Renovation of Research Facilities at the College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

马亚圭斯波多黎各大学工程学院研究设施翻新

• 批准号: 9415119
• 负责人: David Serrano
• 金额: $ 11.26万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
• 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: 1995-09-01 至 1997-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9415119&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; Research; Facilities; College; Engineering

*** 9415119 Serrano The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez is the recipient of funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program for the renovation of engineering research laboratories. The College of Engineering, being the largest in Puerto Rico, attracts the best students on the island. Increased enrollments in the various graduate programs in engineering have prompted the institution to re-evaluate their infrastructual requirements, including the physical facilities where research and research training activities are conducted. Currently the Mayaguez campus trains approximately 11,000 students including 600 graduate and 4,000 undergraduate engineering students mostly of Hispanic ethnicity. Over twenty percent are female students. Recognizing the need for the renovation, the University and the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will jointly provide the resources to see the improvements to fruition. The following six laboratories will be renovated: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrochemistry, Biochemical Engineering, Anemometry, System Dynamics and Control, Fatigue and Fracture, and Material Science. Renovations will involve upgrading temperature and humidity control and air conditioning systems, installing fume hoods, laboratory benches and cabinets, and equipping labs with proper safety mechanisms. The remodeled facilities will sustain the current growth trend in graduate programs and house modern instruments needed to pursue advanced training in engineering. The renovation will immediately have an impact on the Department of Chemical Engineering as it establishes a Ph.D. program. New perspectives for the future of chemical and mechanical engineering will occur by the renewed experimental scientific capabilities the renovated facilities will provide. Collaborative interactions within various departments will be promoted as well as with other universities and national laboratories. With the prolific promise of academic achievement, the project will enhance research programs that will draw prospective undergraduate and graduate students from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and South America. ***

*9415119位于马亚圭斯的波多黎各大学接受了学术研究基础设施方案的资金，用于改造工程研究实验室。波多黎各最大的工程学院吸引了岛上最好的学生。工程专业各种研究生课程的招生人数增加，促使该机构重新评估其基础设施要求，包括进行研究和研究培训活动的有形设施。目前，马亚吉兹校区培养了大约11000名学生，其中包括600名研究生和4000名工科本科生，其中大部分是西班牙裔。超过20%的学生是女生。认识到翻新的必要性，该大学和学术研究基础设施计划将共同提供资源，以看到改进的成果。将对以下六个实验室进行改造：多相催化与电化学、生化工程、风速计量学、系统动力学与控制、疲劳与断裂和材料科学。翻新将包括升级温度和湿度控制和空调系统，安装通风柜、实验室长椅和橱柜，并为实验室配备适当的安全机制。改建后的设施将保持目前研究生课程的增长趋势，并容纳追求高级工程培训所需的现代仪器。这一改造将立即对化学工程系产生影响，因为它正在建立一个博士项目。翻新后的设施将提供新的实验科学能力，这将为化学和机械工程的未来提供新的视角。将促进各部门之间以及与其他大学和国家实验室之间的协作互动。随着学术成就的丰硕前景，该项目将加强研究项目，吸引来自波多黎各、加勒比海和南美洲的潜在本科生和研究生。***