{"id":57705,"date":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/pregnant-uri-oceanographer-to-lead-research-expedition-aboard-endeavor-without-leaving-bay-campus\/"},"modified":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"pregnant-uri-oceanographer-to-lead-research-expedition-aboard-endeavor-without-leaving-bay-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/pregnant-uri-oceanographer-to-lead-research-expedition-aboard-endeavor-without-leaving-bay-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant 溏心vlog免费B站 oceanographer to lead research expedition aboard Endeavor without leaving Bay Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tTechnology allows full participation from Inner Space Center<\/p>\n


\n\tNARRAGANSETT, R.I. — November 5, 2015 \u2013 When Melissa Omand was making initial plans last year to lead a five-day research expedition aboard the 溏心vlog免费B站 ship Endeavor, she had no idea that she would be nearly eight months pregnant by the time the vessel departed for the continental shelf. <\/p>\n


\nBut thanks to \u201ctelepresence\u201d technology aboard the ship, the assistant professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography is still able to serve as chief scientist on the cruise Nov. 3 to 7 without leaving land. It is the first time that the leader of an Endeavor research expedition will not be aboard the ship.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI\u2019m going to miss being on the boat, but the technology is going to make it seem like I\u2019m there for most of it,\u201d said Omand, who joined the 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty in January.<\/p>\n


\nOmand spends every day of the expedition in the Inner Space Center at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Narragansett Bay Campus, where she can communicate seamlessly with members of the research team and see live streaming video of the expedition from multiple cameras located throughout the ship, including in the control room. A video camera in the Inner Space Center allows those on the ship to see Omand.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMuch of the role of a chief scientist is decision making and being a liaison between the science party and the crew,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd all of the organizational stuff and making sure communication is good are things I\u2019ve tried to take care of beforehand.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOmand says she will miss the feeling of being part of the team aboard ship, and she thinks it may be challenging for her to keep everyone\u2019s morale up when necessary without normal face-to-face communication. But she is treating the week as if she\u2019s going to be at sea; she hasn\u2019t scheduled anything else so she can feel as much a part of the cruise as possible.<\/p>\n


\nOmand is leading the 14-member scientific party \u2013 a mix of faculty, staff and students from 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography, Moss Landing Marine Lab, Skidmore College and the University of Maryland \u2013 as they deploy several oceanographic instruments to collect biogeochemical data on vertical and lateral fluxes of carbon and nutrients between the surface and deep ocean.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s a collection of people doing a series of projects that have overlapping questions or goals,\u201d explained Omand. \u201cWe\u2019re going to test out some new instrumentation and compare it to tested methods so we can use it to motivate future grants.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe expedition will be streamed live on the Internet, allowing Omand\u2019s colleagues at other institutions to observe the activities aboard ship, too. The public can view the live video at Inner Space Center Expedition.<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\u201cI\u2019m grateful there\u2019s an alternative to being at sea. It\u2019s going to be fun to be involved in something so pioneering,\u201d she said. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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