Ecosystem Electronics Lab

Support

The Ecosystem Electronics Lab provides advanced technical education for CSUMB students while furthering K-12 science education and applied ecological research in the Monterey Bay area and beyond. To do this work, EEL depends on three distinct forms of support:

• External funding
• Donations or loans of needed tools, equipment, supplies, or expertise
• Project opportunities

We are grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of EEL projects and activities to date:

Funding

The following have provided grants or other funding to help the EEL purchase equipment & supplies and/or to provide financial support to students working on EEL projects:

• CSU Faculty Support Grant for the Engagement of Students in Coursework Related Research
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center
• Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI), a program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
• California Department of Parks and Recreation (CA State Parks)
• Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (TLA) at CSUMB
• Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, a program funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Anonymous private donors

In-kind donations

The following have donated or loaned major equipment, tools, supplies, and/or staff time needed by the EEL to complete projects:

• BlueRobotics
• Ocean Innovations
• Remote Ocean Systems, Inc.
• California Department of Parks and Recreation and its PORTS Program
• Etheric Networks
• Los Gatos Skunkworks
• Anonymous private donors

Project opportunities

The ideal EEL Project: 1) provides a valuable, technically-challenging educational opportunity for EEL students, 2) supports ecological education and/or research that meets community-identified needs in the Monterey/Salinas region or beyond, and 3) has a realistic scope and timeline, ensuring a high probability of successful completion by supervised university students.

The following people and organizations have provided outstanding project opportunities for EEL students:

• The people of Ulithi Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia
• One People One Reef (Ulithi Marine Conservation)
  
• The Gilly Lab at Hopkins Marine Station (Stanford University)
• Big Sur Land Trust / Marks Ranch
• California Department of Parks and Recreation (CA State Parks)
• Carmel Middle School
• CCoWs
• Dan Costa Lab (UC Santa Cruz)
• Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Hastings Natural History Reserve
• International School of Monterey
• Kenneth Coale Lab / MLML
• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
• Ocean Gate Foundation
• SLEWTHS / MLML
• Ventana Wildlife Society