RUI/MRI: Acquisition of a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer for Marine Science Research at the Shannon Point Marine Center

PI要求提供资金，为香农角海洋中心（SPMC）购买一台带有多用途采样器的气相色谱/质谱仪（GC/MS）。所要求的仪器具有扫描范围，将使其能够检测和识别各种各样的化合物。多用途进样器将允许手动或使用自动进样器进样液体和顶空样品。该仪器将供SPMC的海洋科学家和学生使用，包括代表性不足群体的许多成员，以及在SPMC工作的其他机构的访问科学家和学生研究人员。该仪器系统将提供目前实验室研究人员无法获得的功能，即使是在主要的西华盛顿大学校园。在此补助金购买的仪器将用于SPMC教师和研究人员，访问科学家，并在SPMC？更广泛的影响：SPMC有一个长期的记录，培训和教育的代表性不足的群体，包括2002年总统奖卓越的科学，数学和工程指导他们的海洋科学多元文化倡议。 SPMC拥有本科生研究经验（REU）和海洋科学的多元文化倡议：本科生参与（MIMOTH）计划。在研究成果的传播方面也有着良好的记录，包括在会议上的演讲和在同行评审期刊上的出版。为了支持基础科学，正如这次MRI一样，SPMC小组在影响不同的科学领域和社会阶层方面表现出了值得注意的奉献精神。

The PIs request funding to acquire a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) with a multipurpose sampler for Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC). The requested instrument has a scan range that will enable it to detect and identify a diverse range of compounds. The multipurpose sampler will allow liquid and headspace samples to be injected manually or with an autosampler. It will also allow samples to be concentrated and then be desorbed and injected into the GC/MS. The instrument will be used by marine scientists and students, including many members of underrepresented groups, at SPMC and by visiting scientists and student researchers from other institutions who are working at SPMC. This instrument system will provide capabilities that are currently unavailable to researchers at the lab, even at the main Western Washington University campus. The instrument purchased on this grant will be used by SPMC faculty and research staff, visiting scientists, and participants in SPMC?s NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Multicultural Initiative in the Marine Science: Undergraduate Participation programs.Broader Impacts: SPMC has a long track record of training and education of underrepresented groups, including the 2002 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring for their Multicultural Initiative in Marine Sciences. SPMC has Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Multicultural Initiative in the Marine Sciences: Undergraduate Participation (MIMSUP) programs. There is also a strong track record of dissemination of research results, including both presentations at conferences and publication in peer reviewed journals. In support of basic science, as this MRI is, the SPMC group has demonstrated noteworthy dedication to impacting diverse areas of science and segments of society.