Miles Craggs: The evolution of naval technologies and the importance of modern technological development.
Dana Fong: The ocean’s influence on Polynesian art and/or human adaptation to global sea level rise.
Isabela Garcia: The role of art in political revolution and its application to plastic pollution.
Andrew Grueteran: Documentary on global networking and commerce.What are the vulnerabilities and what would be the effect of their breakdown?
Logan Guillet: Naval technology past, present, and future.How did we get where we are now and how will technologies such as A.I. affect our trajectory going forward?
Alexander Islas: The economic consequences of shellfish harvest closures caused by harmful algal blooms.
Connor Izumi: Documentary on marine conservation and plastic pollution.
Katie Johnson: Microplastics, human health, and societal change.
Amy Larsen: Children’s book on ocean acidification
Leo MacLeod: Several ideas, including conservation of “uncharismatic”marine organisms, learning from indigenous and first nation peoples environmental practices/stewardship, and the role of the oceans in sci-fi media.
Ben Mather: Industry and consumerism’s effects on the natural world. How can we move the focus from short-term financial gain to long-term environmental health?
Kendra McKeague: The interconnectedness of science and art,specifically in regard to the ocean, taking a historical perspective.
Taylor Mixon: Past, present, and future of economic prosperity vs. environmental conservation.
Tehwan Park: Human-induced changes in the world’s oceans,including chemical waste, plastics pollution, and the way the news media covers these issues.
James Scukas: Modern human migration by sea – recent history, sociopolitical context, and ethical issues.
Madison Selby: Ocean pollution, what’s currently being done,and what can/should be done in the future.
Xuejie Sheng: Recreation and the Sea. Balancing access and protection, comparing international policies, and connecting it to art.
Jazzy Shepard: How to change the perspective of large corporations from short term to long term?
Josh Trierweiler: Marine protected areas – what they are,how they work, their environmental/economic tradeoff, and the roadblocks to establishing them.
Chris Walker: Exploring technological innovation in addressing oceanic plastic waste and/or exploring educational tools/techniques for changing the way we think about and use plastics.
Rachel Wang: Shifting ideologies about the ocean as seen in the art and law of the sea.
Spencer Washom: Shared goals and potential collaboration between scientists, the navy, and government organizations towards continuing oceanic research and exploration.
Yifan Wu: The importance of sea power throughout history and today. Possibly exploring future outcomes and/or alternate histories.