BOAT: Bridge to Ocean Acoustics and Technology
Abstract
Ocean Acoustics (OA) is an interdisciplinary field in which researchers focus on measuring, modeling, and understanding acoustic phenomena of oceanographical, geological, biological, and anthropogenic sources. However, despite its inherent interdisciplinary nature, OA research currently has limited presence in most US institutions and is typically viewed as a highly niched field. With a goal to #open up the funnel# of student intake to OA and preserve the institutional knowledge in OA in an interactive, accessible, and attractive form, in this project we propose to develop and implement a pilot Bridge to Ocean Acoustics and Technology (BOAT) program as part of the community-wide effort to boost the educational capacity and efficacy in OA. The proposed project contains two interrelated components: 1) Create open, executable, and web-hosted tutorials that encapsulate fundamental OA knowledge and techniques as living documents, and 2) Engage students, educators, and other OA researchers through a mixture of collaborative resource development,an intensive summer student workshop, and a tutorial development #sprint.# We will focus this pilot BOAT program on two OA subfields, the scattering of seabed and the scattering of marine organisms in the water column, to establish a set of #blueprints# other researchers can use to develop similar modules in the future. Our long-term goal is to grow BOAT into a community-supported, multi-faceted educational program to expand access to OA theory and practice and to recruit the next generation of OA researchers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 13, 2023
- Source ID
- N000142312878
Entities
People
- Wu-Jung Lee
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Washington