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Adaptive Cluster Sampling (ACS) is introduced as a technique to use when "natural" groupings are evident in a spatially distributed population, especially sparsely distributed populations. An ACS sampling design will allow efficient allocation of survey manpower with more effective decision rules for ...
ABSTRACT: Geothermal energy has long been considered a viable resource in Alaska. It is better distributed and less environmentally costly than fossil fuels, but it is yet to be exploited. The rise of oil prices, technological advances in geothermal resource exploitation, and a changing demand profile ...
ABSTRACT Polyhedral designs with faceted surfaces for underwater vessels, provide a wide range of structural and design possibilities. Faceted surfaces may range from thick slabs of glass to membrane skins stretched over a structural skeleton framework. They permit increased effective shell thickness ...
ABSTRACT Marine algae have been utilized by man since prehistoric times as food, drugs or raw materials for chemicals; however, their more concentrated exploitation dates back only to the past 50 years or so. The discovery, isolation and purification of polysaccharides in the brown and red algae with ...
ABSTRACT The National Science Foundation Sea Grant Program was developed in1966 by congress to parallel the land-grant concept for agricultural development. Eight universities, including Texas A&M U., currently hold institutional awards for the development of sea grant programs. Texas A&M U. has a ...
ABSTRACT The diverse and interrelated legal problems of the coastal region require comprehensive study. For these purposes the coastal region may be defined as the areas where events on land are influenced by the presence of the ocean and where events on the ocean are influenced by the proximity of ...
ABSTRACT The range of engineering disciplines involved in offshore technology illustrates ,the requirement for a multidiscipline approach, and arising from this the need for new industrial groupings;. the relevance of other aspects of commerce - banking and insurance is also reviewed. The grouping ...
ABSTRACT Much has been said and printed on the subject of Ecology in the past few years. Most of this information has only presented a part of the complete story and created considerable misunderstanding on the part of the public, government, industry and the academic society. This paper endeavors ...
ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the results and recommendations of a two year Sea Grant supported study of the problems and potentials of open sea Mari Culture for the coming decades. The full report will be published in book form in the fall of 1974. Subject areas covered are: 1) various perspectives ...
ABSTRACT The ""Maritime Industries Forum"" (MIF) of the European Community has prepared a comprehensive report covering all the EC maritime industries. The report, published on October 29, 1992, addresses maritime activities such as shipbuilding, shipping, fishing, energy, marine resources and environmental ...
Abstract The National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is showing their commitment to improving the education of people who work in and are interested in ocean-related occupations through their award to the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center. The ...
Abstract This paper describes the deployment of a high-modulus polyethylene (HMPE) mooring insert line on the Scarabeo III MODU. Several new technologies are now available that can increase the maximum rated water depth of 2nd and 3rd generation drilling rigs. The purpose of this trial was to qualify ...
Abstract The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, headquartered at Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, California, is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) and has been in existence since 1997. The MATE Center is a national network ...
Abstract A major goal of the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is the creation of appropriate guidelines, assessments, curricula, and programs to provide students and workers with the knowledge and skills they need to excel in marine technology careers. About the MATE Center The Marine ...
Abstract Today's students are your future employees, and you can help prepare them by hosting student interns at your workplace! The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center coordinates a national marine technical internship program for college students. Hosting an intern allows students ...
Abstract Partnerships with educational institutions are critical to the success of the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center. These relationships help provide a variety of interactions which result in improved curricula and better prepared students entering the workforce and allow the Center ...
Abstract The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center partners with working professionals from industry to conduct faculty development institutes that provide teachers with experiences that simulate the workplace. The institutes aim to help improve technical education by providing teachers ...
Abstract This paper reviews the whole round of technology used underwater and looks to the future direction each of the technologies is going. It also seeks to bring out areas where these technologies can cross-fertilize and where diversification of the skill sets developed can be used elsewhere. Examples ...
Abstract Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a baseload renewable energy source particularly suited for tropical zones. It uses the temperature difference between the warm surface ocean water and the cold deep ocean water to generate electricity and, if desired, potable water. This alternate energy ...
Abstract The Gulf of Mexico incident has led to the revision of operational safety and response strategies by the oil industry. Even countries with long tradition in E&P activity, as Norway and the United Kingdom, established working groups aiming the revision of their operational safety and response ...