Renovation of Three Research Laboratories in Marrs McLean Science Center

三一大学和国家科学基金会将共同支持Marrs McLean科学中心的激光光谱学、大气化学、毛细管电泳和色谱学设备的改造。翻新工程将大大提升建于1953年和1959年的现有设施，以迎接当代科学的挑战。美国国家科学基金会资助的这项工作将是该机构对整个科学中心进行的约500万美元改造的一部分。所有三个实验室空间将全面翻新，包括拆除现有的非承重墙，提供新的电气接地和过滤电力线路，安装新的暖通空调和备用空调，用于必要的气候控制，安装计算机网络和电话端口，屏蔽电磁干扰（激光光谱实验室），新的通风柜，去离子水系统和真空系统（大气化学实验室），和一个新的通风柜和真空，压缩空气和天然气管道（毛细管电泳和色谱实验室）。翻新还将允许重新设计实验室工作台空间，以提高研究业务的效率。完成的努力将鼓励学生发现当代科学，并确保一个更安全和有效的工作环境。它将促进以前在三一学院没有进行过的新实验。三一学院的本科科学、数学和工程教育项目在全国排名很高。它寻求包括学生的地理分布，并包括代表性不足的少数民族和女性，她们分别占这些项目的10%和44%以上。

Trinity University and the National Science Foundation will jointly support the renovation of facilities devoted to Laser Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Capillary Electrophoresis and Chromatography in the Marrs McLean Science Center. The renovation will substantially upgrade the current facilities, built in 1953 and 1959, to meet the challenges of contemporary science. The NSF-funded effort will be part of an estimated $5 Million renovation of the entire science center undertaken by the institution. All three laboratory spaces will be completely renovated including demolition of existing non-bearing walls, provision of new electrical ground and filtered electrical power lines, installation of new HVAC and back-up air conditioners for essential climate control, installation of computer network and telephone ports, shielding from elecro-magnetic interference (Laser Spectroscopy Lab), a new fume hood, deionized water system and vacuum system (Atmospheric Chemistry Lab), and a new fume hood and vacuum, compressed air and natural gas lines (Capillary Electrophoresis and Chromatography Lab). The renovation will also permit the re-design of laboratory bench space for increased efficiency in research operations. The completed effort will encourage student discovery of contemporary science and assure a much safer and efficient environment in which to work. It will facilitate new experiments which have not been conducted previously at Trinity. Trinity is highly ranked nationally on its programs in undergraduate science, mathematics and engineering education. It seeks to include geographic distribution of students and to include under-represented minorities and women who constitute in excess of 10% and 44% respectively in these programs.