FSML: Suspended Matter Analysis Laboratory for Education and Research (SMALER)

该奖项将支持开发海洋研究和教育设施，以研究悬浮物在海洋和底栖环境内部和之间协调相互作用的作用。康涅狄格大学已承诺提供3100万美元，用于在康涅狄格州格罗顿的艾利角校区建造一座新的海洋科学研究和教育大楼，在国家科学基金会的支持下，海洋科学研究所将获得能够对悬浮物进行最先进分析的仪器，其中包括粒子(包括生物和非生物)的运动学。该实验室旨在支持鼓励不同学科的教师、来访科学家和学生之间进行思想交流的项目。该设施的设备需求包括粒子测速仪器、与现有直立和倒置荧光显微镜配合使用的数字图像采集部件、基于激光的粒子计数器/粒度分析仪、光谱仪、扫描光谱仪、DOC分析仪、带有UV-Vis和荧光检测器的高效液相色谱以及相关支持物品(如天平、烘干炉、马弗炉)。该设施将加强海洋科学部成员与新英格兰南部地区科学家之间的合作。与系外研究人员的互动是该设施的一个重要组成部分。此外，拟议中的设施将作为本科生在该系新的海岸研究项目和附近的大学项目中获得体验机会的工具。课程将得到加强，不仅在演示中使用仪器，而且在有监督的、动手的实验室练习中使用仪器。最后，该实验室将作为

This award will support the development of a facility for marine research and education for Studying the role of suspended matter in mediating interactions within and between the pelagicAnd benthic environments. The University of Connecticut has committed $31 million to theConstruction of a new marine sciences research and education building located at the Avery PointCampus, Groton, CT, and with this NSF support, the PIs will acquire instrumentation that will allow state-of-art analysis of suspended matter, which includes the kinematics of particles (both living and non-living). The laboratory has been designed to support projects which encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among faculty, visiting scientists and students in differing disciplines. The equipment needs of this facility include particle velocimetry instrumentation, with digital image acquisition components for use with existing upright and inverted fluorescence microscopes, laser-based particle counters/sizer, spectrofluorometer, scanning spoectrophotometer, DOC analyzer, HPLC with UV-VIS and fluorescence detectors as well as related support items (e.g., balances, drying ovens, muffle furnance). The facility will enhance collaborations between members of the Department of Marine Sciences and scientists in the southern New England region. Interactions with researchers outside of the Department constitute a critical component of the facility. In addition, the proposed facility will serve as a vehicle for experiential opportunities for undergraduate students within the Department's new Coastal Studies program and nearby college programs. Courses will be enhanced by the use of instrumentation not only in demonstrations, but also in supervised, hands-on laboratory excercises. Finally, the laboratory will serve as a training center for