Fifth, as you can see from our grants lists, we have already given a practical demonstration of our program's conceptual promise of enriching the ranks of engineers and technicians to perform the useful work in the sea to which the national oceanographic program is dedicated. Mr. Chairman, it is our view that this program is developing along very promising lines and can result in significant benefits to the Nation. I urge its continuation and enhancement. (The attachments referred to follow :) ADVISORY PANEL FOR SEA-GRANT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT Dr. Sanford S. Atwood, President, Emory University, Georgia Mr. Bernard Berman, President, The Bissett-Berman Corporation, California Dr. Joseph Henderson, Director, Applied Physics Laboratory, Washington Dr. David Potter, General Manager, Defense Research Laboratory, General Dr. Robert H. Roy, Dean, Engineering Science, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Dr. Henry B. Steinbach, Director, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Chicago, Illinois SEA-GRANT PROJECT CONSULTANTS Alexander, Ord-Consulting Engineer, Washington, D.C. Burkholder, Paul R.-Lamont Geophysical Observatory, Columbia Univ. Busser, John H.-American Institute of Biological Sciences. Cagle, Fred R.-Tulane University. Caldwell, Joseph M.-U.S. Corps of Engineers. Chapman, Wilbert M.-Ralston Purina Co. Christy, Francis T.-Resources for the Future. Collins, W. Leighton-American Society for Engineering Education. Crawford, T. Stephen-University of Rhode Island. Cronin, Lewis E.-University of Maryland. Crutchfield, James-University of Washington. Emerson, Haven-Oceans General, Inc. Fibel, Lewis R.-American Association of Junior Colleges. Gilmore, G. Philip General Dynamics Corp. Hood, Donald W.-University of Alaska. Isaacs, John D.-Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Jacobs, Paul M.-The Gorton Corporation. Johnson, Milton G.-U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Kielhorn, William V.-Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Lyman, John-Consulting Oceanographer, Washington, D.C. Miller, H. Crane-Smithsonian Institution. Moore, Johnes K.-Salem State College (Massachusetts). Novak, Arthur-Lousiana State University. Padan, John W.-U.S. Bureau of Mines. Pomeroy, Lawrence-University of Georgia. Spangler, Miller B.-National Planning Association. Stephan, Edward C.-Ocean Systems, Inc. Timme, Richard C.-Interstate Electronics Corp. Torpey, William G.-Executive Office of the President. Vetter, Richard C.-National Academy of Sciences. Wallace, Elizabeth M.-Oyster Institute of North America. Additional panelists have agreed to serve and are pending formal processing. SEA-GRANT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1968 Oregon State University-Dr. Herbert F. Frolander, $553,000 for 1 year Oregon State University will follow a plan that encompasses training, research, and advisory programs emphasizing marine food resources. A special feature of the plan is that OSU's Sea Grant activities will take place in several parts of the state, taking advantage of other institutions' capabilities. Educational activities include both undergraduate and graduate education, as well as marine technician training program at Clatsop Community College in Astoria. Specific elements of the training program are planned in Marine Biology (Zoology), Marine Economics, Marine Fisheries, Marine Food Science, and Technology, Mineral Resources of the Oregon Continental Margin, Oceanography (Benthic and Pelagic Studies), Ocean Engineering, and Oceanographic Technician Training. The research program includes several broad areas categorized as marine fisheries, aquaculture, seafood technology, mineral resources, marine economics, ocean engineering, and ocean law. The program in ocean law will be conducted by the University of Oregon School of Law at Eugene. OSU is carrying out many activities such as development of Model Port Systems through which it is pioneering the programmatic approach to the systematic development and economic growth of seaport areas, that are in close accord with the aims of the Sea Grant College Program. The State has strongly supported these activities, and the legislature has already appropriated funds to match those supplied by the Sea Grant Program. University of Rhode Island-Dr. John Knauss, $477,200 for 1 year The University of Rhode Island will conduct activities in education, research, and advisory services. The planned Sea-Grant-related education program at present adequately funded from other sources will receive NSF support only for graduate research assistantships. It provides for marine-related education at the graduate level in ocean engineering, oceanography, and fisheries, as well as a two-year associate degree program in fisheries and marine technology to provide trained personnel for New England marine industries. The research program covers five broad areas, Organic Extractables (food, drugs, etc.); Pollution; Ocean Engineering and System Analysis; Resource Development and Conservation; and Marine Economics. An advisory services program (New England