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Other Research Units
These other research units often have members who are drawn from, and coordinate with, different units within SOEST and other institutions around the world,
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“ …5 km beneath the surface of the ocean, the ACO brings an infrequently observed and little understood habitat into light.Through cables and oceanographic instruments, scientists are able to look at the seafloor and in a way they rarely can: instantly and for years to come.”
- Contact information available here.
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CIMES is focused on developing robust research and strong educational programs in geographic areas that present significant homeland security challenges.
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 105, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-5228 • Fax: (808) 956-3188
Center for Marine Microbial Ecology & Diversity (CMMED)
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Facilitating sponsored research activities between UH faculty and biotech companies; maintaining shared-use analytical and culture collection facilities for drug discovery; providing administrative support for large, interdisciplinary research projects.
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 105, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-8146 • Fax: (808) 956-5308
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Researchers and graduate students within the Geology & Geophysics department investigating of shoreline change, carbonate geology, reef geology, sedimentology and coastal morphodynamics.
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 721, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-3605 • Fax: (808) 956-5512
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Developing the use of airborne and satellite-baseds digital remote sensing for the study of coral reef environments.
- Email: mja@hawaii.edu
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Studies volcanoes in Hawai‘i, elsewhere in the world, and on other bodies around the solar system.
- 1680 East West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-7640 • Fax: (808) 956-5512
- Email: krubin@soest.hawaii.edu
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Scientists and engineers who design, build and operate seafloor mapping
systems, and use these tools to study seafloor processes. around the world.
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 815, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-5232 • Fax: (808) 956-6530
- Email: margo@soest.hawaii.edu
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To describe and understand the ocean climate and variability at a deep-water site in the North Pacific subtropical gyre near Hawaii.
- Email: dataman@soest.hawaii.edu
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Developing interdisciplinary education, research, and public service programs related to space and earth sciences,
remote sensing, human exploration and development of space, and aerospace technology.
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 501, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-3138 • Fax: (808) 956-6322
- Email: flynn@higp.hawaii.edu
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“Training a high-tech workforce while building a low-cost gateway to space.”
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 501, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-7860 • Fax: (808) 956-6322
- Email: info@hsfl.hawaii.edu
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Responsible for the operation and maintenance of IS59, or KONA, a 4-element infrasound array that is part of the International Monitoring System of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
- Email: hdc@isla.hawaii.edu
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To develop improved methods of utilizing socio-economic innovation to mitigate and adapt to climate fluctuations and change.
- 1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-7509 • Fax: (808) 956-5035
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Investigates geochemistry and chronology of volcanologic, sedimentologic and oceanographic phemomena, as well as effects
of human activities on the natural environment.
- Email: pyled@hawaii.edu
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Studies the acoustics of whales and dolphins housed in floating enclosures at Coconut island
and out in the field in waters around the Hawaiian Islands.
- P.O. Box 1346, Kane‘ohe, Hawai‘i 96744
- Tel: (808) 236-7401 • Fax: (808) 236-7443
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Researches marine microbes including bacteria, protozoans, and unicellular algae, including development of novel techniques to assess in situ
biomass, activity and growth, as well as ... mechanisms and rates of microbiological cycling of C, N, and P.
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Reproduces conditions in the ocean to depths of 600-1000m (2000-3300 ft), investigating topics including the effects of sequestering
CO2 in the deep ocean, the behavior of underwater oil spills, and the stability
and kinetics of methane hydrates.
- Email: stephenm@hawaii.edu
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Researchers and graduate students working to delineate the benthic habitat of coral reef ecosystems throughout the U.S. Pacific Islands.
- 1680 East-West Rd, POST 833, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-5239 • Fax: (808) 956-6530
- Email: pibhmc@soest.hawaii.edu
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“…to create an effective partnership of data providers and users … to develop, disseminate, evaluate and apply new ocean data and
information products designed specifically to address the needs of the communities, businesses and resources that call the Pacific home.“
- Contact: Chris Ostrander
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Created to provide scientific information on pelagic fisheries for use in development of fisheries management policies.
- 1000 Pope Road, MSB 312, Honolulu, HI 96822
- Tel: (808) 956-8083 • Fax: (808) 956-4104
- Email: sibert@hawaii.edu
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Supporting the study of natural and synthetic materials by Raman spectroscopy and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy techniques.
- Email: sksharma@soest.hawaii.edu
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Some of Hawaii's most innovative and novel developments in the field of biomass conversion have come from the R3L, which
has enjoyed noteworthy success in developing technology with commercial potential.
