Algae Technology Educational Consortium (ATEC) is a Project of the Algae Foundation
About ACES 2.0 Part 2: Microalgae
The Algal Cultivation Extension Short-course (ACES 2.0) is the extension/outreach component of the Algae
Technology Educational Consortium (ATEC). ACES 2.0 is divided into two components: macroalgae and
microalgae.
This second component covers microalgae cultivation in a short-course based on a real college level
course. The original focus of this section of ACES 2.0 was to assist the algae biomass industry to improve
the
skill set and techniques required for their industry. This allows those companies to seek people who have
some knowledge of aquaculture but need to learn the basics of growing large quantities of microalgae.
These techniques are very similar to those needed to grow phytoplankton for shellfish. All shellfish
hatcheries rely on unicellular phytoplankton to grow brood-stock and to feed larval and post-set
shellfish. All businesses, including research facilities that rear shellfish from the spawning stage to
the grow-out stage must have a trained person that can grow phytoplankton. This course can assist in that
basic education for both industries. The microalgae component is a shortened on-line version of the ATEC
curriculum developed at Santa Fe Community College.
Both sections of ACES 2.0 are planning on hands-on labs at various times during the year for students to
travel to Santa Fe, Maine, or potentially other places to see how this is all done in the real world.
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Acknowledgements
The Algae Foundation and ATEC would like to thank the ACES 2.0 development team for their tireless
efforts.
Gef Flimlin
Professor Emeritus, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Director of ACES 2.0 program
Ondine Frauenglass
Interim Director: Innovation Center
Santa Fe Community College
Stephen M Gómez, Ph.D.
Chair: Advanced Technologies and Sustainability Department
Lead Faculty: Water/Wastewater Operations, Algae Cultivation
Santa Fe Community College
Ira Levine, Ph.D.
Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences
University of Southern Maine.