FSML: Expansion of Laboratory Facilities at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Field Station

FSML：威斯康星大学密尔沃基野外站实验室设施扩建

• 批准号: 0122315
• 负责人: James Reinartz
• 金额: $ 13.86万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0122315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Expansion; Laboratory; Facilities; University

A grant has been awarded to Dr. James Reinartz, Dr. Peter Dunn, Dr. Jeffrey Karron, Dr. Gretchen Meyer, and Dr. Linda Whittingham at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee to expand the laboratory facilities at the Field Station. The UWM Field Station is a productive research site and is actively used for teaching. Since the Field Station was established in 1970, it has produced over 190 scientific publications and 111 graduate student dissertations. In the past five years alone, the Field Station has been used for 108 research projects by 94 different scientists from 28 institutions. More than 15 different universities regularly use the Field Station for instruction in a wide variety of courses, and the Station has averaged between 5 and 6 undergraduate independent study projects annually in the past five years. In addition, the Field Station conducts a workshop/short course program each year. These courses offer college level instruction on focused topics in natural history, and are available for advanced undergraduate/graduate credit through UWM. In the past five years, 34 short courses providing instruction to approximately 680 students have been held at the Station. The Field Station also has an active outreach program offering many educational opportunities to groups and the general public. The UWM Field Station has a six-year plan for a three-phase facilities improvement project that will accommodate its existing use and a modest level of projected growth in programs. The planned expansion of facilities includes: 1) a small addition to the Station's two-story lab/office building and remodeling of the existing building, 2) a larger, single-story addition to the lab building, and 3) construction of new sleeping quarters. This grant will fund the first phase of the project: a 1,280 gross ft 2 addition to the two-story lab/office building and a remodeling of the existing building. These first-phase improvements will add two research rooms: a room to house the biological collections maintained by the Field Station that will also provide lab space and one 300 ft 2 research lab. This project will also add a 490 ft 2 lab that can be dedicated for teaching use. The research and teaching labs will include sinks and fume hoods. In addition, the basement of the current lab/office building is not handicapped-accessible and the building lacks handicapped-accessible bathrooms; these deficiencies will be remedied in the remodelling. This grant will greatly increase the UWM Field Station's ability to support research use and to maintain its high quality of instruction. The construction of new research rooms will increase from one to three the number of lab spaces that can be used by researchers without interruption from teaching use of the facility. The wide diversity of research conducted at the site has already contributed greatly to the baseline information available on the Station's plant and animal communities, soils, hydrology, and geology, as has the Station's long-term data base development program. Expansion of the laboratory facilities will allow these productive research projects to continue with fewer conflicts over space, and will make the site more attractive to additional researchers. This grant will also add a dedicated teaching lab with a sink and fume hood, which will allow expansion of the workshop/short course program and greater use of the station by courses from UWM and other universities. In sum, new laboratory and teaching space will greatly increase the Field Station's research productivity and give more students the opportunity to study natural history and other topics at the Field Station.

密尔沃基威斯康星州大学的James Reinartz博士、Peter Dunn博士、Jeffrey Karron博士、Gretchen Meyer博士和琳达Whittingham博士获得了一笔赠款，用于扩大野外站的实验室设施。 UWM野外站是一个富有成效的研究场所，并积极用于教学。 自1970年成立以来，该研究站已出版了190多份科学出版物和111篇研究生论文。 仅在过去五年中，来自28个机构的94名不同科学家就利用该野外站开展了108个研究项目。 超过15所不同的大学经常使用外地站进行各种课程的教学，在过去的五年里，该站平均每年有5到6个本科生独立学习项目。此外，外地站每年举办一次讲习班/短期课程方案。 这些课程提供大学水平的教学在自然历史的重点主题，并可通过UWM高级本科/研究生学分。在过去五年中，该警察局举办了34个短期课程，向大约680名学生提供指导。现场站也有一个积极的外展计划，为团体和公众提供许多教育机会。 UWM现场站有一个为期六年的三阶段设施改善项目计划，该项目将适应其现有的使用和适度的计划增长水平。 计划的设施扩建包括：1）对空间站的两层实验室/办公楼进行小型扩建，并对现有建筑进行改造，2）对实验室大楼进行更大的单层扩建，3）建造新的宿舍。 这笔赠款将资助该项目的第一阶段：一个1,280平方英尺的两层实验室/办公楼和现有建筑的改造。 这些第一阶段的改进将增加两个研究室：一个房间容纳由野外工作站维护的生物收藏品，还将提供实验室空间和一个300英尺2的研究实验室。 该项目还将增加一个490平方英尺的实验室，可专门用于教学用途。 研究和教学实验室将包括水槽和通风橱。 此外，目前的实验室/办公楼的地下室没有残疾人无障碍设施，大楼没有残疾人无障碍浴室;这些缺陷将在改造中得到弥补。这笔赠款将大大提高UWM外地站的能力，以支持研究使用，并保持其高质量的教学。 新研究室的建设将使研究人员可以使用的实验室空间数量从一个增加到三个，而不会中断教学使用该设施。 在该站点进行的各种研究已经极大地促进了关于该站植物和动物群落、土壤、水文和地质的基线信息，该站的长期数据库开发计划也是如此。 实验室设施的扩建将使这些富有成效的研究项目得以继续，减少空间冲突，并使该地点对更多的研究人员更具吸引力。 这笔赠款还将增加一个专门的教学实验室与水槽和通风橱，这将允许扩大研讨会/短期课程计划和更多地使用该站的课程从UWM和其他大学。 总之，新的实验室和教学空间将大大提高野外站的研究生产力，并让更多的学生有机会在野外站学习自然历史和其他主题。