The MaST Center is ideally situated on a 260-foot-pier over Puget Sound at Redondo Beach, making it the ideal site for combining research and education of the Puget Sound and the local environment. Center research projects cover a range of levels from Citizen Science* to partnerships with large research institutions such as the University of Washington. Depending on available funding, the MaST Center will also help fund research programs.

If you are interested in conducting research at the MaST Center, please submit a 1-page proposal of your project to mast@highline.edu. (Research submissions are open to everyone, including the community, K-12 schools, faculty and graduate level students)

Type of Research that Could be Funded at MaST-

• Behavioral ecology of Puget Sound organisms
• Physiology of Puget Sound Organisms
• Invasive species
• Water quality monitoring
• Current flow measurements
• Comparisons of freshwater input and mixing with
  Puget Sound water

*Citizen Science - ordinary members of the public collecting scientific data--in this case about the marine environment - that may be used for scientific research for the public.

Example: Collecting water quality data that could then be available for people to see how "clean" their local beaches are.