{"id":4328,"date":"2023-04-21T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/?page_id=4328"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:20:18","slug":"oeci-projects-main-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/about\/oeci-projects-main-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects Navigation &#8211; Main"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">OECI Projects<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) works on a project and activity level to support ocean exploration, technology development, and expanding a diverse workforce for the blue economy. Projects and activities are primarily funded through <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA Ocean Exploration<\/a> as well as additional funding from other NOAA offices and government agencies. Overview and updates on multi-year and new projects are linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"proj-timeline\">\n\n  <!--    Year 7 Projects    -->\n  <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry\">\n    <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry-content\">\n      <h2>Year 7<\/h2>\n      <p>July 2025 &#8211; June 2026<\/p>\n      <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n      <div class=\"proj-timeline-container proj-triple-container\">\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>New Projects<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Arctic Critical Minerals<\/li>\n            <li>Uncrewed Systems Pacific Critical Minerals<\/li>\n            <li>DriX Technology Advancement<\/li>\n            <li>EX Tech Demo (6000m AUV on Okeanos)<\/li>\n            <li>Artificial Reef Exploration &mdash; SS United States<\/li>\n            <li>Deep-sea eDNA Analysis &amp; Innovation<\/li>\n            <li>Orpheus Seafloor Resource Characterization<\/li>\n            <li>Low-cost DIC Sensor Advancement<\/li>\n            <li>EX Network Upgrade<\/li>\n            <li>Y7 Abyssal Plains (Samoa Basin Microbes)<\/li>\n            <li><i>And more multi-year projects<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-year-7\/\" title=\"\">view all Y7 projects<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI Expeditions<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Shakedown 2026<\/li>\n            <li>Pacific Mapping<\/li>\n            <li>Deep-Sea Habitats in the Mariana Islands I<\/li>\n            <li>Deep-Sea Habitats in the Mariana Islands II<\/li>\n            <li>Exploration of Wake Island&#8217;s Deep Sea<\/li>\n            <li>Deep-Sea Habitats of the Hawaiian Archipelago<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-expeditions\/#year-7\" title=\"\">view all Y7 expeditions<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI MDBC Activities<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>mROV Shakedown<\/li>\n            <li>Coral Science (Recruitment &amp; Propagation)<\/li>\n            <li>Deepwater ROV &mdash; Global Explorer<\/li>\n            <li>Lander Sustainment<\/li>\n            <li>The Propagation Operation<\/li>\n            <li>Soft Sediment Sample Processing<\/li>\n            <li>Telepresence Support for MDBC<\/li>\n            <li><i>And more multi-year activities<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-mdbc-year-7\/\" title=\"\">view all Y7 oeci-mdbc<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<!--    Year 6 Projects    -->\n  <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry\">\n    <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry-content\">\n      <h2>Year 6<\/h2>\n      <p>July 2024 &#8211; June 2025<\/p>\n      <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n      <div class=\"proj-timeline-container proj-triple-container\">\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>New Projects<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Erie Mapping<\/li>\n            <li>Hudson Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>mROV<\/li>\n            <li>Ontario ROV<\/li>\n            <li>Viral Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>Aquaculture<\/li>\n            <li><i>And more multi-year projects<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-year-6\/\" title=\"\">view all Y6 projects<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI Expeditions<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Shakedown 2025<\/li>\n            <li>Mattingan: Mariana Arc Volcanic Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>Exploring the Offshore Marianas<\/li>\n            <li>Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal: Iron Bottom Sound<\/li>\n            <li>Deep-Sea Habitats of the Marshall Islands<\/li>\n            <li>Seafloor Mapping Offshore Howland &amp; Baker Islands<\/li>\n            <li>Deep-Sea Habitats of the Cook Islands<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-expeditions\/#year-6\" title=\"\">view all Y6 expeditions<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI MDBC Activities<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>medium ROV Build<\/li>\n            <li>Landers<\/li>\n            <li>Coral Science<\/li>\n            <li>Engagement &amp; Outreach<\/li>\n            <li>Telepresence<\/li>\n            <li>Voyis Integ. Support Remus600<\/li>\n            <li><i>And more multi-year activities<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-mdbc-year-6\/\" title=\"\">view all Y6 oeci-mdbc<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n  <!--    Year 5 Projects    -->\n  <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry\">\n    <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry-content\">\n      <h2>Year 5<\/h2>\n      <p>July 2023 &#8211; June 2024<\/p>\n      <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n      <div class=\"proj-timeline-container proj-triple-container\">\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>New Projects<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Ocean Exploration Forum<\/li>\n            <li>Pacific Islands Community Engagement<\/li>\n            <li>Sentry American Samoa<\/li>\n            <li>Video 2 NCEI &amp; Aquaview Trial<\/li>\n            <li>Realtime Undersea Modeling and Immersion<\/li>\n            <li>Aleutians Alvin A&amp;C<\/li>\n            <li><i>And More Multi-Year Projects<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-year-5\/\" title=\"\">view all y5 projects<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI Expeditions<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>American Samoa Leg 1<\/li>\n            <li>American Samoa Leg 2<\/li>\n            <li>Howland\/Baker<\/li>\n            <li>Jarvis<\/li>\n            <li>Shakedown<\/li>\n            <li>Palau<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-expeditions\/#:~:text=Year%205\" title=\"\">view all y5 expeditions<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI MDBC Activities<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>AUV Lars<\/li>\n            <li>AUV Sentry<\/li>\n            <li>Education and Outreach<\/li>\n            <li>Mola Mola on Pt. Sur<\/li>\n            <li>ROV Study<\/li>\n            <li>Telepresence<\/li>\n            <li>Remus 600<\/li>\n            <li><i>And More Multi-Year Activities<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-mdbc-year-5\/\" title=\"\">view all y5 oeci-mdbc<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!