THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON
CMS Internal Advisory Committee Summary - 9/19/01
Members Present:
Dan Baden (CMS)
Patricia Kelley (Earth Sciences)
Jim Merritt (CMS)
Curt Moyer (Physics)
Martin Posey (CMS)
Scott Quackenbush (Biology)
Charles Ward (Chemistry)
Joan Willey (CMS)
Members not Present:
Jeff Wright (CMS)
Jack Hall (Environmental Studies)
Recorder: Dennis Ihnat
Discussion Item: IAC Membership and Faculty Involvement at CMS
 Dan: Jeff Wright and Martin Posey continue as Resident CMS IAC Representatives
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Martin selected long straw = 2 Year Term
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Jeff Wright 1 Year Term
 Dan: Will select Non-Resident Representatives at next Faculty Meeting
 Dan: Need more faculty turnout for Seminars
 Discussion: Need to select times for CMS Faculty Meetings to minimize conflicts to
allow broader participation
Center for Marine Science
Office of the Director
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5600 MARVIN K. MOSS LANE, WILMINGTON, NC 28409 (910) 962-2300/962-2405
INTERNET; BADEND@UNCWIL.EDU
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Discussion Item: Staff Issues
Operations Team:
 Dan: Some recent inappropriate interpersonal interactions; some members feel
overloaded, high stress. One key member has had significant time commitment for
research projects, taking away from primary responsibilities.
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Working to come to agreement for future time allocations
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Working to clarify responsibilities within staff (e.g., Dockmaster & Seahawk
Captain)
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Letters will be placed in files
 Jim: Working w/Ops to develop customer survey to ID what is working and what can
be improved.
 Dan: Effort to improve science/ops interactions:
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Will ask for two separate reports after science cruise:
o Captains Log Report
o Science Cruise Report
Will hold meeting to address need to develop collaborative approach
Admin Team:
 Dan:
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9 people working here now. Admin support improving.
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Some interpersonal relationship issues w/ one staff member
o Working on dealing w/
o Letter will be placed in file
Discussion Item: CMS Strategic Plan
 Dan: Final Draft Committee Report will be posted shortly
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How to distribute
o Email attachments problematic
o Post on web with password
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 Martin: Some Strategic Plan goals may be awkward if passed around
 Charles: Limit to on-campus access?
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Dan will check
 Scott: If available to faculty, it will be distributed (Reality; have to live with it)
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Prefer open security to facilitate campus participation and accept downside
 Dan: Strategic Plan – incredible amount of effort, high quality
Discussion Item: Seawater System
 Dan: Initial analysis of water indicated sufficient quality
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Significant variability found since moving into CMS-MG
o Salinity 23 to 33
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Unsubstantiated concerns regarding contaminants
o Nutrients, bacteria, dissolved minerals
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Problematic
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Solutions
o Pipeline
o Trucking
o Filtering/Salinity Stabilization.
o Other (location…)
 Dennis: Background package distributed
 Dan: Lateral drilling
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Cost is high
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Slurry – Environmental Concern
o Push-pipe slurry may produce environmental impact
 Scott: Would not discount vertical well, dependent on local geology
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Test well would not be too expensive
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Will create own aquifer
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Sterile/Constant temp/Constant salinity
 Martin: Need oceanic water for subtropical fish research
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Temp of ocean water would be concern – in-line heaters
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Bulk of users can make do with Masonboro Sound water
 Scott: Can strip hydrogen sulfide and oxygenate
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Larger problem could be mineral content
 Patricia: Joe Cornette drilled two wells adjacent to the Earth Sciences Building
 Scott: In Miami, pumped high iron content for 3 days until iron stopped
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Local well drillers may not have knowledge of local groundwater
 Joan: Husband works for state with groundwater issues w/ DNR (Charles Stehman
395-3900)
 Scott: Not sure what permit issues would be
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Those who do this professionally know how to get permits
 Dan: Low profile
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Chancellor concerned that in seeking to expand our research seawater options
we do not raise concerns in Raleigh that we have problem with seawater
 Scott: Every facility from Connecticut to Miami has a problem with seawater
 Dan: Tell faculty:
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We are exploring
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High priority
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Improvements currently in process
o Outlets in aquaria room being connected to emergency circuits
o Modifications to current Seawater System almost complete
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Discussion Item: Educational Issues
 Joan: Dr. Evgeny Dafner, Post Doc, wants teaching experience
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PhD in Chemistry
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Needs sponsoring department
o Chemistry graduate status
o Marine Science graduate status
 Scott: Process in Biology
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Letter from current faculty to recommend Professor for Adjunct
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Establish course
 Joan: Based on course content, most sense in Chemistry
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Joan will proceed with initiating with Chemistry
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Question remains: Do we want Graduate Faculty status in Marine Science?
 Patricia: Have similar issue, and may be of value to consider Non Department
Graduate Faculty standing
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May want to take to Graduate Council
 Charles: May be worth considering so do not fall through cracks in department
(which may not be familiar with the individual)
 Joan: Offering 1 Credit Hour course, Cruise Sampling
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Indication will benefit Researchers with help for their work
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Will make some changes to Marine Science catalog
• Remove specific courses and refer to department listings to ensure
currency
 Dan: Discussion of Oceans and Health program development with NIH, NSF
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Student support
o GlaxoWelcome ∆’s this year (Last year of current funding.)
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 Dan: Joint Ph.D.
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Dean Neil Hadley spearheading
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Len Pietrafesa interested in revitalizing
 Scott: Funding?
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When funding went away, program went away
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Showing this kind of collaboration would support Biology Ph.D. efforts
Discussion Item: General Interest
3 Major collaborations
 Dan:
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Coastal Ocean Monitoring
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Oceans & Health
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Freshwater – Estuarine – Oceanic
Nutrient budgeting
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Duke
 Dan: Dare County Facility (Northern Node)
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Will try to establish CMS as Southern Node
 Scott: Discussion of interaction of inactive Joint Ph.D. program ( no students) as
evidence that UNCW Ph.D. in Marine Biology was not needed
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Not a question of need, but management and money