Acquisition of an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer in the Kansas State University-Kansas University-Creighton University Consortium

该项目涉及在堪萨斯州立大学购买和安装稳定同位素比质谱仪(SIRMS)。该仪器将用于解决基本的和应用的生态和地质问题。为KSU-KU-Creighton财团收购双进口连续流SIRMS将通过合作使用设施，在堪萨斯州地区内提高研究生产率，为更具创新性的研究提供区域基础设施，总体来说，将大大加快目前基于同位素的研究的步伐。KSU、KU和Creighton大学的14名教职员工将在他们的研究中使用这些设施。该仪器将发挥三项重要作用：它将加强和加强现有的和正在发展的以同位素为基础的研究方案，并作为稳定同位素分析的区域中心。它将通过一门专业课，扩大对研究生和有前途的本科生的表同位素方法的培训。它将作为一个吸引力，在本科生、研究生和研究生水平上招募和培训最优秀的女性和少数民族，掌握最先进的技术。

The project involves the acquisition and installation of a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer (SIRMS) at Kansas State University. This instrumentation will be used to address fundamental and applied ecological and geological questions. The acquisition of a dual inlet continuous flow SIRMS for the KSU-KU-Creighton Consortium will permit greater research productivity within the Kansas region through cooperative use of facilities, by providing regional infrastructure for more innovative research and overall, will greatly hasten the pace of present isotope based research. A total of 14 faculty at KSU, KU and Creighton University will use these facilities in their research. The instrument will serve three important functions: It will enhance and strengthen the existing active and growing isotope-based research programs and serve as a regional center for stable isotope analyses. It will broaden training for graduate students and promising undergraduates in table isotopic methods through a specialty course. And it will serve as an attraction to recruit and train the best women and minorities at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate level in state of the art techniques.