--    Year 4 Projects    -->\n  <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry\">\n    <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry-content\">\n      <h2>Year 4<\/h2>\n      <p>July 2022 &#8211; June 2023<\/p>\n      <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n      <div class=\"proj-timeline-container proj-triple-container\">\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>New Projects<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Lander &#8211; Deep Autonomous Profiler<\/li>\n            <li>SeaPerch<\/li>\n            <li>Carbon Sequestration<\/li>\n            <li>Saildrone in the Aleutians<\/li>\n            <li>Machine Learning Co-Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>Shipwreck Microbiomes of Keathley Canyon<\/li>\n            <li>Eagle Ray and Mola Mola on Okeanos Explorer<\/li>\n            <li>Hadal Profiler<\/li>\n            <li><i>And More Multi-Year Projects<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-year-4\/\" title=\"\">view all y4 projects<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI Expeditions<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Shakedown<\/li>\n            <li>Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll<\/li>\n            <li>Mapping of Jarvis<\/li>\n            <li>Tech Challenge &#8211; Multi-Vehicle Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument<\/li>\n            <li>Johnston Atoll<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-expeditions\/#:~:text=5%20PROJECTS%20DIRECTORY-,Year%204,-Shakedown\" title=\"\">view all y4 expeditions<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI MDBC Activities<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Mapping<\/li>\n            <li>Coral Science<\/li>\n            <li>Coral Technology<\/li>\n            <li>Habitat<\/li>\n            <li>Soft Sediment<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-mdbc-year-4\/\" title=\"\">view all y4 oeci-mdbc<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!--    Year 3 Projects    -->\n  <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry\">\n    <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry-content\">\n      <h2>Year 3<\/h2>\n      <p>July 2021 &#8211; June 2022<\/p>\n      <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n      <div class=\"proj-timeline-container proj-double-container\">\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>New Projects<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Microbial Exploration of Hydrothermal Features<\/li>\n            <li>Exploration via eDNA<\/li>\n            <li>CloudMap<\/li>\n            <li>Bridge to Ocean Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>BERACOUDA<\/li>\n            <li>Data Management<\/li>\n            <li>Machine Learning Video<\/li>\n            <li>Raman &#8211; Deploying InVADER<\/li>\n            <li><i>And More Multi-Year Projects<\/i><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-year-3\/\" title=\"\">view all y3 projects<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI Expeditions<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll<\/li>\n            <li>Lu\u02bbuaeaahikiikekumu \u2013 Ancient Seamounts of Lili\u02bbuokalani Ridge<\/li>\n            <li>MultiVehicle<\/li>\n            <li>Deep Seamount Biodiversity of Johnston Atoll Legs 1 &amp; 2<\/li>\n            <li>NWHI\/PMNM Legs 1 &amp; 2<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-expeditions\/#:~:text=4%20PROJECTS%20DIRECTORY-,Year%203,-Kingman%20Reef%20and\" title=\"\">view all y3 expeditions<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!--    Year 1, 2 Projects    -->\n  <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry\">\n    <div class=\"proj-timeline-entry-content\">\n      <h2>Years 1 &amp; 2<\/h2>\n      <p>July 2019 &#8211; June 2021<\/p>\n      <hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n      <div class=\"proj-timeline-container proj-double-container\">\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>New Projects<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Deepwater DriX<\/li>\n            <li>Inner Space Center Support<\/li>\n            <li>Multi-Vehicle Technology Integration<\/li>\n            <li>Tuskegee University OEIP Internships<\/li>\n            <li>WHOI Expand Seafloor Characterization Techniques<\/li>\n            <li>Orpheus<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-year-1-2\/\" title=\"\">view all y1\/2 projects<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"proj-timeline-container-content\">\n          <h3>OECI Expeditions<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Benthic Communities Across Biomes<\/li>\n            <li>US EEZ Mapping<\/li>\n            <li>Santa Barbara Basin &amp; West Coast EEZ Mapping<\/li>\n            <li>Cascadia Margin Seep Exploration<\/li>\n            <li>West Coast EEZ Mapping<\/li>\n            <li>Tech Demo NUI\/Mesobot<\/li>\n            <li>Mapping to Hawaii<\/li>\n            <li>Liliuokalani Ridge Seamounts<\/li>\n            <li>S. Wentworth &amp; Don Quixote<\/li>\n            <li>Chautauqua Seamounts<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <a class=\"cl-button bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/projects-expeditions\/#:~:text=3%20PROJECTS%20DIRECTORY-,Years%201%20and%202,-Benthic%20Communities%20Across\" title=\"\">view all y1\/2 expeditions<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OECI Projects Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) works on a project and activity level to support ocean exploration, technology development, and expanding a diverse workforce for the blue economy. Projects and activities are primarily funded through NOAA Ocean Exploration as well as additional funding from other NOAA offices and government agencies. 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