Renovation of Doherty Hall for Materials Research Program

这个奖项是协助 Texas A M University（TAMU） 一个材料科学系。 资金 要求将多尔蒂大厅翻新成一个 TAMU材料研究设施 科学与工程专业，将 致力于研究和研究生教育。 目前，材料计划主要围绕 正在进行的跨学科研究涉及七个 在这些部门和六个司， TAMU校园实验室空间设计 特别是合作项目。 多尔蒂大厅的翻新将提供 中心设施包括四个 材料表征实验室，a物理 表面科学电子显微镜中心 设施，X射线衍射实验室和 分析表征实验室。 的 翻新后的设施将为新的 每个实验室的仪器， 将容纳聚合物计划的组成部分 化学、化学工程和机械专业 工程和组件从先进的 电子程序，包括晶体生长，离子 注入和电子束光刻。 这 设施将提供最先进的材料 研究实验室，令人鼓舞 科学家之间的跨学科互动 和工程师，并提供新的研究 学生的机会。

This award is the first step in assisting Texas A&M University (TAMU) with the establishment of a Materials Science department. Funds have been requested to renovate Doherty Hall, into a Materials Research Facility for the TAMU Materials Science and Engineering Program which will be devoted to research and graduate instruction. Currently, the materials program is centered around ongoing interdisciplinary research involving seven departments and six divisions in which there is no laboratory space on TAMU's campus designed specifically for collaborative projects. Renovations to Doherty Hall will provide centralized facilities which will include four materials characterization laboratories, a Physical Electron Microscopy Center, a Surface Science facility, a X-ray diffraction laboratory and an Analytical Characterization laboratory. The renovated facility will provide space for new instrumentation in each of the laboratories and will house the components of the Polymers Program for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and components from the Advanced Electronics Program, including crystal growth, ion implantation and electron beam lithography. This facility will provide state-of-the-art materials research laboratories, encouraging interdisciplinary interactions between scientists and engineers and provide new research opportunities for students.