Renovation of Research Laboratories in the John S. Alfriend Chemistry Building

9313452史高丽这个ARI奖将提供资金用于研究空间的改造在Alfriend化学大楼，其中包含化学和生物化学的旧自治领大学校园的部门。 自1967年大楼建成以来，参与该系研究活动的研究生和本科生人数大幅增长。 该部门经历了校外支持的增加，使其成为第二个部门，以获得科学学院最多的研究资金。 在该设施进行的研究包括化学的五个主要领域：分析化学，生物化学，环境化学，有机化学和材料化学。 除了授予B.S.和史密斯在化学学位，该部门共享一个新的博士学位。该计划在生物医学科学与生物系和东弗吉尼亚医学院。 研究人员，资金，规模和研究生课程的成熟度的增加已经达到了该部门建议实施博士学位的水平。在应用化学中。 除了翻新实验室空间外，翻新还将包括：升级电力系统，根据国家消防法规对火灾报警系统进行现代化改造，为整个建筑提供集中的去离子水系统，更换通风柜的原始电机和管道系统，并更换空气处理系统，这对于保护敏感细胞系免受生化实验期间的污染至关重要。 翻修工程的完成将改善旧自治领大学的研究和研究培训事业，改善研究环境，为高中生和主要是少数民族院校的学生提供研究机会，并对研究生和本科生一级的军事人员进行再培训。 ***

9313452 Scully This ARI award will provide funding for the renovation of research space in the Alfriend Chemistry Building which houses the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry on the campus of Old Dominion University. The number of graduate and undergraduate students involved in research activities in the department has grown tremendously since the construction of the building in 1967. The department has experienced an increase in extramural support, making it the second department to receive the most research funds in the College of Sciences. Research conducted in the facility encompasses five major areas of chemistry: analytical chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry, and materials chemistry. In addition to awarding the B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry, the department shares a new Ph.D. program in the Biomedical Sciences with the Biology Department and the Eastern Virginia Medical School. Increases in research faculty, funding, size and maturity of the graduate program have reached a level where the department is proposing to implement a Ph.D. program in Applied Chemistry. In addition to refurbishing laboratory space, renovations will include: upgrading the electrical power system, modernizing the fire alarm system to state fire codes, providing a centralized, deionized water system for the entire building, replacing the original motors and ductwork for fume hoods, and replacing the air handling system that is essential to protect sensitive cell lines from contamination during biochemical experiments. Completion of the renovations will improve the research and research training enterprise, at Old Dominion University, by improving the research environment, providing research opportunities for high school students, and students enrolled at predominately minority institutions, and in the retraining of military personnel at the graduate and undergraduate levels. ***