Development of Indio Mountains Research Station Headquarters

印第奥山研究站总部的发展

• 批准号: 0122346
• 负责人: Jerry Johnson
• 金额: $ 9.99万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 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=0122346&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Indio; Mountains; Research; Station

This award provides partial support for construction of two bunkhouse-style dormitories, a small laboratory building, a dining/lecture hall and related physical improvements at the Indio Mountains Research Station (IMRS). Funds are also provided for a professional-grade weather station that will provide short and long term climatic information. The IMRS occupies 38,000-acres in the Chihuahua Desert of west Texas, adjacent to the U.S.- Mexican border. The station, which consists of a former ranch house with three rooms and a small storage building, is used by scientists, educators and students from the University of Texas at El Paso, Southwest Texas State University, University of New Mexico, Sul Ross State University, and El Paso Community College. Use of the station is currently at the level of 700 person-days per year, reflecting both research and educational uses. However, use is limited by the relatively primitive accommodations and lack of laboratory facilities on site. The planned improvements will allow the station to host researchers and provide education activities that require participants to reside at the station for several days at a time, and will improve the quality of work that can be done on site.

该合同为印第安山研究站(IMRS)建造两个木屋风格的宿舍、一个小型实验室建筑、一个餐饮/演讲厅以及相关的物理设施提供部分支持。还为提供短期和长期气候信息的专业级气象站提供资金。IMRS位于德克萨斯州西部奇瓦瓦沙漠，占地3.8万英亩，毗邻美国和墨西哥边境。该空间站由一座三个房间和一座小储藏室的前牧场房屋组成，供来自德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校、德克萨斯州立大学西南分校、新墨西哥大学、南罗斯州立大学和埃尔帕索社区学院的科学家、教育工作者和学生使用。目前该站的使用量为每年700人日，反映了研究和教育用途。然而，由于相对简陋的住宿条件和现场缺乏实验室设施，使用受到限制。计划中的改进将使空间站能够接待研究人员，并提供要求参与者一次在空间站居住几天的教育活动，并将提高可以在现场完成的工作质量。