Renovation of Materials Chemistry/Physics Facility at SUNY -Binghamton

美国国家科学基金会将为纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校（SUNY）科学II大楼的材料化学/物理设施的翻新提供支持。科学二号建于1967年，此后没有进行过任何翻新。项目资金将为材料化学和凝聚态物理领域的化学和物理之间的跨学科活动提供实质性的改进。这项工作将使6名教职员工、22名研究生和约14名本科生研究人员受益。美国国家科学基金会资助的室内实验室翻新项目将补充主要机械和屋顶改进的机构努力。实验室和仪器设备位于科学二号的底层，翻新活动将包括空间的整合和重组、通风柜的安装、用于单独温度控制的空调装置的增加、氦气液化器的安装、电气系统的升级、气体氮输送系统的安装以及新的实验室案例的安装。该项目将大大改善电子封装和材料研究的研究设施，这些设施已被大学选为方案重点领域。大学确定这些优先事项包括在教师招聘方面的资源投资，为两个有组织的研究中心的发展提供种子资金，以及为开展研究提供大量启动资金。美国国家科学基金会和纽约植物园（NYBG）将共同支持大约131平方米的研究翻新，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年最初建造以来一直没有翻修过。因此，它们没有被配置或机械地服务于分子植物系统学，而且它们不符合现代健康和安全标准。教师和研究生无法进行现场研究和培训，不得不前往当地附属实验室，有时甚至前往州外的实验室。翻新将包括更换两个过时的通风柜，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，更换蒸汽散热器上的疏水阀和阀门，拆除未使用的蒸汽管道，以及翻新实验室橱柜，地板，墙壁，天花板和实验室工作台台面。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，并将直接使5名研究科学家、3名博士后和15名分子生物学研究生受益。分子研究计划使研究人员能够跟踪来自不同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。这个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学习，并与当地三所大学有合作项目。

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.