One of the ECSC's main educational tools includes the training and the dissemination of specific Knowledge and skill based competencies for all student participants. From August 4-9th, these students participated and completed their 2013 Center-Wide Core Competency Course at the marine lab.

Dr. Sandra Brooke is setting sail with NOAA to further explore the submarine canyons between Charleston, SC and Norfolk, VA. In 2010, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and NOAA funded a four-year project to conduct multidisciplinary research that will be used to manage canyon ecosystems.