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

五大湖水研究所实地研究、教育和海洋作业设施的改进

• 批准号: 0829481
• 负责人: J Klump
• 金额: $ 25.5万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829481&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvements; Facilities; Field; Research; Education

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.

威斯康星大学密尔沃基大学（UWM）获得了将大约4,000 GSF的地板空间转换为现场研究操作，用于水，环境和技术的现场研究操作，分期和样品处理设施的赠款。该现场设施将提供：直接访问带有头顶的门和平台升降机的码头；直接进入带有头顶门和车辆坡道的船储物院；动员，存储，维护，清洁和隔离网，浮标和其他野外装备的设施；一个开放式实验室湾，用于样品处理和分析；和相邻的临时水族箱储罐空间，用于持有收集的标本。它还将协助将现有较小的阶段区域转换为该研究所目前缺乏的新教学实验室的资金。威斯康星州大湖区水上技术与环境研究（Water）研究所是密歇根湖唯一一年四季都活跃的海洋规模研究码头。该设施设有威斯康星大学 - 米尔沃基大学大湖研究中心，并为UW研究船和其他校园的科学家提供基础。更广泛的影响：水研究所提议的新空间将支持预期的教育和外展活动的增长。将开发或扩展的计划包括：与发现世界的伙伴关系，与密尔沃基公共博物馆/杰森项目的伙伴关系，与Urban Ecology Center的Parepership以及该提案正文中列出的其他合作关系。水学院的城市地点提供了一个机会，可以让代表性不足的团体和来自不同社会经济背景的群体。此外，长期运行的REU计划为大学生提供了机会。其他教育/外展计划还遭受了缺乏教学空间的困扰，例如Jason，UEC，SSCHC，Cosee，一旦提供空间，就表明有兴趣参加更多活动。