Engineering School Facilities Renovation

工程学院设施改造

• 批准号: 9414805
• 负责人: George Cook
• 金额: $ 110.49万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-05-15 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9414805&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Facilities; Renovation

Vanderbilt University has a long tradition of excellence in its environmental and materials engineering programs, and by upgrading the facilities dedicated to these programs, the School of Engineering will strengthen its ability to educated engineers who will be able to compete in the next century. Engineering laboratories are currently dispersed in four separate buildings, and the opportunity for consolidation and enhancement of space is available. Support from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will assist Vanderbilt in providing modernized space for research programs in environmental engineering and advanced materials science. Environmental engineering activities are housed in a 1952 structure that was last renovated in 1962. The facility is antiquated with respect to plumbing; electrical, HVAC and fire safety systems required for operations. During the period since 1962, the focus of the program has evolved from traditional sanitary engineering to examination of priority toxic, carcinogenic and radioactive wastes. Existing laboratories were not originally designed to handle such materials, thus research and research training are being conducted in unsuitable facilities. In addition to two separate buildings, most materials engineering programs occupy a structure that was built for metallurgical engineering in 1974. Since that time, research is increasingly diverse and includes diamond films, radiation effects in glasses, ion beam diagnostics, ion implantation in glasses, sensor development, microstructures and containerless processing. Facilities devoted to advanced materials processing have numerous problems including worn casework, deficient plumbing, inadequate HVAC and no clean room processing capability. The renovations will create a safe and conducive atmosphere that will facilitate environmental and materials engineering research that cannot be presently undertaken. Relocation of research activities in physical proximity to the physics, chemistry and geology programs with which significant collaborations with the materials program already exists should further enhance productivity, and encourage interdisciplinary research.

范德比尔特大学在环境与材料工程专业方面有着悠久的优秀传统，通过升级这些专业的设施，工程学院将加强其培养具有良好教育的工程师的能力，他们将能够在下一个世纪竞争。 工程实验室目前分散在四个独立的建筑物中，有机会合并和扩大空间。 来自学术研究基础设施计划的支持将帮助范德比尔特为环境工程和先进材料科学的研究计划提供现代化的空间。 环境工程活动被安置在一个1952年的结构，最后一次翻修是在1962年。 该设施在管道、电力、暖通空调和消防安全系统方面都很陈旧。 自1962年以来，该方案的重点已从传统的卫生工程发展到重点检查有毒、致癌和放射性废物。 现有的实验室最初并不是为处理这些材料而设计的，因此，研究和研究培训是在不合适的设施中进行的。 除了两个独立的建筑外，大多数材料工程项目都占用了1974年为冶金工程建造的结构。 从那时起，研究越来越多样化，包括金刚石薄膜、玻璃中的辐射效应、离子束诊断、玻璃中的离子注入、传感器开发、微结构和无容器加工。 用于先进材料加工的设施存在许多问题，包括外壳磨损、管道缺陷、暖通空调不足以及没有洁净室加工能力。 翻修将创造一个安全和有利的气氛，促进目前无法进行的环境和材料工程研究。将研究活动重新安置在物理，化学和地质学项目附近，这些项目与材料项目已经存在重大合作，这将进一步提高生产力，并鼓励跨学科研究。