FSML: Improvements in Computer-Based Communications at the Highlands Biological Station

FSML：高地生物站计算机通信的改进

• 批准号: 0328203
• 负责人: Robert Wyatt
• 金额: $ 3.75万
• 依托单位: Western Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-01-15 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0328203&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Improvements; Computer; Based; Communications

A grant has been awarded to Western Carolina University to Dr Wyatt, to make improvements in computer-based communications at the Highlands Biological Station. Since its founding in 1927, the Highlands Biological Station has served to facilitate research on the biota and ecosystems of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Increased usage of HBS has put a strain on its limited capacity for computer-based communications. Recent upgrades of the connection have not been effective because of the need to extend the local area network. Preliminary testing has proved the feasibility of installing a wireless system that will allow access from any building on the HBS campus, including the dining hall, dormitories, and the Nature Center, which offers K-12 and adult science enrichment and environmental education. Given the steep, rocky terrain and dense vegetation, this approach is more sensible and cost-effective than stringing fiber optic cable between all of the buildings, whether buried or aboveground. Strong winds, with or without accompanying rain, snow, or ice, frequently bring down tree limbs in Highlands, interrupting power and communications on a regular basis. Wireless antennas on each building seem to be the best solution for HBS. In addition, HBS will upgrade its computer infrastructure. The upgraded communication infrastructure will facilitate new applications in teaching, research, and outreach. Researchers, including many graduate students with grants-in-aid from HBS, will benefit from an expanded capacity for e-mail, web-based literature and database searches, data storage and analysis, etc. Also benefiting from the enhanced telecommunication infrastructure will be courses for graduate students and advanced undergraduates that focus on the ecology, systematics, evolution, and conservation of those groups of organisms that are especially diverse in the region. In the fall and spring, HBS regularly hosts student groups on weekend field trips as well as providing residential facilities for UNC-Chapel semester long Carolina Environmental Program. In addition to formal academic coursework in natural and social sciences, these students work as interns on research projects mentored by local experts with federal, state, and private conservation organizations. Finally, upgraded capabilities at HBS will enhance informal learning opportunities for the public, which are offered through programs at the Highlands Nature Center and the Highlands Botanical Garden, which are part of HBS.

西卡罗莱纳大学向怀亚特博士提供了一笔赠款，用于改进高地生物站的计算机通信。 自1927年成立以来，高地生物站一直致力于促进对阿巴拉契亚山脉南部生物群和生态系统的研究。 越来越多地使用哈佛商学院已经对其有限的计算机通信能力造成了压力。 由于需要扩大局域网，最近的连接升级没有效果。 初步测试证明了安装无线系统的可行性，该系统将允许从HBS校园的任何建筑物进行访问，包括食堂，宿舍和自然中心，该中心提供K-12和成人科学丰富和环境教育。 考虑到陡峭的岩石地形和茂密的植被，这种方法比在所有建筑物之间铺设光纤电缆更明智和更具成本效益，无论是埋在地下还是地上。 强风，伴随或不伴随雨，雪，或冰，经常在高地带来树枝，中断电力和通信定期。 在每栋建筑物上安装无线天线似乎是HBS的最佳解决方案。 此外，哈佛商学院还将升级其计算机基础设施。升级后的通信基础设施将促进教学、研究和外联方面的新应用。研究人员，包括许多获得哈佛商学院助学金的研究生，将受益于电子邮件、基于网络的文献和数据库搜索、数据存储和分析等方面的扩展能力。 加强电信基础设施还将使研究生和高年级本科生的课程受益，这些课程的重点是该区域特别多样化的生物群体的生态学、系统学、进化和保护。 在秋季和春季，哈佛商学院定期举办周末实地考察的学生团体，以及为北卡罗来纳大学教堂学期长的卡罗莱纳环境计划提供住宿设施。除了自然科学和社会科学的正式学术课程外，这些学生还作为实习生在当地专家与联邦、州和私人保护组织指导的研究项目中工作。 最后，HBS的升级能力将增加公众的非正式学习机会，这些机会是通过HBS的高地自然中心和高地植物园的项目提供的。