Improvements in Facilities for Field Research, Education and Marine Operations at the Great Lakes WATER Institute

位于密尔沃基的威斯康星州大学（UWM）获得了一笔赠款，用于将大约4,000 GSF的占地面积转换和翻新为实地研究操作、分期和样品处理设施，用于？水、环境与技术？这一野外设施将提供：通过高架门和平台升降机直接进入码头;通过高架门和车辆坡道直接进入船只存放场;用于网、浮标和其他野外设备的调动、储存、维护、清洁和隔离的设施;用于样品处理和分析的开放式野外实验室海湾;以及用于存放采集标本的邻近临时水族箱空间。它还将协助筹措资金，将现有的较小集结地改建为训研所目前缺乏的新的教学实验室。UWM五大湖威斯康星州水产技术和环境研究所（WATER）是密歇根湖上唯一一个全年活跃的海洋学规模的研究码头。该设施设有威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校五大湖研究中心，并作为华盛顿大学研究船和其他校区科学家的基地。更广泛的影响：水研究所拟议的新空间将支持教育和外联活动的预期增长。将开发或扩展的项目包括：与发现世界的合作伙伴关系，与密尔沃基公共博物馆/JASON项目的合作伙伴关系，与城市生态中心的合作伙伴关系以及提案正文中列出的其他项目。水研究所的城市位置提供了一个机会，让代表性不足的群体和来自不同社会经济背景的群体参与进来。此外，长期运行的REU计划为本科生提供了机会。其他教育/推广方案因缺乏教学空间而受到影响，JASON、UEC、SSCHC、COSEE表示有兴趣在空间可用后更多地参与。

The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (UWM) is awarded a grant for the conversion and renovation of approximately 4,000 GSF of floor space into a field research operations, staging and sample processing facility for ?Water, Environment, and Technology?. This field facility will provide: direct access to the dock with overhead door and platform lift; direct access to boat storage yard with overhead door and vehicle ramp; facilities for mobilization, storage, maintenance, cleaning, and isolation of nets, buoys and other field gear; an open field laboratory bay for sample processing and analysis; and adjacent temporary aquaria tank space for holding collected specimens. It will also assist with funding for the conversion of the existing smaller staging area into a new instructional laboratory which the Institute currently lacks. The UWM Great Lakes Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research (WATER) Institute is the only oceanographic-scale research dock on Lake Michigan that is active year round. The facility houses the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Great Lakes Studies and serves as a base for UW research vessels and scientists from other campuses. Broader Impacts:The proposed new space at the WATER Institute would support anticipated growth in educational and outreach activities. Programs that would be developed or expanded upon include: Partnership with Discovery World, Partnership with Milwaukee Public Museum/JASON Project, Parnership with Urban Ecology Center and others listed in the body of the proposal. The urban location of the WATER Institute provides an opportunity to engage underrepresented groups and groups from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. In addition, the long-running REU program provides opportunities for undergraduates. Other educational/outreach programs have suffered from lack of teaching space, and most programs, e.g., JASON, UEC, SSCHC, COSEE, indicate an interest in participating more, once the space is made available.