Scientific Collaboration
Scientific Collaboration
TITLE
Scientific Collaboration and Serendipity
CLIENT
Pacific Marine Energy Center
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
ROLE
Facilatator, Interviewer, Writer, Film, Audio, Edit
Background
How might we envision a future of scientific collaboration for discoveries and cross-disciplinary research?
Background
How might we envision a future of scientific collaboration for discoveries and cross-disciplinary research?
Summary
Marine mammal tracking is key to understanding animal mating, breeding, feeding and migration behaviors to better understand management and conservation.
Challenge
Investigate possible applications of Marine Energy for marine mammal tracking devices.
Investigate possible disconnects between engineers who make tags and biologists who deploy them.
Methods
Enthnographic inquiry
Literature review
Subject matter expert interviews
Storyboarding
Co-design Workshops
Outcomes
Outcomes
Results
Engineers are removed from the context of marine science study.
Current forms of battery size and duration are sufficient for marine scientists' studies. Participants have not considered marine energy as a viable source of power for a micro- scale device.
Our team pivoted our research to understand what marine scientists need to be successful at their work. The first new insight we uncovered is that marine scientists have a limited understanding of most mammals and are interested in gaining a holistic view of species interconnectivity, as well as how mammals are affected by climate change.