Southern California Marine Institute

UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management to Demonstrate Carbon Removal Technologies on AltaSea Campus at Port of Los Angeles

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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AltaSea and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering s Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) have announced an agreement to demonstrate carbon removal technologies on the 35-acre AltaSea campus at the Port of Los Angeles later this year.

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  • AltaSea and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering s Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) have announced an agreement to demonstrate carbon removal technologies on the 35-acre AltaSea campus at the Port of Los Angeles later this year.
  • This innovative technology will help address one of the most daunting climate change challenges the world faces carbon dioxide emissions.
  • ICMs carbon dioxide removal process uses renewable electricity to entrap carbon dioxide found in seawater in the form of inert, solid carbonates and dissolved bicarbonate ions.
  • The Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) is a cross-campus technology-translation entity at UCLA that engineers carbon management solutions for a sustainable tomorrow.

Senator Padilla Announces $600K Grant to AltaSea for Hands-On Blue Economy Educational Programs

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022
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AltaSeas Ocean STEM Pathways program will provide Los Angeles area students with hands-on educational experiences in four sectors of the Blue Economy: sustainable aquaculture, ocean exploration and mapping, clean energy, and underwater robotics.

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  • AltaSeas Ocean STEM Pathways program will provide Los Angeles area students with hands-on educational experiences in four sectors of the Blue Economy: sustainable aquaculture, ocean exploration and mapping, clean energy, and underwater robotics.
  • I am proud to have secured funding that will give LA students STEM learning experiences in the emerging Blue Economy a vital and growing sector of Californias 21st century economy, Senator Alex Padilla said.
  • I look forward to AltaSea continuing to make a mark on Southern California by convening experts to advance blue technology and ocean conservation.
  • We are grateful to Senator Padilla and his staff for prioritizing the Los Angeles community and our planet in his community project funding.

State of California & Port of LA Bet Big on AltaSea – $12M Will Fund Building of West Coast’s Largest Blue Economy R&D Center of Innovation

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Monday, October 4, 2021
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The State of California and the Port of Los Angeles have directed $12 million to AltaSea, a nonprofit corporation, to fund the construction of the West Coasts largest blue economy ocean research and development center.

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  • The State of California and the Port of Los Angeles have directed $12 million to AltaSea, a nonprofit corporation, to fund the construction of the West Coasts largest blue economy ocean research and development center.
  • California State Senator Steven Bradford and California State Assemblyman Patrick ODonnell led an effort to secure $6 million in state funding to match the Port of Los Angeles $6 million commitment.
  • Construction on the Center of Innovation is anticipated to commence by mid-2022 and be completed in the first half of 2023.
  • AltaSea recently announced that its campus will be home to the nations largest solar installation at an ocean research and development center.

Portfolium Extends ePortfolio Partnership With Cal State University System

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Portfolium, the leading Student Success Network , announced today that they're extending their partnership with the California State University (CSU) system for an additional three years, keeping Portfolium as the provider of its ePortfolio network to CSU's 484K students and 3.6M alumni from all 23 CSU campuses.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Portfolium, the leading Student Success Network , announced today that they're extending their partnership with the California State University (CSU) system for an additional three years, keeping Portfolium as the provider of its ePortfolio network to CSU's 484K students and 3.6M alumni from all 23 CSU campuses.
  • Since the 2015 initial launch, 200,000 students have created profiles and added 1,500,000 verified skills, with 17 campuses having successfully implemented Portfolium.
  • Along with current CSU students and alumni, the Portfolium and CSU partnership will also benefit current California Community College (CCC) students seeking to transfer to the CSU system.
  • Portfolium's relationship with the CSU system has been rooted in successful campus launches at CSU Fullerton, CSU Long Beach, CSU San Marcos, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Diego State University, Cal State Northridge, CSU East Bay, Cal State LA, CSU Bakersfield, Cal Poly Pomona, Sacramento State, CSU Channel Islands, Cal State San Bernardino, and San Jose State University among others.