Acquisition of Additional Counting Instruments for Radiochemical Research at Wayne State University

韦恩州立大学购买用于放射化学研究的额外计数仪器

• 批准号: 1030548
• 负责人: Mark Baskaran
• 金额: $ 3.07万
• 依托单位: Wayne State University
• 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: 2010-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1030548&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; Additional; Counting; Instruments; Radiochemical

With funding from this grant, the radiochemical facility at Wayne State University will purchase additional alpha spectrometry laboratory instrumentation to augment existing capability in environmental research. The facility has been operating at full capacity over the past two years, training students in frontier research and supporting researchers inside and outside of the University. Due to an increase in the number of research projects and increased demand for additional radioanalytical work by researchers within and outside the University, the need for this additional modern equipment has become apparent. In the near term, the new alpha spectrometer will be of immediate use to the principal investigator during his participation in the U.S.GEOTRACES North Atlantic campaign in late CY 2010. More generally, the acquisition of the additional 8-input alpha spectrometer will double the facility's counting capability to support teaching, training and service to students, postdoctoral associates and research collaborators. Broader Impact: Acquisition of the additional alpha spectrometer is expected to result in additional and improved training opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the geosciences, many of whom come from under-represented minority groups. The instruments will be used to train new a generation of radiochemists at a time when there is a national shortage of well-trained radiochemists.

有了这笔赠款的资助，韦恩州立大学的放射化学设施将购买额外的阿尔法光谱测定实验室仪器，以增强现有的环境研究能力。 在过去的两年里，该设施一直在满负荷运转，培训学生进行前沿研究，并支持大学内外的研究人员。由于研究项目数量的增加以及大学内外研究人员对额外放射性分析工作的需求增加，对这种额外现代设备的需求变得明显。 在短期内，新的阿尔法光谱仪将立即使用的主要研究员在他参加美国GEOTRACES北大西洋运动在CY 2010年底。 更广泛地说，购买额外的8输入阿尔法光谱仪将使该设施的计数能力增加一倍，以支持学生，博士后同事和研究合作者的教学，培训和服务。更广泛的影响： 购置新的阿尔法光谱仪预计将为地球科学专业的本科生和研究生提供更多和更好的培训机会，其中许多人来自代表性不足的少数群体。这些仪器将用于在全国缺乏训练有素的放射化学家的情况下培训新一代放射化学家。