MRI-R2 Consortium: Acquisition of hardware for data visualization and exploratory analysis

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。可视化对于某些形式的科学和工程研究越来越重要，特别是探索随时间的变化，或检查模型中的复杂相互作用。虽然大多数科学可视化发生在两个维度上，但有选择地使用三维沉浸式技术进行建模和仿真项目。肯恩大学的乔伊纳，张和莫雷尔与新泽西州理查德斯托克顿学院的曼森博士合作。具体的研究项目包括生物化学、环境研究、生物学、气象学、应用数学、心理学和计算机科学。由于基恩和斯托克顿首先是教学大学，因此拟议的活动中有很强的STEM教育成分。基恩大学近一半的本科生是少数族裔，两所学校的学生中有很大一部分是第一代大学生。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会网络基础设施办公室颁发，支持先进科学可视化工具的采购，其中基恩获得了最重要的赠款。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Visualization is increasingly essential for some forms of scientific and engineering research, particularly to explore change over time, or to examine complex interactions in models. While most scientific visualization occurs in two dimensions, selective use of three dimensional immersive technology for modeling and simulation projects is proposed by Drs. Joiner, Chang and Morreale at Kean University in collaboration with Dr. Manson of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The specific research projects include topics in biochemistry, environmental studies, biology, meteorology, applied mathematics, psychology and computer science. There is a strong STEM education component to the proposed activities since Kean and Stockton are first and foremost, teaching universities. Nearly half of Kean's undergraduate population is minority and both schools have a significant percent of their student population who are first generation college students. The award from NSF's Office of Cyberinfrastructure supports acquisition of advanced scientific visualization tools, with Kean receiving the most significant grant.