Marine Resources Information Program) has already been launched. Its basic functions are information storage and distribution, field work with the commercial sectors, and educational activities tailored to meet the needs of the marine industries. University of Washington-Dr. Stanley Murphy, $220,000 for 6 months The University of Washington will conduct activities in education, research and advisory services. The planned education program encompasses marine-related education in various aspects of fisheries management and technology at the graduate and undergraduate level. The research has three principal parts: (1) A comprehensive marine acoustics program consisting of the application of acoustic techniques to marine resource location and classification; (2) Fisheries resource development and conservation; and (3) Projects within the newly created Division of Marine Resources directed toward development of equipment and methodologies required for the exploitation of the food, mineral, power, and living resources of the ocean. An advisory services program features several workshops planned to identify regional and local problems and to determine approaches to their solutions. University of Hawaii-Dr. Wytze Gorter, $435,400 for 1 year The University of Hawaii program encompasses ten separate disciplines divided into three groups; Biology and Related Fields, which includes fisheries, marine biology, agricultural (marine) economics, food science and technology, and botany; Oceanography and Related Fields, which includes oceanography, geo-sciences, and meteorology; and Engineering and Related Fields, which includes ocean engineering, physiology, and agronomy and soils. The education part of the program calls for the development of graduate level refresher courses in oceanography, an ocean engineering curriculum to include a laboratory course, and an educational TV series in ocean engineering to serve the student, the practical engineer and the public. It also plans to establish a distinguished lecturer series to be conducted by guest lecturers. A marine technician work-program is planned for the second year. The advisory service activities in this program will be conducted through the Extension Service of Tropical Agriculture and the College of Central Studies, which conducts extension courses as well as special programs and conferences. The research program includes fisheries, acquaintance, marine economics, food science and technology, marine minerals, precious coral growth, human physiology in the sea, and submarine soils. University of Wisconsin-Dr. Robert Ragotzkie, $376,000 for 1 year The University of Wisconsin provides research, education, and advisory service in marine resource development. Although the education part of the program is broadly oriented, the research effort is directed toward regional problems associated with the Great Lakes. Educational improvements call for both graduate and undergraduate course development. New staff additions will be made to the College of Engineering to accommodate a planned M.S. program in ocean engineering. Special Ph.D. programs will be set up to combine social and marine sciences. Included in the research program are several broad areas categorized as lake eutrophication, fisheries sciences, ocean engineering, lake shipping economics, mineral resources, utilization of trash fish (such as alewives) and the development of new interdisciplinary applications involving legal and socio-economic factors. Most of the field activities associated with these problem areas will be conducted in Lake Michigan in the vicinity of Green Bay, making optimum use of the planned concentration of facilities to be located there. Under the advisory service activities, a section will be established in the Economic and Environmental Development Division of the University Extension to implement the Sea Grant Extension Program. Also, the staff of the UniversityIndustry Research program at the University will be augmented to prepare appropriate publications and to provide liaison between the University research faculty and their industrial R&D counterparts engaged in marine resource related activities. Texas A. & M. University-Dr. John C. Calhoun, $475,000 for 1 year Texas A&M will conduct activities to assist the University to coalesce its academic efforts into a more highly integrated program with respect to marine resources and Sea Grant objectives. Plans for the Sea Grant-related education program provide for graduate level curriculum development in ocean engineering at the College Station campus, and in marine biology at the Galveston Laboratory. In cooperation with staff members of the Marine Biology Laboratory, the Texas Maritime Academy, the James Connally Technical Institute, and the Galveston Junior College, Texas A&M will develop two curricula for a technician training program-Fisheries Technologist and Oceanographic Technologist. Effort will also be devoted toward bringing marine resources subject matter into graduate programs of many departments not now involved. The research program covers Fishery Sciences, Marine Economics, Pollution, Coastal