Renovation of the Carraway Building Research Facilities

佛罗里达州立大学是学术研究基础设施项目资金的接受者，以帮助翻新Carraway大楼的第二层和第三层。该设施是在40年前设计和建造的，由地质系占用。教师、研究生和本科生参与的研究活动范围涵盖了地球科学的各个学科，包括构造和构造学、沉积学、微古生物学、海洋地质学、水文学、地貌学和同位素地球化学等领域。在过去的40年里，教职员工的变化和不断增长的研究项目，以及一些物理基础设施的恶化和老化，导致了一种不稳定的局面。该建筑不再足以支持当前和计划的研究和培训活动。整修工作将包括搬迁和合并专门用于研究和研究训练的活动。其目的是通过为研究人员共同的目的和活动开发共享实验室，更有效地利用有限的可用空间。因此，将减少设施的重复，减轻现有实验室的严重拥挤，并为学生和工作人员提供更好的设施。将处理与设施的设计和老化有关的更严重的问题，这些问题直接影响到某些类型的研究活动的质量和潜力。改造将为需要的区域提供足够的公用设施，更换旧的和失效的通风柜，并显着减少与建筑物的空气处理系统，暴露的架空管道和腐烂的隔音瓦相关的污垢和污染水平。完成后，现代化的设施将创造理想的实验室环境，使追求当前和未来的研究，将为学生提供更多的机会从事研究训练。此外，实验室设施的现代化将提高该系吸引访问科学家和招聘高素质教师的能力。

Florida State University is the recipient of funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program to aid in the renovation of the second and third floors of the Carraway Building. Occupied by the Department of Geology, the facility was designed and constructed 40 years ago. The range of research activities in which faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students are involved in span diverse disciplines within the Earth sciences, encompassing the areas of structure and tectonics, sedimentology, micropaleontology, marine geology, hydrology, geomophology, and isotope geochemistry. Changes in faculty, and in growing research programs over the past 40 years, along with deterioration and aging of some of the physical infrastructure, have resulted in a precarious situation. The building is no longer adequate to support current and planned research and training activities. The renovation will consist of relocating and consolidating activities dedicated for research and research training. The intent is to make more efficient use of limited available space, by developing shared laboratories for purposes and activities common to research personnel. As a result, there will be a reduction in the duplication of facilities, the alleviation of severe crowding in existing laboratories, and the provision of better access of facilities to students and staff. More serious problems associated with the design and aging of the facility that directly affect the quality of and potential for certain types of research activities will be addressed. The renovation will supply adequate utilities to areas where they are needed, replace old and disabled fume hoods, and significantly reduced the level of dirt and contamination associated with the building's air-handling systems, exposed overhead pipes, and decaying acoustical tiles. Upon completion, the modernize facility will create the ideal laboratory setting, enabling the pursuit of current and future research that will provide more opportunities for students to engage in research training. Moreover, the modernization of the laboratory facilities will enhance the department's capability to attract visiting scientists, and to recruit quality faculty members.