Renovation of Materials Chemistry/Physics Facility at SUNY -Binghamton

惠廷汉姆国家科学基金会奖将为纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校科学二期大楼的材料化学/物理设施的翻新提供支持。科学二号建造于1967年，此后从未进行过任何翻修。项目资金将大大改善化学和物理在材料化学和凝聚态物理领域的跨学科活动。这项努力将使6名教职员工、22名研究生和大约14名本科生研究人员受益。NSF资助的内部实验室翻新项目将补充机构在重大机械和屋顶改进方面的努力。科学二号楼的实验室和仪器设施位于一楼，翻修工作将包括空间的巩固和重组，安装通风柜，增加单独温度控制的空调装置，安装氦液化器，升级电气系统，安装气态氮气输送系统，以及安装新的实验室橱柜。该项目将大大改善电子封装和材料研究的研究设施，这两个领域已被大学选为方案重点领域。大学确定的这些优先事项包括教师招聘方面的资源投资，为发展两个有组织的研究中心提供的种子资金，以及开展研究的大量启动资金。*史蒂文森美国国家科学基金会和纽约植物园(NYBG)将共同支持翻新约131平方米的研究面积，以增强系统和经济植物学的实验室设施。受影响的实验室自1957年最初建造以来就没有翻新过。因此，它们没有配置或机械服务于分子植物系统学，不符合现代健康和安全标准。教职员工和研究生无法进行现场研究和培训，不得不前往当地的附属实验室，有时还必须前往位于州外的实验室。翻新将包括更换两个陈旧的通风柜，安装带有接地故障插座的新电线，升级供水和排水系统，安装恒温控制器，更换蒸汽散热器上的疏水器和阀门，拆除未使用的蒸汽管道，以及整修实验室橱柜、地板、墙壁、天花板和实验室工作台。分子系统学实验室的改造将为NYBG的研究和研究培训计划增添新的动力，并将直接惠及5名研究科学家、3名博士后和15名分子生物学研究生。分子研究计划允许研究人员追踪来自截然不同的生物群体的物种中相同基因的进化，这反过来又为植物进化史提供了新的见解。花园也被来访的科学家使用，他们中的许多人从拉丁美洲来这里学习，并与当地的三所大学开展了合作项目。

Whittingham The NSF award will provide support for renovation of the Materials Chemistry/Physics Facility in the Science II building at the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton. Science II was constructed in 1967 and has not undergone any renovation since. Project funding will provide a substantial improvement for cross-disciplinary activities between chemistry and physics in the areas of materials chemistry and condensed matter physics. The effort will benefit 6 faculty members, 22 graduate students and approximately 14 undergraduate researchers. The NSF-funded project to renovate interior laboratories will complement institutional efforts for major mechanical and roofing improvements. Laboratories and instrumentation facilities are located on the ground floor of Science II, and renovation activities will include consolidation and reorganization of space, installation of fume hoods, addition of air conditioning units for individual temperature control, installation of a Helium liquefier, upgrades to the electrical system, installation of a delivery system for gaseous nitrogen, and installation of new laboratory casework. The project will substantially improve research facilities for Electronics Packaging and Materials Research which have been selected by the University as areas of programmatic emphasis. University identification of these priorities includes resource investment in faculty recruitment, seed funding for development of two organized research centers, and substantial start-up funds for conduct of research.*** Stevenson The NSF and the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) will jointly support the renovation of approximately 131 square research meters for the enhancement of laboratory facilities in systematic and economic botany. The impacted laboratories have not been renovated since their original construction in 1957. As a result, they are not configured, or mechanically served, for molecular plant systematics, and t hey do not meet modern health and safety standards. Faculty and graduate students have been unable to conduct on-site research and training and have had to travel to local affiliated laboratories and, on occasion, to laboratories located out of state. Renovations will include replacement of two antiquated fume hoods, installation of new electrical wiring with ground fault receptacles, upgrading of water delivery and drainage systems, installation of thermostatic controls, replacement of traps and valves on steam radiators, removal of unused steam lines, and refurbishment of laboratory cabinets, floors, walls, ceilings, and lab bench tops. The renovation of laboratories for use in molecular systematics will add new impetus to the research and research training program at NYBG and will directly benefit five research scientists, three post doctoral students, and fifteen graduate students in molecular biology. The molecular research program allows researchers to track the evolution of the same gene in species from widely different groups of organisms, which in turn provides new insight on plant evolutionary history. The Garden is also used by visiting scientists, many of whom travel from Latin America for study and has cooperative programs with three local universities.