Upgrading of Electron Microprobe Laboratory

该奖项将提供所需资金的52%， 电子显微探针仪器升级 华盛顿大学地球行星科学系。 大学承诺提供所需的剩余资金 为了升级 的微量定量分析能力， 电子探针被大量研究人员使用， 他们的学生在华盛顿大学的研究项目， 岩石学、西格陵兰地壳演化、月球和 陆地火山岩石学和材料科学。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 微探针实验室是一个区域性设施， 来自PEW联盟学院的调查人员（包括学生） （贝洛伊特，卡尔顿，格林内尔，霍普，卡拉马祖，诺克斯，麦卡莱斯特， 罗兹，圣奥拉夫，和Trinity），以及其他机构，包括 圣刘易斯大学，密苏里-罗拉大学，密苏里州大学- 哥伦比亚大学、阿肯色州大学和奥本大学。

This award will provide 52% of the funds required for the upgrade of the electron microprobe instrument operated by the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Washington University. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for the upgrade. The microanalytical quantitative analysis capabilities of the electron microprobe is used by a large number of researchers and their students at Washington University in research projects in petrology, the crustal evolution of West Greenland, lunar and terrestrial volcanic petrology, and materials science. In addition, the microprobe laboratory is available as a regional facility to investigators (including students) from the PEW Consortium colleges (Beloit, Carleton, Grinnell, Hope, Kalamazoo, Knox, Macalester, Rhodes, St. Olaf, and Trinity), and other institutions including Saint Louis University, U of Missouri-Rolla, U of Missouri- Columbia, University of Arkansas, and Auburn University.