ARFMP: Renovation and Modernization of Facilities for Materials Research at Oklahoma State University

这项由研究设施办公室颁发的学术研究设施现代化计划(ARFMP)奖为俄克拉荷马州立大学提供资金，用于翻新和维修位于物理科学大楼的物理和化学材料研究的研究和培训设施。这座建筑建于1960年，此后一直没有翻修过。受赠人提供的800,000美元和800,000美元的ARFMP赠款将用于这些研究和研究培训设施的现代化。该项目将通过提供升级的公用事业系统、供暖、通风和空调(暖通空调)和增加通风柜，满足改善现有研究基础设施的需要。这一创新将特别有利于俄克拉荷马州立大学在光学材料合成和表征方面的研究，这是全国在这一领域的领先研究努力之一，它将使有共同兴趣的教职员工聚集在一起。该奖项通过为材料研究领域的研究和本科生和研究生的培训提供一个更好的环境，为科学和工程的基础设施做出贡献。这一翻修将帮助俄克拉荷马州立大学履行其做出的主要承诺，即通过本科生研究经验、少数族裔学者研究职业、青年学者研究以及特别针对该领域代表性不足的人群的类似计划，增加人力资源渠道中的学生数量和质量。

This Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program (ARFMP) award from the Research Facilities Office provides funds to Oklahoma State University for the renovation and repair of its research and research training facilities for physical and chemical materials research located in the Physical Sciences Building. This building was constructed in 1960 and has not been renovated since that time. The ARFMP grant of $800,000 and $800,000 provided by the grantee as cost sharing will be used to modernize these research and research training facilities. This project will address the need to improve the current research infrastructure by providing upgraded utility systems; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC); and additional fume hoods. The renovation will be of particular benefit to Oklahoma State University's research on synthesis and characterization of optical materials, which is one of the leading research efforts in the nation in this area, and it will enable the clustering of faculty with common interests. This award contributes to the infrastructure of science and engineering by providing an improved environment for the conduct of research and for the training of undergraduate and graduate students in the field of materials research. This renovation will help Oklahoma State University fulfill the major commitment it has made to increasing the number and quality of students in the human resources pipeline through Research Experience for Undergraduates, Research Careers for Minority Scholars, Young Scholars, and similar programs directed especially toward populations that are underrepresented in the field.