Founded in 1958, Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Shandong Academy of Sciences (IOISAS) engages in basic and applied basic research, key common technology research and transformation of related achievements in the field of marine environmental monitoring. It also carries out domestic and international scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges, builds marine monitoring scientific and technological research platforms, provides public welfare services and undertake the task of training post-graduate students of relevant professions.
IOISAS has 442 authorized positions. There are more than 300 researchers working on the research and development of marine monitoring equipment, including 120 senior researchers. Seven senior researchers are granted State Council Special Allowance. More than 10 researchers were awarded Shandong Provincial Young & Middle-Aged Experts and Qingdao Talents with Outstanding Expertise. The institute also has post-doctoral sub-workstation of Shandong Academy of Sciences.
IOISAS has four national innovation platforms: National Marine Monitoring Equipment Engineering Technology Research Center, National Marine Equipment International-Joint Research Center, Strategic Alliance of Technology Innovation for Marine Monitoring Equipment Industry and National Marine High-tech Industrialization Base, and two provincial key labs: Shandong Marine Monitoring Instrument and Equipment Technology Key Lab and Shandong Special Welding Technology Key Lab.
IOISAS has been working on marine monitoring technology research and industrialization since its establishment decades ago, and has built professional teams working on technologies such as ship meteorology, ecological monitoring, marine monitoring platform, marine acoustics, marine remote sensing, ocean optics, ocean data buoy and marine sensors. It has undertaken over 380 scientific research projects of national or provincial level, won three National S&T Progress Awards, over 50 Provincial S&T Progress Awards and more than 100 City S&T Progress Awards, and has been granted over 300 patents. All the 10-meter diameter discus buoys in use in China are all designed, produced and technically supported by IOISAS, they are deployed in Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea. Users of the marine data buoy system include State Oceanic Administration, China Meteorological Administration, Oceanic and Fishery Administration of various coastal provinces, China Academy of Sciences and local harbor affairs offices. The system provides real-time data for marine forecast, weather forecast and marine project constructions. Ship-borne Meteorological Monitoring and Forecasting Series are widely used on various kinds of ships, scientific research vessels, VOS and civil ships. The Automatic Observing System has realized unattended continuous monitoring, and is widely installed on ocean stations along the coast, on unmanned automatic observing station of islands and on ocean platforms and ports. The marine survey equipment developed and produced by IOISAS takes the leading position in China, and has played an important part in the marine scientific research and survey.