{"id":37,"date":"2021-01-07T11:13:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-01-27T09:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:59:26","slug":"goals-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/about\/goals-and-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals & Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) is a unique consortium of top oceanographic institutions\u2014several graduate degree-granting institutions, an ocean exploration non-profit, and task-specific affiliates. They work as one to advance the core priorities of NOAA Ocean Exploration. Put simply, the OECI is uncovering the potential benefits our ocean has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Scientist Tim Shank reviews Nautical Charts and Bathymetric Charts while planning dive operations within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The United States is a leader in ocean exploration and discovery of the intellectual, economic, and social drivers embedded in the ocean realm. Remaining a leader will require more than any one institution, technological system, or ocean-going platform can provide. Through the conduct of its missions, technological innovation and by mobilizing a vast network of scientists and students, the OECI can mount a sustained and concerted effort. The long-term result will be to fully open the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and to widely benefit the nation\u2019s Blue Economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OECI\u2019s tasks<\/strong> are organized around four areas of focus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Exploring<\/strong> unknown or poorly known areas of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Developing<\/strong> mobile systems deployable from a broad range of platforms in previously unreachable shallows and depths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Adopting and integrating<\/strong> surface, aerial, and undersea autonomous vehicles into exploration operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Improving<\/strong> the utility of mission data for educational, commercial, scientific, and public communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Members of the OECI are committed to delivering:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Expertise <\/strong>in scientific disciplines like biology, chemistry, physical dynamics, geology\/geophysics, hydrography and ocean mapping, marine archaeology\/maritime history, acoustics and telecommunications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            • Excellence <\/strong>in engineering remotely operated vehicles and their on-board sub-systems, autonomous undersea powered vehicles, gliders and autonomous surface vehicles, ship board support systems, sensor and instrumentation development, and mapping and exploration applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              • Leadership<\/strong> in communications, including telepresence during ocean exploration, to engage and involve the greater U.S. oceanographic community and to excite, motivate and educate future generations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                OECI\u2019s lasting legacy will be a robust set of new ocean exploration concepts, a wide array of technological capabilities, and a wellspring of scientists, engineers, researchers and support professionals that can employ them to the benefit of the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) is a unique consortium of top oceanographic institutions\u2014several graduate degree-granting institutions, an ocean exploration non-profit, and task-specific affiliates. They work as one to advance the core priorities of NOAA Ocean Exploration. Put simply, the OECI is uncovering the potential benefits our ocean has to offer. The United States is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6148,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/6148"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}