Electron Microprobe Technician Support at MIT- Phase II

0002743格罗夫该补助金为负责麻省理工学院电子微探针设施的研究科学家提供两年的部分工资支持。 这是仪器和设施（IF）计划下的第二阶段技术人员支持补助金，并遵循三年的第一阶段支持（9711826）。在NSF-ESTA仪器和设施的前三年支持期间，我们在升级设施、为用户开发推广和培训计划以及确保设施的财务稳定性方面取得了重大进展。 仪器现在接近最先进的水平，这主要归功于我们的技术研究专家Nilanjan Chatterjee博士的努力。 在NSF技术人员计划的支持下，我们有效地使Chatterjee博士的职位成为永久职位。 如果有必要，我们已经确定了必要的资金，以支持查特吉博士的两年期超出资金通过这一赠款。对这个实验室的技术支持，促进了广泛的地球科学调查，包括：研究淬火高压实验运行产品中的含水相，以更好地了解与俯冲带熔体生成的过程;造山过程的地质年代学调查;热点火山岩的微量元素调查，旨在了解地球地幔和地核的物理和化学演变;以及控制地球深处流体运动的岩石的微观力学特性研究。 此外，麻省理工学院的微探针设施支持大量的学生用户参加了麻省理工学院-世界卫生组织联合博士学位。该计划以及来自材料科学，化学工程，化学和考古学系的学生和教师。

0002743 Grove This grant provides two-years partial salary support for the research scientist responsible for the MIT Electron Microprobe Facility. This is a Phase II technician support grant under the Instrumentation and Facilities (IF) Program and follows three years of Phase I support (EAR-9711826). During the first three years of support from NSF-EAR Instrumentation and Facilities we achieved significant progress in upgrading the facility, developing outreach and training programs for our users and securing the financial stability of the facility. The instrumentation is now near state-of-the-art largely due to the efforts of Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, our technical research specialist. Stimulated by the support of the NSF technician program, we have effectively made Dr. Chatterjee's position a permanent one. Should it be necessary, we have identified the funding necessary to support Dr. Chatterjee for a two-year period beyond funding made through this grant.Technical support for this lab facilitates research in a broad array of geoscientific investigations including: studies of hydrous phases in quenched high-pressure experimental run products to better understand the processes of melt generation with subduction zones; geochronologic investigations of orogenic processes; trace element investigations of hot spot volcanics aimed at understanding the physical and chemical evolution of the Earth's mantle and core; and studies of the micro-mechanical properties of rocks which control the movement of fluids deep within the earth. In addition, the MIT microprobe facility supports a large number of student users enrolled in the MIT-WHOI joint Ph.D. program as well as students and faculty from the Departments of Materials Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Archaeology.***