Public Event: Pioneering New Ocean Science Frontiers
WHOI and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership co-hosted a free public event at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Saturday, September 17, 2011. Called “Pioneering New Ocean Science Frontiers,” the event gave the interested public a first-hand look at ocean technologies that will be used off the New England coast at the OOI Pioneer Array and a chance to talk to the scientists and engineers who build and use them. Among the instruments and equipment on display in the museum’s Jacobs Family Gallery were a glider, an AUV, and moored profiler. In front of the museum, visitors had an up-close view of a surface buoy, innovative stretch hose technology, and a multifunction node. During talks in the museum’s auditorium, speakers provided an overview of the OOI, explained why scientists are interested in collecting data at the Pioneer Array and the technology that will be used, and described the ways the data might be used by different segments of the public and how society will benefit.
1. WHOI Sr. Engineering Assistant Amy Kukulya (second from left) talking to visitors about the REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
2. WHOI Senior Scientist Breck Owens talking to a visitor about the Spray Glider. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
3. Merrie Beth Neely from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership explains the OOI project to a visitor. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
4. Megan Gibney and Merrie Beth Neely, from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, and Kim Grodzki, from WHOI's Marine Operations office, staff the activities table. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
5. Kathy Patterson, of the WHOI Communications group, engages two children at the event activities table. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
6. WHOI Communications staff welcoming a guest to the event. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
7. Visitors looking at OOI displays in the Jacobs Family Gallery. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
8. WHOI Sr. Engineering Assistant Kris Newhall describes the parts of a mooring to a visitor. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
9. A visitor checks out one of the displays about research conducted by scientists at UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
10. WHOI Senior Scientist Breck Owens talks to a young scientist from UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) about the Spray Glider. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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