Establishment of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Center of Instrumentation and Science for Planetary Surfaces

建立阿肯色-俄克拉荷马行星表面仪器和科学中心

• 批准号: 0083095
• 负责人: Derek Sears
• 金额: $ 74.63万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0083095&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Establishment; Arkansas; Oklahoma; Center; Instrumentation

An Arkansas-Oklahoma Center of Instrumentation and Science for Planetary Surfaces will be established at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and Oklahoma State University, Stillwater campuses. The Center will enable the development of state-of-the-arts facilities for the creation of instrumentation for robotics exploration of planets in the solar system and establish a critical mass of researchers with diverse but synergistic interests. Core faculty, with unique expertise in remote geo-sensing, luminescence dating, and platform engineering prototypes, will form the nucleus of the Center. Moreover, the center will provide facilities and infrastructure that will bring together researchers in the Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Physics departments at the University of Arkansas and Oklahoma State University. The proposed research is based on: simulation of modern and ancient surfaces of meteorites and related materials, luminescence dating of Martian water-formed sediments, search for Martian life by strictly controlled exploration of conditions which could support a particular type of life (methanogens), and platform experiments which involve in-situ gas generation for inflatable structures which could eventually be deployed on Mars and other bodies. All of the projects envisaged for the Center, including outreach, will have industrial partners ready to utilize the Center's work as opportunities arise.

一个阿肯色州-俄克拉荷马州行星表面仪器和科学中心将在阿肯色州费耶特维尔大学和俄克拉荷马州州立大学斯蒂尔沃特校区建立。 该中心将开发最先进的设施，用于创建太阳系行星机器人探索仪器，并建立足够数量的具有多样化但协同兴趣的研究人员。 核心教师，具有独特的专业知识，在遥感地质，发光测年和平台工程原型，将形成该中心的核心。 此外，该中心还将提供设施和基础设施，将阿肯色州和俄克拉荷马州州立大学的化学和生物化学、生物科学、机械工程、化学工程和物理系的研究人员聚集在一起。 拟议的研究基于：模拟现代和古代陨石表面和相关材料，火星水形成的沉积物的发光年代测定，通过严格控制探索可能支持特定类型生命（产甲烷菌）的条件来寻找火星生命，以及平台实验，涉及最终可以部署在火星和其他物体上的充气结构的现场气体生成。 为该中心设想的所有项目，包括外联项目，都将有工业伙伴随时准备在机会出现时利用该中心的工作。