Great Lakes WATER Institute

Great Lakes WATER Institute (also known as the WATER Institute, Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research Institute, GLWI) is a freshwater research center of the University of Wisconsin System[1] administered by the Graduate School of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[2][3]

Located on Milwaukee's inner harbor, it is the only major aquatic research institution located on Lake Michigan and the largest of its kind in the Great Lakes region.[4][5][6]

The WATER Institute is both a UW-Milwaukee Center of Excellence and a UW System Regents Center of Excellence.[2] It became the main component of UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences in 2009 with the goal of turning Milwaukee into a world freshwater research hub.[7][8]

Fleet and facilities

Neeskay, whose name was derived from Native American language in Wisconsin, is the Institute's main research vessel. In addition to Neeskay, the institute also has a fleet of small boats.[9]

The WATER Institute also houses aquatic holding tanks for aquaculture and an instrumentation shop capable of making custom-made instruments.[10]

Institutions

The WATER Institute hosts UWM Center for Great Lakes Studies, NIEHS Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center, University of Wisconsin Aquaculture and Fisheries Research Center, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, Advisory Services Milwaukee Field Office and Wisconsin DNR Southern Lake Michigan Fisheries Management, and Law Enforcement Units.[11] The WATER Institute is also home to the GLUCOS buoy sensor network and the ROV Team at UWMs PantheROV.

GLUCOS

The Great Lakes Urban Coastal Observing System (GLUCOS) is a buoy-based sensor network that will support research on the interactions between Milwaukee Harbor and the lake, and other processes in coastal Lake Michigan.[12]

The GLUCOS is composed of two types of buoys; Endurance Buoys which are large seasonal buoys and Pioneer Buoys which are small relatively easy to deploy buoys. The Pioneer Buoys are spar buoys anchored to the bottom, with custom electronics attached to the mooring lines monitoring data from sondes, temperature sensor strings, and other sensors as needed for research purposes.

PantheROV

ROV Team about to compete with the PantheROV II

PantheROV is the name of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) built by undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) for the annual MATE ROV Competition, essentially an underwater robotics competition.[13][14][15][16][17][18] PantheROV is a conjugation of UWMs mascot, the panther, and ROV. The ROV Team at UWM is supported by the Great Lakes WATER Institute and various other sponsors. The team is open to all undergraduate students at UWM. Many of the students on the ROV Team have worked concurrently at the GLWI and have provided large engineering contributions to the Great Lakes Urban Coastal Observing System (GLUCOS).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Milwaukee will be water center, UW official says, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  2. 1 2 Great Lakes Water Institute Gives UW Researchers Unique Access to the Study of F resh Waters, Wisconsin Idea, December 1999, Volume 16, No. 3, Page 5.
  3. ↑ Organizations and Crew, Wisconsin's Maritime Trails
  4. ↑ Great Lakes Links, Great Lakes Watershed
  5. ↑ "Great Lakes WATER Institute". University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  6. ↑ UW-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute, Environmental Education in Wisconsin
  7. ↑ Water hub? We should dive in, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  8. ↑ Building a hub of freshwater R&D: UWM’s water school could be a boon to regional industry, The Business Journal of Milwaukee
  9. ↑ R/V Neeskay, Great Lakes WATER Institute
  10. ↑ Facilities at WATER, Great Lakes WATER Institute
  11. ↑ About the WATER Institute, Great Lakes WATER Institute
  12. ↑ "GLWI - Research - GLUCOS".
  13. ↑ http://www.uwm.edu/News/PR/05.07/rovs.html
  14. ↑ http://www.uwm.edu/News/Features/06.07/UWM_ROV.html
  15. ↑ http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2007/teams.php
  16. ↑ "WATER News - ROV 2008 10-01-08".
  17. ↑ http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2009/index.php
  18. ↑ author. "Home - UW-Milwaukee ROV Team".

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