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

在这笔赠款的资助下，韦恩州立大学的放射化学设施将购买额外的阿尔法光谱分析实验室仪器，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行，培训学生进行前沿研究，并为大学内外的研究人员提供支持。由于研究项目数量的增加，以及大学内外研究人员对更多放射分析工作的需求增加，显然需要更多的现代设备。在短期内，新的阿尔法光谱仪将立即用于首席研究人员，他将在2010年底参加美国地球物理研究所的北大西洋战役。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翻一番，以支持教学、培训和为学生、博士后助理和研究合作者提供服务。更广泛的影响：购置更多的阿尔法光谱仪预计将增加和改善地球科学本科生和研究生的培训机会，他们中的许多人来自代表性不足的少数群体。在全国缺乏训练有素的放射化学家的情况下，这些仪器将用于培训新一代放射化学家。

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.