- Email: mantal@hawaii.edu
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Specializes in organismic and supraorganismic biology of marine fishes—especially sharks—blending rigorous
laboratory work with well-focused field experiments.
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Laboratories and Other Facilities
This is but a sampling of the wide variety of laboratories and facilities that support research conducted by members of the
research programs and academic departments at SOEST, and by researchers at other institutions worldwide. |
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“To build the industry leader in Advanced Network education, security, testing and publishing through a balanced partnership between industry and academia.”
- Contact information available here.
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Research including biomass resource assessment, thermochemical conversion of biomass, evaluation of energy conversion
and utilization processes, and reforming of transition fuels for the hydrogen economy.
- Email: sturn@hawaii.edu
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Protected by an extensive barrier reef system, the bay's estuarine and coral reef ecosystems support a rich and diverse biota year round. Outside the barrier reef,
pelagic species and open ocean waters 1000 m deep are within 6 km of the facility.
- P.O. Box 1346, Kane'ohe, HI 96744
- Tel: (808) 236-7401 • Fax: (808) 236-7443
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HNEI is playing an important role in the development of electric and hybrid vehicle technologies for transportation through a nationwide,
Department of Defense initiative.
- Email: bliaw@hawaii.edu
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Provides quantitative and qualitative information on the composition (boron to uranium) of small samples (1 micron to 5.1 cm)
using a Cameca 5 spectrometer SX50.
- Email: kross@soest.hawaii.edu
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Capable of studying geologic materials at high temperatures (600–1700°C) and a range of crustal pressures (1 bar to 4 kbar).
- Email: jhammer@hawaii.edu
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Operates a research grade, multi-laser sorting flow cytometer and a benchtop flow cytometer; optimized for analyses of photosynthetic and heterotrophic picoplankton, as well as supporting
more traditional work with eukaryotic cell types.
- Email: selph@hawaii.edu
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Includes three test stands for full-size fuel cells, on-site hydrogen generation, extensive safety systems, and on-line high-resolution
gas analysis.
- Email: rochelea@hawaii.edu
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Our three Finnigan ion ratio-monitoring mass spectrometers have been optimized for
stable isotopic analysis of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen on a variety of solid, liquid, and gas samples
- Email: rust@hawaii.edu
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Supports studies of the vibrational, or thermal infrared, properties of rocks (including meteorites) and minerals, using both
emission and reflection measurement techniques.
- Email: hamilton@higp.hawaii.edu
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Supports interdisciplinary research into the origin of the solar system through detailed studies of a variety of materials including meteorites,
interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), and samples returned by NASA missions
- Email: ghuss@higp.hawaii.edu
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Off the south shore of Oahu, provides a window into the nearshore coral reef physical, biological and chemical environment, including
waves, tides, currents and nearshore water quality.
- Email: gpawlak@oe.soest.hawaii.edu
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Prepares rock samples for petrographic, mineralogical, and geochemical analyses for classroom and research use.
- Email: joann@soest.hawaii.edu
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Focuses on the short-term behavior of the Earth's magnetic field by means of studies of volcanic rocks, deep sea sediments and lake sediments,
as well as other studies.
- Email: herrero@akolea.soest.hawaii.edu
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Provides sample analyses for a range of biogeochemical parameters including dissolved inorganic and organic nutrients (P, N, Si); dissolved organic and inorganic carbon; dissolved oxygen; alkalinity; solid-phase carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus; and chlorophyll-a.
- Email: briggs@hawaii.edu
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AHI (Airborne Hyperspectral Imager) is a system for the detection of buried land mines from the air designed to exploit a long wave
IR observable associated with mine installation.
- Email: williams@higp.hawaii.edu
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A major oceanographic research site 100 km north of Oahu, Station ALOHA has been the site of ~monthly shipboard observations of water column physics, biogeochemistry, and ecosystems
for over 15 years under the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) Program.
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Fabricates and tests thin-film (<1μm) materials and devices for commercial and industrial applications, such as novel semiconductor, dielectric,
and catalyst films for photovoltaics, solar hydrogen production, optical sensors, and more.
- Email: hnei@hawaii.edu
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Ships and Submersibles
SOEST's larger ships and submersibles are operated from the
University Marine Center at Honolulu Harbor and the Makai
Research Pier near Makapuu Point. Ship support is provided by
Shipboard Support
Facilities. Ships include:
Smaller research vessels including the R/V Mao Mao (a small coastal research vessel) and various small boats usually operate out of the
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on Coconut Island.
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