American Academy of Underwater Sciences
{{short description|American diving standards organisation}}
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| services = Development of scientific diving standards and procedures, funding of research and internships.
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| fields = Scientific diving, underwater science.
| membership = 149 organizational members
| membership_year = 2022
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The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) is a group of scientific organizations and individual members who conduct scientific and educational activities underwater. It was organized in 1977 and incorporated in the State of California in 1983.
Purpose and activities
The mission of the AAUS is to facilitate the development of safe and productive scientific divers through education, research, advocacy, and the advancement of standards for scientific diving practices, certifications, and operations.
The AAUS administrates the AAUS Foundation, which is a 501c3 charity to provide internships and scholarships to students who study scientific diving or use scientific diving as a research tool.{{cite web|url=https://www.aaus.org/ |title=American Academy of Underwater Sciences - Home |access-date=14 May 2022 }}
Scientific diving standards
The AAUS is responsible for the promulgation of the AAUS Standards for Scientific Diving Certification and Operation of Scientific Diving Programs.{{cite web |author=AAUS |url=http://www.aaus.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=29798&orgId=aaus |title=The AAUS Standards for Scientific Diving Certification and Operation of Scientific Diving Programs |access-date=2008-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518155232/http://www.aaus.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=29798&orgId=aaus |archive-date=2008-05-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author=AAUS |url=http://www.aaus.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=29796&orgId=aaus |title=A brief history of the AAUS exemption |access-date=2008-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518155222/http://www.aaus.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=29796&orgId=aaus |archive-date=2008-05-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |author1=Sharkey, P. |author2=Austin, L. |title=Proceedings OCEANS '83 |chapter=Federal Regulation Of Scientific Diving: Two Scientific Divers' Perspective|pages=460–463 |doi=10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152066 |year=1983 |s2cid=23322218 }} These are the consensual guidelines for scientific diving programs in the US, and are recognized by Occupational Safety and Health Administration as the "Standard" for scientific diving. These standards are followed by all AAUS Organizational Members allowing for reciprocity between institutions. Each institution is responsible for upholding the standards within its program and among its divers. The AAUS peer reviews the standards on a regular basis, so they represent the consensus of the scientific diving community and state-of-the-art technologies.
Exemption from commercial diving regulations
In 1975 the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America petitioned for an emergency temporary standard be issued with respect to occupational diving operations. The ETS issued on June 15, 1976, was to be effective from July 15 but was challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals by several diving contractors, and was withdrawn that November. A permanent standard for commercial diving became effective on 20 October 1977, but it did not consider the needs of scientific diving. The scientific diving community was unable to operate as previously, and in 1977 united to form the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS)
Afer the OHSA promulgated regulations for commercial diving in 1977, that adversely affected scientific diving programs, several SDP managers formed the California Advisory Comittee on Scientific and Technical Diving (CACSTD), which produced a report on Scientific and Technical Diving, and later became the AAUS.
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Publications
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Awards
- Conrad Limbaugh Award for Scientific Diving Leadership is presented annually to a member of AAUS who made a significant contribution in scientific diving safety and leadership.{{cite web |url=https://www.aaus.org/leadership_award|title=Conrad Limbaugh Award for Scientific Diving Leadership |website=www.aaus.org |access-date=23 October 2024 }}
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Library
Many of the AAUS publications were available online at the now defunct Rubicon Research Repository.{{cite web |author =Rubicon Foundation |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4238 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723145406/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4238 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |title=American Academy of Underwater Sciences Collection |access-date=2008-07-13 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061215093629/http://www.aaus.org/mc/page.do American Academy of Underwater Sciences]
- [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/mss0773.html American Academy of Underwater Sciences Records] MSS 0773 [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/ Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library.
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