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年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目涉及科学院彼得森大厅的改造，科学院是爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹市的一所小型私立本科大学。这座建筑建于1968年，是学院所有科学实验室的所在地。现有结构的问题包括：三楼的一堵墙开裂和分离；窗户灰泥和外壳被腐蚀；不再打开的窗户；水管经常漏水；对于现代研究设备和环境系统来说，电力容量太低；压缩空气、蒸汽和气体系统不能在许多房间工作；空气处理机未能实现气候控制；在进行痕量分析的房间中缺乏气流隔离；建筑物原有的热水系统，已超过其使用寿命；仓库缺乏适当的储存和通风条件。这次翻新基本上是对彼得森大厅内部的彻底翻新。它将包括：更换天花板、地板、照明、一些管道系统、窗户、内墙覆盖物、门框和一些内墙；翻新电气、管道、供暖、制冷、空气处理、通风柜和温度控制系统；实验室工作台空间的重新配置还有网络布线。美国国家科学基金会提供了建筑翻新总费用的一部分，以支付与研究和研究培训相关的部分翻新费用。以下是在Peterson Hall进行的研究领域的例子，这些领域将通过改造得到加强：氧化物玻璃的物理学及其结构-性能关系，包括硼酸盐玻璃的上层建筑基团的研究，用于放射性废物掺入的复合三组分和四组分硼硅酸盐玻璃的结构，以及各种新型碱和碱土钒酸盐玻璃的结构；重金属氧化物玻璃的光学性质及激光诱导铅、钡等重金属钒酸盐玻璃的再结晶音乐声学研究；动植物生态学；微生物生态学的物种有能力使用铁和硫化合物作为电子受体在缺氧的情况下生长；促炎性细胞因子和抗炎性细胞因子联合使用促性腺激素刺激小鼠小胶质细胞后的分子改变蝾螈（Ambystoma mexicanum）基因表达模式研究海蠕虫生物水泥的研究；农用化学品在自然环境中的命运；玻璃材料的电子结构和玻璃表面的腐蚀；以及超配位基团14化合物的合成、结构和反应性。该奖项将帮助这所文理学院保持一个充满活力的本科生研究项目，为本科生提供一个有意义的研究经验的例子。除了为研究和研究培训提供基础设施外，这次翻新还将为高中生、高中教师、本科生和访问学者的暑期研究项目提供资源。它将支持与日本、加拿大、意大利和英国的教师研究人员及其学生的合作。它将促进以小学、初中、高中学生和普通大众为对象的科学和数学公共宣传活动。它将为来自Coe以外的本科生提供更好的资源，他们来Coe参加本科生研究经验项目。