CalSound (Fung Fellowship Conservation + Technology)
Channel: Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
Date: 2021-06-05

A team of Conservation + Technology Fellows address the following question with NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Ocean Associates, Inc. (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southwest-fisheries-science-center): How might we represent the contributions of various sound sources in the ocean (manmade, biological & geological) in a meaningful format for marine resource managers? - with NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Ocean Associates, Inc.

***About the Fellows
These 50 fellows are completing their third year at UC Berkeley and are part of the inaugural cohort in the Conservation + Tech track. They were selected for the fellowship as part of a competitive, campus-wide application program. They began the fellowship in August 2020, which has included participation in two semester-long courses and 5 design challenges, all in a virtual format.
The graduate student instructor (GSI) for this semester is David Kurz, a PhD candidate in Environmental Science. The lead instructor for this cohort is Aakash Desai, a designer and facilitator experienced in the environmental space.