Acquisition of Instrumentation for Development of Reliable Technologies for Harsh Environments

采购仪器以开发适用于恶劣环境的可靠技术

• 批准号: 0215808
• 负责人: Richard Wells
• 金额: $ 29.03万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-01 至 2005-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0215808&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Instrumentation; Development; Reliable; Technologies

Competitively awarded support for University of Idaho (UI) research has steadily grown from $35 million in FY'96 to $63 million in FY'01.This increase is due, in part, to the research activities of severalmultidisciplinary research institutes and groups. For example, UI'sNASA Grand Challenge team provided the top-ranking concept fordetecting extraterrestrial life. This concept would be accomplishedin space using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Atpresent, UI simply does not have the capabilities needed to implementand test MEMS designs in their own laboratories for reliability inharsh environments. In addition, UI researchers are conducting otherprojects expected to result in a miniaturized tandem mass spectrometersystem, miniature resonators, micro pumps, autonomous vehicle guidancesystems, magnetic random access memories, and magnetic films for small monolithic microwave integrated circuits. All of these research activitieswill benefit from the added capabilities requested through the MajorResearch Instrumentation Program. As a result of current progress in funded research projects, and withthe support of the university's administration, the PIs seek to acquireinstruments to fabricate, test, and evaluate the robustness of newtechnologies. This request includes a plasma enhanced chemical vapordeposition system, an e-beam evaporator, a vibration / shock table, athermal vacuum chamber, and a laser vibrometer. Acquisition of theseinstruments will also provide more opportunities to integrate researchtraining with graduate and undergraduate education. The University ofIdaho is requesting approximately $290,000 from the National ScienceFoundation from a total project cost of over $611,000. This equipmentwill add significant capabilities to their region by complementingexisting equipment at neighboring Washington State University and byproviding research equipment that is currently unavailable in the inlandNorthwest. It will also provide additional opportunities for participantsin Idaho's HOIST program (Helping Orient Indian Students and Teachers toScience and Technology) to get hands-on experience in engineeringresearch. The project will be managed by experienced PIs who will use proveninstrument management approach to ensure efficient operation andmaintenance of the equipment. A qualified engineering technician willassist them. The equipment will be housed within a single building onthe main UI campus, and this MRI award will receive full administrativesupport from the Director and staff of the UI Microelectronics Researchand Communications Institute.

对爱达荷州大学（UI）研究的竞争性资助从96财年的3500万美元稳步增长到01财年的6300万美元。这一增长部分是由于几个多学科研究机构和团体的研究活动。例如，UI的NASA大挑战团队提供了探测外星生命的顶级概念。这一概念将利用微机电系统（MEMS）技术在太空中实现。目前，UI根本不具备在自己的实验室中实现和测试MEMS设计所需的能力，以确保其在恶劣环境中的可靠性。此外，UI研究人员正在进行其他项目，预计将导致小型化串联质谱仪系统，微型谐振器，微型泵，自主车辆制导系统，磁性随机存取存储器和小型单片微波集成电路的磁性薄膜。所有这些研究活动都将受益于通过主要研究仪器计划所要求的附加功能。 由于目前在资助的研究项目中取得的进展，以及在大学管理部门的支持下，PI寻求获得制造，测试和评估新技术稳健性的仪器。该请求包括等离子体增强化学气相沉积系统，电子束蒸发器，振动/冲击台，无热真空室和激光振动计。购买这些仪器也将提供更多的机会，将研究培训与研究生和本科生教育相结合。爱达荷大学要求国家科学基金会从总项目成本超过611，000美元中拨款约290，000美元。这些设备补充了邻近的华盛顿州立大学的现有设备，并提供了西北内陆目前无法获得的研究设备，从而为该地区增加了重要的能力。它还将为爱达荷州的HOIST计划（帮助东方印度学生和教师学习科学技术）的参与者提供更多的机会，以获得工程研究的实践经验。该项目将由经验丰富的PI进行管理，他们将使用经过验证的仪器管理方法，以确保设备的有效操作和维护。合格的工程技术人员将协助他们。该设备将被安置在一个单一的建筑物内的主要UI校园，这个MRI奖将得到充分的行政支持，从主任和工作人员的UI微电子研究和通信研究所。