Technician Support: Management of Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Isotope Geochemistry Clean Labs

该项目涉及设立一个新的技术支持职位，专门管理迈阿密大学的两个同位素地球化学清洁实验室和新的热电离质谱实验室。增设了新的技术员职位，在与同位素地球化学实验室有关的日常维护、操作、学生培训和开发工作中提供了急需的协助。这个新职位使迈阿密大学地质系的技术支持人员增加了一倍，并对同位素地球化学实验室用户产生了特别的影响，极大地增强了容纳更多内部用户、适应不同应用和样品类型的用户以及开发新的化学和质谱学技术的能力。新的技术支持职位提供了一名经验丰富的全职技术人员，指导和监督学生的实验室活动，并加强学生对发展项目的参与。此外，技术人员在本科生和研究生开设新的以实验室为基础的课程方面发挥了重要作用，这鼓励具有不同地质兴趣的本科生和内部和外部研究生使用同位素设施。

This project involves the creation of a new technical support position devoted to the management of Miami University's two isotope geochemistry clean labs and new thermal ionization mass spectrometry lab. The addition of the new technician position provides much-needed assistance in the day-to-day maintenance, operation, student training and development work associated with the isotope geochemistry labs. This new position doubles the technical support staff in the Miami University Geology Department, and has a particular impact on the isotope geochemistry lab users, greatly enhancing the ability to accommodate larger numbers of in-house users, to accommodate users with diverse applications and sample types, and to develop new chemistry and mass spectrometry techniques. The new technical support position provides an experienced technician, available full-time, to mentor and oversee student lab activities and to enhance student participation in developmental projects. In addition, the technician plays a major role in offerings of new laboratory-based courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, which encourages the use of the isotope facilities by undergraduate students and in-house and external graduate students with diverse geologic interests.