Economics, Pollution, Coastal Engineering, Aquaculture, and Seafood Technology. In addition to research in these categories, Texas A&M will initiate efforts in other academic disciplines to explore the application of their scientific and engineering principles to the resources of the sea. The advisory services program will be directed toward projects to serve the marine community, which includes the fishing industry, port authorities, dredging companies, the shipping industry, the petroleum industry, and the chemical and refining industries. The first year activity will concentrate upon identification of the marine groups to be served and the methods that will be most appropriate. SEA-GRANT PROJECT AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1968 MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS Louisiana State University-Dr. Jack R. Van Lopik, $198,000 for 1 year, “Utilization of Salt Water Marshes for Intensive Aquaculture" Louisiana State University will conduct a coherent, multidisciplinary project for the utilization and management of salt water marshes, for intensive aquaculture, and for graduate student instruction in subjects related to the project. Research will be centered in three water areas of differing salinities at Barataria Bay, where a concentrated effort will be made to determine all ecological factors of importance to marsh maintenance and productivity. All pertinent disciplines will be involved in the team approach. A related study will concern the ecology and taxonomy of higher marsh plants, and will provide a complete collection for research and instruction. Variations in ecological requirements of various plants will be used, through aerial photography, to determine the existence of differing kinds of substrates in the marshland. An initial approach to artificial cultivation of useful species will be taken through the culture of pompano and redfish in brackish water ponds, with determination of life cycles, food supply, predation and disease factors, growth rates, tolerances to various parameters. Anticipating ultimate use of the marshes for aquaculture, a legal study will begin examination of the Federal, State, and local legal structure as it relates to marsh utilization. Graduate students will be involved at both the masters and doctoral levels in all research activities. An initial effort in advisory and extension services will be a seminar on finfish culture during the summer of 1969. University personnel will be supplemented by specialists from the State Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and will utilize State research facilities at Grand Isle and Rockefeller refuge. NSF funds will be used for support of faculty and researchers for equipment, materials, and travel to the research sites. University of Delaware-Dr. Franklin C. Daiber, $311,000 for 2 years, “Systems Engineering and Development of Commercially Valuable Marine Resources in the Delaware Area" The University of Delaware will conduct a multi-disciplinary project to develop methods of systems engineering for growing and marketing shellfish. The Project will involve the culture and selective breeding of oysters under controlled conditions, including the biology of spawning, larval growth, setting of larvae, growth to harvestable size under economical and disease-free conditions, breeding for early maturity and good market qualities. Environmental control will be a key factor. In addition, the influence of climatic water balance on conditions in the estuary and their effects on shellfish will be investigated, and experiments will be conducted on potential means of opening live shellfish by mechanical, sonic, thermal or electrical methods. A program will be initiated for the training of extension agents to work with industry. Graduate students will participate in all aspects of the project, under the Departments of Biology, Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering and Geography, and under the Agriculture Extension Program. EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS American Society for Engineering Education-Stephen T. Crawford, $11,700 for 6 months, "Conference on Ocean Engineering Education” ASEE conducted a conference involving about 25 Deans of Engineering Colleges to examine the problems of curriculum and course development in ocean engineering. The Conference was held in San Diego June 20-22, 1968, following the ASEE annual meeting in Los Angeles. The Conference was conducted by the Ocean Engineering Committee of ASEE. Because the great majority of engineering deans, including those interested in ocean engineering programs, have never been exposed to the marine environment, ASEE included an indoctrination program of a visit to San Diego laboratories and a short voyage on a Scripps ship. Qualified specialists in marine engineering and related activities briefed the group, after which the participants discussed common problems and opportunities. A report will be issued free of charge to all interested colleges and universities by ASEE, with a summary in the ASEE Journal. American Association of Junior Colleges-Dr. Lewis