electronics and microelectronics for power, controls, and miniaturization in a remote, harsh environment. The need for highly qualified technical professionals who can design, build, operate, and maintain this technology has never been greater. A concerted effort is required to ensure that our workforce is prepared for an economy currently and increasingly dependent on ocean activities and the technologies that make these activities feasible. The MATE Center is prepared to lead this effort.