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Larry Mayer is the director of the 91制片厂鈥檚 new School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering. Mayer, a professor of Earth science and ocean engineering, is also director of 91制片厂鈥檚 Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and co-director of the 91制片厂-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center.

The 91制片厂 announces the launch of its new School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, an integration of the university鈥檚 various marine-related research, teaching and outreach activities. The new school, the first interdisciplinary school at 91制片厂, will provide graduate courses, certificates and degrees and will draw faculty from every college within the university.

鈥淲hether responding to an oil spill, mitigating the effects of climate change, or launching an aquaculture solution to declining fish stocks, we must provide knowledge that transcends biology, chemistry, engineering, economics, policy, and oceanography, among other disciplines,鈥� said 91制片厂 President Mark W. Huddleston, who announced the new school. 鈥淭he School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering will break the silos that previously separated these talents at 91制片厂 and unite them to provide comprehensive solutions to increasingly complex issues facing our ocean resources.鈥�

鈥淭he ocean is interdisciplinary, so the way we study it must be as well,鈥� said Larry Mayer, director of the new School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and director of 91制片厂鈥檚 Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center. 鈥淭his school acknowledges the contributions that faculty here have made to the marine world and provides a better platform to attract students, federal funding and donors and, ultimately, to better serve the region and the world in managing and conserving marine resources.鈥�

By most metrics, 91制片厂 is among the top 10 universities for marine science and ocean engineering, Mayer added. Marine-related research activities bring $25 million annually into the university, comprising nearly a quarter of 91制片厂鈥檚 research portfolio. Currently, nearly 70 faculty members from 14 departments in three colleges teach marine and ocean engineering-related courses to 300 undergraduate and 100 graduate students. 91制片厂 research has a regional, national and international impact on all aspects of the marine environment, from protected estuaries to the open ocean, from the seafloor to the atmosphere above, from the water column to the plant and animal life that inhabits it.

鈥淏y integrating these activities and providing a central focal point for marine efforts here, we will better signal that 91制片厂 is a major player in marine science,鈥� Mayer said. He added that the school will position 91制片厂 for funding opportunities and save money by providing operational efficiencies.

The School of Marine Studies and Ocean Engineering operates two research vessels, the R/V Gulf Challenger and the R/V Coastal Surveyor, as well as numerous smaller boats. It maintains three major facilities 鈥� the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex in New Castle, the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory on Great Bay in Durham, and the Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory on the 91制片厂 campus in Durham 鈥� and supports the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island.

Administratively housed in 91制片厂鈥檚 Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS), the new school will focus on research and graduate education. The new school will be home to three doctoral programs in areas of existing strength: ocean engineering, oceanography, and marine biology. The school will also develop graduate courses and certificate programs in sought-after realms like coastal planning and adaptations to climate change. Undergraduates will continue to pursue marine-related studies within the various majors鈥� current departments.

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