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

EAGER：迈向生态友好型海洋学 - 使用可生物降解材料制作漂流浮标

• 批准号: 2415106
• 负责人: Anuscheh Nawaz
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2026-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2415106&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Toward; Eco; Friendly; Oceanography

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.

PI 请求资金来调查生物塑料在海洋学中的使用。所提出的可生物降解船体为实验海洋学开辟了一条更环保的道路。这是为未来小型低功率浮标网络制造对环境影响较小的浮标的重要的第一步。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加环保的表面漂流浮标。 它将为学生提供培训机会，使他们能够发展聚合物科学与工程、可持续性、系统测试和表征以及浮标部署方面的专业知识。此外，参与该项目的研究生将参加清洁能源大使计划。该计划有助于他们在华盛顿州各地的教室中进行安置，在那里他们将进行利用生物质制造聚合物复合材料的实验，并与参与学校进行指导互动。为了评估这些访问的影响，教师和接待者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，确保该项目的推广活动能够与广大师生分享。他们提议研究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步，我们打算使用的生物材料本身就是一种尖端方法。 PI 将在海洋勘探中应用这种以材料科学为重点的研究，旨在进一步表征海洋相关环境中的材料，并推动浮标开发的前沿。可生物降解的船体为实验海洋学开辟了一条更环保的道路。这是为未来小型低功率浮标网络制造对环境影响较小的浮标的重要的第一步。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。