MRI: Acquisition of a High-Resolution 3D X-Ray Microscopy System

该主要研究仪器（MRI）奖的目标是购买高分辨率3D x射线显微镜系统（Micro - x射线CT）。通过收购Micro - X-Ray CT系统，各种各样的研究将得到加强，包括：纳米技术的广泛校园研究合作，nsf赞助的工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）的摩擦搅拌处理，以及nsf赞助的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。此外，单个研究者的研究将通过微型x射线CT采集得到加强。受设备收购积极影响的具体研究包括以下领域：柔性电子器件的直写打印；古环境重建与化石资源无损分析具体的描述;用于生物分离和生物可再生材料处理的先进膜爆炸和冲击个人防护装备；岩土岩心评价；纳米能材料研究。该设备将对跨学科研究产生深远影响。除了能够进行科学研究之外，这一仪器还将增加重要的教育和培训机会。在这方面，所要求的文书将用于至少8门课程，通常每年招收250多名学生。此外，SDSM&amp；T还主持了一个夏季NSF REU站点（回到未来！），该站点将在站点的研究项目中使用该设备。Micro - X-Ray CT将广泛应用于高中生暑期工程夏令营。SDSM&amp；T地质博物馆是众多联邦和州政府机构以及地区部落机构的正式化石库。这个微型x射线CT设备将大大加强对这些化石的分析研究，并为博物馆每年接待的24,000名游客提供新的展品。网络支持将使sdsmt与其他南达科他州的董事和部落高等教育机构之间进行更大的合作。

The objective of this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award is to purchase a high resolution 3D X-Ray microscopy system (Micro X-Ray CT). A wide variety of research will be enhanced by acquisition of this Micro X-Ray CT system including: a broad-based campus research collaboration in nanotechnology, an NSF-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on friction stir processing, and an NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site. In addition, single investigator research will be enhanced by the Micro X-Ray CT acquisition. Specific research to be positively impacted by the equipment acquisition includes the following areas: Direct Write Printing of Flexible Electronic Devices; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions and Nondestructive Analysis of Fossil Resources; Concrete Characterization; Advanced Membranes for Bioseparations and Biorenewables Processing; Personal Protective Equipment for Blast and Impact; Soil and Rock Core Evaluation; and Nanoenergetic Materials Research. The equipment will provide far-reaching impacts across disciplinary research.In addition to the scientific research to be enabled, significant education and training opportunities will be invigorated with this instrument. In this regard, the requested instrument would be utilized in at least eight courses that typically enroll more than 250 students/year. In addition, SDSM&T hosts a summer NSF REU site (Back to the Future!) which will utilize this equipment within the Site's research projects. The Micro X-Ray CT will be utilized in a wide variety of summer engineering camps for high school students. The SDSM&T Museum of Geology serves as a formal fossil repository for a plethora of federal and state governmental agencies and regional tribal agencies. This Micro X-Ray CT facility will greatly enhance the analytical research performed on these fossils and provide new exhibits for the 24,000 visitors the Museum hosts yearly. Cyber-enabling will allow greater collaboration between SDSM&T and the other South Dakota regental and tribal institutions of higher learning.