{"id":168081,"date":"2021-03-12T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=168081"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:18:12","slug":"h4o","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking4Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Hacking4Oceans<\/h1><p>OCG 539\/MBA 539<\/p><a class=\"cl-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf718mWegVDpsfEMweOwnfe-kGb5f4uPtPYAb2QBE4UBgkdOQ\/viewform\" title=\"\">APPLY HERE<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/07225428-ca5a-41f2-9f4b-721d85f96bd8_Cover_CoralReefs_AlexMustard.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Hacking4Oceans\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-hacking4oceans\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-168233\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168233\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/\">H4O<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-168401\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/overview\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-168392\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168392\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/in-the-news\/\">In the News<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-168389\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-168389\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/h4o\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section><\/p>\n<div class=\"type-intro\">\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>Engage with businesses, non-profits, and government agencies to define the problems that are holding back progress in ocean-related work. Through this class, your research will unveil these impediments to progress, so you can unleash your creativity on defining genuine solutions. All work is done collaboratively and with the guidance of expert mentors from the University of Rhode Island and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Questions? Email Jaime Palter at <a href=\"mailto:jpalter@uri.edu\">jpalter@uri.edu<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Charter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 20px\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-video  \"><div class=\"poster\" id=\"tBLmjpH8Czk\" data-video=\"tBLmjpH8Czk\" data-platform=\"youtube\" data-showinfo=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/tBLmjpH8Czk\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-179339 size-half_column\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-500x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-500x231.png 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-1024x473.png 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-1536x709.png 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-364x168.png 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-1000x462.png 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1-1280x591.png 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/H4O_grab-1.png 1642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cl-panel-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><b>\u200bEXAMPLE&nbsp; PROBLEMS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card   right\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/news\/hacking4oceans-students-tackle-ocean-pollution\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Hacking4Oceans_ghost-gear_2023-1-copy-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"Hacking4Oceans_ghost-gear_2023-1 copy\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Hacking4Oceans students tackle ocean pollution<\/h2><p>A team of URI MBA &amp; undergraduate students spent the semester researching ghost gear in Rhode Island waters and interviewing fishers, nonprofits, and businesses affected by the problem.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Learn more<\/div><\/a><\/div>How might we:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Keep whales safe from entanglement in lobstering gear?<\/li>\n<li>Diversify the seafood eaten by Rhode Islanders?<\/li>\n<li>Make coastal residential energy more resilient to outages?<\/li>\n<li>Identify municipal resilience priorities in a changing climate?<\/li>\n<li>Keep microplastic pollution out of the ocean?<\/li>\n<li>Help fishing communities plan for the coming season?<\/li>\n<li>Optimize interactions between the fishing industry and offshore wind?<\/li>\n<li>Use excess energy from offshore wind production for economic and environmental<span style=\"font-family: Charter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 20px\"> impact?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cThe teaching team and mentors have been phenomenal in providing great advice and feedback to guide us in the right direction.\u201d \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/scripps.ucsd.edu\/news\/students-poised-tackle-environmental-challenges-hacking-oceans-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Michelle Sit, Computer Science and Engineering student, 2020 Participant<\/a> at UCSD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extraordinary support from our sponsors and external mentors should cement the value of students education and the Blue Economy.\u201d \u2013 Paula Bontempi, Faculty, URI Graduate School of Oceanography<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am truly looking forward to joining with the kindred spirits at URI to create a new generation of entrepreneurs focused on the mission of ocean health.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonmission.us\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Weinstein, Board Member of Common Mission Project and Executive Director H4XLabs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hacking4Oceans is an innovative program that brings experts from different areas to educate new generations of entrepreneurs who tackle one of the major economic issues of our time, the Economy of Ocean, the Blue Economy.&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/maling-ebrahimpour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maling Ebrahimpour, Dean, URI College of Business<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><b>HACKING FOR THE OCEANS PARTNERS<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonmission.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-169704 size-third_column\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/CMPLogoFull-364x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/CMPLogoFull-364x182.png 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/CMPLogoFull-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/CMPLogoFull-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/CMPLogoFull.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-169755 size-third_column\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/uri-gso-364x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"182\" 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100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cl-panel-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2><b>HACKING FOR THE OCEANS SPONSORS<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-third_column wp-image-182356\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/MOB_logo-copy-2-364x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/MOB_logo-copy-2-364x166.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/MOB_logo-copy-2-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/MOB_logo-copy-2-500x228.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/MOB_logo-copy-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-182358\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Orsted_logo.svg-copy-364x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"142\"><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-182360 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/arctura-lgo-copy-e1698416440186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"123\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-third_column wp-image-182359\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/thayermahan-copy-364x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/thayermahan-copy-364x94.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/thayermahan-copy-300x77.jpg 300w, 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