Fibel, $13,400 for 4 months, Planning for American Junior College Involvement in the Training of Marine Technicians" The American Association of Junior Colleges convened a meeting March 17-20 at the Florida Institute of Oceanography, St. Petersburg, for interested community and junior college administrators to discuss marine technician training. The group will also begin general planning for marine technician curricula. Training might be offered, for example, in such fields as marine electronics, marine mechanical engineering, and diver training and its related fields. University of California-Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dr. William Nierenberg, $89,000 for 1 year, “Applied Marine Engineering Program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography" Scripps Institution of Oceanography will initiate a graduate research and education program in applied marine science and engineering. The new applied program will involve the Departments of Earth Sciences, Marine Biology and Oceanography, with engineering support from the Departments of Engineering, University of California at San Diego. The Program will initiate activities in such fields as support of ocean industry in the concept, research and design of transport, harbors, mining production, recreational facilities, beach control, fisheries, and disposal; and development of the technological base in delineation and appraisal of marine resources; analysis of limiting conditions, currents, effects of organisms on man-made structures, etc. Grant funds will be used for support of faculty and employment of research assistants, and for procurement of expendable supplies and equipment. Cape Fear Technical Institute, Arthur W. Jordan, $165,200 for 2 years, “Improvement and Expansion of Marine Technology Curricula" Cape Fear Technical Institute, which has a successful on-going program in marine technician training, will expand the progam from a student enrollment of about 20 to about 150. NSF grant funds will be used for the support of faculty, and for operating personnel aboard the Institute's training ship. The training program covers the basic academic education for marine technicians, plus actual shipboard experience in support of oceanographic operations, biological oceanography research, fisheries, and research ship operations. Florida Atlantic University—Prof. Charles Stephan, $193,600 for 2 years, “To Establish a Cooperative Ocean Engineering Education Program Between FAU and Ocean Engineering Organizations” Florida Atlantic University, which is at present the only institution offering an undergraduate ocean engineering program will expand the program to include on-the-job training. The student will alternate six-month periods between academic training and employment in a cooperating industry. Federal program or laboratory. FAU has demonstrated substantial industry interest, sufficient to ensure employment opportunities for participating students. The institution will use the grant for employment of faculty and administrative personnel, and for purchase of instructional equipment. First year expansion would bring approximately 45 additional students into the program, with an additional 67 the second year. Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Dr. Alfred H. Keil, $62,000 for 1 year, "Development of new subjects for Ocean Engineering Graduate Program at M.I.T." MIT has initiated a graduate program in ocean engineering leading to the Master Science and Doctorate in Ocean Engineering, and the professional degree of Ocean Engineer; the course started with the Fall term, 1967/68 academic year. New subjects are required to provide a comprehensive curriculum. Use of existing ocean-related subjects already has been planned in close cooperation with other MIT departments and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Results obtained from the MIT initiative, and copies of notes prepared on the new subjects, will be made available by MIT to other institutions with a present or potential interest in ocean engineering. Availability of the MIT materials will be announced through the American Society for Engineering Education and other channels, and copies of the report and notes issued on request in accordance with Sea Grant objectives. Curriculum development will consist of initial review of subject material, preparation or rough notes, teaching of subject for the first time, and editing of lecture notes with preparation of copies for distribution. Recognized authorities are in charge of subject development in the respective fields. New England Aquarium-Dr. Delbar P. Keily, $4,800 for 4 months, "Guidance Counseling of Young People Toward Career Opportunities in Occanography” The New England Aquarium, which has an educational mission, conducted an experimental program to improve the quality of guidance counseling toward marine careers. Using techniques developed by MIT, selected guidance counselors from area secondary schools were brought to Boston for a day's indoctrination by experts in various marine fields. The guidance counselors selected students 96-293-68- -3 |