Engineering Research Equipment Grant: A Materials Testing Machine for the IIHR Ice Research Laboratory

这笔拨款是为了让首席研究员和爱荷华大学购买一台现代通用材料试验机，以取代目前正在使用的20世纪60年代的老式试验机。这台新机器将专门用于研究冰的力学特性。爱荷华大学拥有美国大学中最先进的冰力学实验室之一，但测试技术的快速发展使他们的设备无法进行目前在领先研究机构进行的测试。这台设备将使他们能够在涉及冰的物理性质的新的重要领域开始工作。

This grant is to allow the principal investigator and the University of Iowa to purchase a modern general purpose materials testing machine to replace the 1960's vintage machine now in use. The new machine will be dedicated to research on the mechanical properties of ice. The University of Iowa has one of the foremost laboratories in ice mechanics among American universities but the rapid evolution in testing technology has left them with equipment not capable of performing the types of tests now being performed in leading research institutions. This equipment will allow them to begin work in new and important areas involving physical properties of ice.