Enhancement of Research and Education Facilities at the University of Kansas Field Station

加强堪萨斯大学野外站的研究和教育设施

• 批准号: 0434910
• 负责人: Bryan Foster
• 金额: $ 32.35万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 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: 2004-08-15 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0434910&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancement; Research; Education; Facilities; University

A grant has been awarded to University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves (KSR) under the direction of Dr. Bryan Foster, to construct a multi-purpose building and modest visitor housing at KSR. The multi-purpose building will enhance the KSR environment in three inter-related areas: 1) research, 2) education, and 3) health and safety. Research space in the proposed building will provide a general-purpose laboratory, a laboratory for wet chemistry, and a commons space (library, station archives/reference materials, computer laboratory) for resident and visiting researchers. The multi-purpose building will provide a physical setting for scientists to undertake innovative research that addresses complex environmental issues. The multi-purpose building will also provide basic accommodations for resident and visiting users of the field station. Improvements include a dedicated kitchen area and ample restrooms/showers. Two small sleeping cabins will accommodate the demonstrated need for housing an ever-increasing use of KSR by visiting scientists and students. Collectively these improvements will provide flexibility to accommodate a wide range of current and future uses, and promote the wellbeing of users by providing a safe and efficient work environment. KSR also supports an active program of teaching and outreach. Teaching initiatives have grown recently and the new multi-purpose building will allow groups of students and visitors to engage in instructional programs in a more appropriate environment. Educational initiatives at KSR reach students of all ages (K-12 short courses, undergraduate classes and individual research experiences [including the NSF program Research Experiences for Undergraduates], graduate research and education, and public workshops). KSR is actively involved in bringing underrepresented groups into science; in particular, faculty and students at Haskell Indian Nations University increasingly use our facilities. KSR also promotes science infrastructure by providing research facilities and archived data sets to scientists both in the region and nationally. Research results produced by these scientists are broadly distributed through the scientific literature, and by novel approaches of public outreach and internet dissemination. Finally, KSR research addresses many topics of societal concern; examples include spread of invasive species, ecosystem restoration, risk assessment of transgenic crops, and pesticide effects on aquatic communities.

在布赖恩·福斯特博士的指导下，堪萨斯大学野外站和生态保护区获得了一笔赠款，用于在KSR建造一座多用途建筑和一座普通的游客住房。多功能建筑将在三个相互关联的领域加强KSR环境：1）研究，2）教育，3）健康和安全。 拟建建筑中的研究空间将为居民和访问研究人员提供一个通用实验室、一个湿化学实验室和一个公共空间（图书馆、车站档案/参考资料、计算机实验室）。这座多功能建筑将为科学家提供一个物理环境，以进行解决复杂环境问题的创新研究。 多用途大楼还将为外地站的驻地和来访用户提供基本住宿。改进包括一个专用的厨房区和充足的洗手间/淋浴。两个小的睡眠舱将满足来访的科学家和学生对KSR日益增长的使用的需求。总的来说，这些改进将提供灵活性，以适应当前和未来的广泛用途，并通过提供安全有效的工作环境来促进用户的福祉。KSR还支持积极的教学和推广计划。最近，教学活动有所增加，新的多功能建筑将允许学生和游客团体在更合适的环境中参与教学计划。 KSR的教育计划覆盖所有年龄段的学生（K-12短期课程，本科课程和个人研究经验[包括NSF计划本科生研究经验]，研究生研究和教育以及公共研讨会）。KSR积极参与将代表性不足的群体带入科学;特别是，哈斯克尔印度民族大学的教师和学生越来越多地使用我们的设施。KSR还通过向该地区和国家的科学家提供研究设施和存档数据集来促进科学基础设施。这些科学家的研究成果通过科学文献以及公共宣传和互联网传播的新方法广泛传播。最后，KSR研究涉及许多社会关注的主题;例如入侵物种的传播，生态系统恢复，转基因作物的风险评估，以及农药对水生生物群落的影响。