Acquisition of an Integrated Digital Fluid Flow/Pressure Analysis System for the Study of Functional Design

获取用于功能设计研究的集成数字流体流量/压力分析系统

• 批准号: 0420440
• 负责人: Christopher Sanford
• 金额: $ 19.68万
• 依托单位: Hofstra 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: 2004-08-01 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0420440&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Integrated; Digital; Fluid; Flow

A grant has been awarded to Hofstra University under the direction of Dr. Christopher Sanford for the support of an Integrated Digital Fluid Flow/Pressure Analysis system (IFPAS). This state-of-the-art system will be used to study patterns of fluid flow important in several biological phenomena. A broad range of research topics will be examined using the IFPAS, including suspension feeding in polychaete worms, the behavioral responses of lobsters to olfactory cues, and feeding in fishes. The research programs of all the users of the equipment will greatly benefit from this system and it is likely to provide significant breakthroughs in our understanding of biologically relevant tasks important in fitness and survival. The IFPAS will also provide new interdisciplinary partnerships including one between Biology and Engineering. It will also foster new collaborations between Hofstra faculty and scientists from neighboring institutions (American Museum of Natural History and University of Rhode Island). Hofstra University is a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) so in addition to providing an advanced tool for research the IFPAS will also provide a research-rich training environment for many undergraduate students, the majority of which are from underrepresented groups in science. The IFPAS will significantly increase the scope and quality of research opportunities available to students, and create an exciting and dynamic research environment. The proposed research and modern techniques have widespread applicability to biology and is likely to attract students and retain them in the biological sciences. Biology students will also directly benefit from increased interaction with individuals from other departments as well as neighboring institutions. The IFPAS will be integrated directly into all levels of the new biology curriculum. Research conducted using the IFPAS will also be highlighted on the department website, and coupled with the very visual nature of the data, has tremendous potential to attract prospective students to biology. The equipment will also be incorporated into a course aimed at science teachers, and will therefore have a direct impact on science education in high schools.

在克里斯托弗·桑福德博士的指导下，霍夫斯特拉大学获得了一笔赠款，用于支持集成数字流体流量/压力分析系统（IFPAS）。这种最先进的系统将用于研究在几种生物现象中重要的流体流动模式。广泛的研究课题将使用IFPAS进行检查，包括多毛类蠕虫的悬浮饲养，龙虾对嗅觉线索的行为反应，以及鱼类的饲养。该设备的所有用户的研究计划将大大受益于这个系统，它很可能提供我们的理解重要的健身和生存的生物相关的任务的重大突破。IFPAS还将提供新的跨学科伙伴关系，包括生物学和工程学之间的伙伴关系。它还将促进霍夫斯特拉大学教师与邻近机构（美国自然历史博物馆和罗得岛大学）的科学家之间的新合作。霍夫斯特拉大学是一所私立本科院校（PUI），因此除了提供先进的研究工具外，IFPAS还将为许多本科生提供丰富的研究培训环境，其中大多数来自科学领域代表性不足的群体。IFPAS将显著增加学生可获得的研究机会的范围和质量，并创造一个令人兴奋和充满活力的研究环境。拟议的研究和现代技术对生物学具有广泛的适用性，有可能吸引学生并使他们留在生物科学领域。生物学学生也将直接受益于与其他部门以及邻近机构的个人增加互动。IFPAS将直接纳入各级新生物课程。使用IFPAS进行的研究也将在部门网站上突出显示，再加上数据的视觉性质，具有吸引未来学生学习生物学的巨大潜力。这些设备还将被纳入针对科学教师的课程，因此将对高中的科学教育产生直接影响。