Renovation of Coe College's Peterson Hall of Science

科学院彼得森科学馆翻修工程

• 批准号: 0963113
• 负责人: Steven Feller
• 金额: $ 470.44万
• 依托单位: Coe College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0963113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; Coe; College; Peterson; Hall

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009(Public Law 111-5).This project involves the renovation of Peterson Hall at Coe College, a small, private, undergraduate university in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Built in 1968, this building houses all of the science laboratories at the College. Problems with the existing structure include: cracking and separation of a wall on the third floor; erosion of window plaster and casings; windows that no longer open; frequent plumbing leaks; electrical capacity that is too low for modern research equipment and environmental systems; compressed air, steam and gas systems that do not work in many rooms; failure of air handlers to achieve climate control; lack of airflow isolation in rooms where trace-level analysis is performed; a hot water system, original to the building, that has exceeded its useful life; and stockrooms that lack proper storage and ventilation conditions.The renovation is essentially a gut renovation of the interior of Peterson Hall. It will include: replacement of ceilings, flooring, lighting, some ductwork, windows, interior wall covering, door frames and some interior walls; refurbishment of electrical, plumbing, heating, cooling, air-handling, hood ventilation and temperature control systems; reconfiguration of lab benches & spaces; and network wiring. NSF is contributing part of the overall cost of renovating the building to cover the portion of the renovation that is associated with research and research training.The following are examples of areas in which research is conducted in Peterson Hall and which would be strengthened by the renovation: the physics of oxide glasses and their structure-property relationships, including the study of superstructural groups in borate glasses, the structure of complex three and four component borosilicate glasses for radioactive waste incorporation, and the structure of a variety of new alkali and alkaline-earth vanadate glasses; the optical properties of heavy metal oxide glasses and laser induced recrystallization of lead, barium and other heavy metal vanadate glasses; research in musical acoustics; plant and animal ecology; microbial ecology of species that have the ability to use ferric iron and sulfur compounds as electron acceptors for growth in the absence of oxygen; the molecular alterations in murine microglia that occur following stimulation with pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in conjunction with the application of gonadal steroids; patterns of gene expression in the salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum; the study of sea-worm biocements; the fate of agricultural chemicals in the natural environment; the electronic structure of glassy materials and the corrosion of glass surfaces; and the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of hypercoordinate group 14 compounds.The award will help this liberal arts college to maintain a vibrant program of undergraduate research that provides an example of the way in which undergraduates can be given meaningful research experiences. In addition to providing infrastructure for research and research training, the renovation will provide a resource that will be used for summer research programs involving high school students, high school teachers, undergraduates and visiting faculty. It will support collaboration with faculty researchers in Japan, Canada, Italy, and England, and their students. It will facilitate public outreach events in science and mathematics aimed at elementary, middle, and high school students and the general public. It will provide much better resources for undergraduates form outside Coe who come to Coe for its Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

该奖项是根据2009年的《美国复苏与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。该项目涉及在爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹（Cedar Rapids）的一所小型私立本科大学Coe College的Peterson Hall翻新。 该建筑建于1968年，设有学院的所有科学实验室。 现有结构的问题包括：三楼墙壁的破裂和分离；窗户灰泥和套管的侵蚀；窗户不再打开；频繁的管道泄漏；现代研究设备和环境系统太低的电容量；压缩空气，蒸汽和气体系统在许多房间中不起作用；空气处理人员无法实现气候控制；在进行痕量分析的房间中缺乏气流隔离；建筑物原始的热水系统超出了其使用寿命。以及缺乏适当的存储和通风条件的仓库。装修本质上是对彼得森音乐厅内部的肠道翻新。 它将包括：更换天花板，地板，照明，一些管道，窗户，内部墙壁盖，门框和一些内墙；电气，管道，加热，冷却，空气处理，引擎盖通风和温度控制系统的翻新；实验室长凳和空间的重新配置；和网络接线。 NSF is contributing part of the overall cost of renovating the building to cover the portion of the renovation that is associated with research and research training.The following are examples of areas in which research is conducted in Peterson Hall and which would be strengthened by the renovation: the physics of oxide glasses and their structure-property relationships, including the study of superstructural groups in borate glasses, the structure of complex three and four component borosilicate glasses for radioactive废物掺入以及各种新碱和碱 - 地铁糊状玻璃的结构；重金属氧化物玻璃杯和激光的光学特性引起了铅，钡和其他重金属钒酸盐玻璃的重结晶；音乐声学研究；动植物生态学；具有使用铁和硫化合物作为电子受体的物种的微生物生态学在没有氧气的情况下生长；在促炎和抗炎细胞因子刺激后，与性腺类固醇的应用一起刺激后发生的鼠小胶质细胞的分子改变；墨西哥ambystoma salamander中基因表达的模式；海水生物要素的研究；自然环境中农业化学品的命运；玻璃材料的电子结构和玻璃表面的腐蚀；高坐标组14化合物的综合，结构和反应性。该奖项将有助于该学院维持一项充满活力的本科研究计划，该计划提供了一个有意义的研究经验的本科生的示例。 除了提供研究和研究培训的基础设施外，翻新还将提供一种资源，该资源将用于涉及高中生，高中教师，本科生和访问教师的夏季研究计划。 它将支持与日本，加拿大，意大利和英国及其学生的教师研究人员的合作。 它将促进针对小学，中学和公众的科学和数学公共宣传活动。 它将为COE以外的本科生提供更好的资源，而COE的本科生研究经历来了。