Education Programs

Passive Acoustic Technician Training Course

Bio-Waves is currently developing a Passive Acoustic Monitoring Course to assist with recruitment and training of field technicians. Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) using towed hydrophone arrays is of increasing interest to academia, private research companies, the navy, and the oil and gas industry because of its applications in mitigation efforts, abundance and distribution research, and species identification and tracking. This course combines theoretical instruction with hands-on demonstrations to give participants a working knowledge of towed array hardware, software and data management. The goal of this comprehensive series of activities and tutorials is to provide individuals with the necessary tools and basic skills to prepare them for work as passive acoustic field technicians.

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Science and Technology Workshops

Bio-Waves views the education of tomorrow's working professionals as an essential element to the advancement of marine, biological and environmental sciences. To assist in the progression of future scientists, Bio-Waves is dedicated to providing educational services focused on the practical applications of data collection, evaluation and analysis methods to scientific careers.

• Middle and high school workshops include a variety of topics ranging from general concepts and resource exploration to in-depth data collection, analysis and evaluation in the subjects of marine, biological and environmental sciences. All content is delivered using computer-based methods and the use of scientific equipment.

• Professional development workshops for secondary school educators are designed to provide additional resources and materials for communicating scientific concepts to students. All content is delivered using computer-based methods and workshops include take-home materials.

• Pending: Undergraduate level workshops are currently under construction at Bio-Waves Inc. These workshops will incorporate lessons in data analysis and evaluation using software to convey methods specific to marine, environmental and biological studies. All content will be delivered using computer-based methods and field studies.