Renovation of the Environmental Engineering Analytical Laboratories, and Civil Engineering Rooms 3109, 3104 and 3119

来自学术研究基础设施计划的资金将用于支持普渡大学环境工程系的两个分析仪器实验室和一个研究生环境研究实验室的改造。普渡大学的工程学院积极参与涉及国家利益的新领域的研究，包括危险废物处理和最小化、土壤和地下水修复以及环境命运模型。随着新购置的先进分析设备，该系致力于使环境工程研究生研究项目具有国际竞争力。对于牛津大学来说，这是一个时机和关键的时刻，来翻新这些设施和未来的收购，以及用于研究生和教师研究的实验室。由于环境系统研究是跨学科的，需要现代化的设施来容纳和维护分析仪器。土木工程大楼的研究空间建于33年前，已经老化，缺乏现代化的公用设施系统。通风柜缺乏适当的压缩空气，真空，天然气和水出口。没有足够的空间来放置需要完全通风的大型仪器。长凳之间有限的通道空间限制了进出，因此不符合ADA规定。翻新将消除物理研究障碍，并增加现有的能力。现代化的设施将改善研究和研究训练仪器的可及性和功能，并提高教师、研究生和本科生以及访问科学家的研究体验质量。这个项目将对该部招收优秀学生的能力产生积极影响，包括在这个国家至关重要的领域招收代表性不足的群体和妇女的学生。

Funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will be used to support the renovation of two analytical instrumentation laboratories, and one graduate environmental research laboratory for the Department of Environmental Engineering at Purdue University. Engineering faculty at Purdue are actively engaged in research within new areas of national interests that include hazardous waste treatment and minimization, soil and groundwater remediation, and environmental fate modeling. With new acquisitions of advanced analytical equipment, the department is dedicated to make the environmental engineering graduate research program internationally competitive. It is an opportune and critical time for the University to renovate facilities that house these and future acquisitions, and the laboratories that house graduate and faculty research. Because environmental systems research is interdisciplinary, modern facilities are required to accommodate and maintain analytical instrumentation. Research space in the Civil Engineering Building, constructed 33 years ago, is deteriorated and deficient in the modern utility systems. Fume hoods lack proper compressed air, vacuum, natural gas, and water outlets. There is a lack of adequate space for large instruments that require full access ventilation. Limited aisle space between benches restricts access and thus does not comply with ADA regulations. Renovations will eradicate physical research barriers and add to the existing capabilities. Modernized facilities will improve accessibility and functionality of instruments for research and research training, and enhance the quality of the research experience for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and visiting scientists. This project will positively impact the Department's ability to recruit exceptional students, including those of under-represented groups and women in this nationally vital area.