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

PIs申请资助为香农角海洋中心（SPMC）购买带有多用途采样器的气相色谱仪/质谱仪（GC/MS）。所要求的仪器具有扫描范围，使其能够检测和识别各种化合物。多用途进样器将允许手动或自动进样器注入液体和顶空样品。它也将允许样品被浓缩，然后被解吸和注入到GC/MS。该仪器将由SPMC的海洋科学家和学生，包括许多代表性不足的群体的成员，以及在SPMC工作的其他机构的访问科学家和学生研究人员使用。该仪器系统将提供目前实验室研究人员无法获得的功能，甚至在西华盛顿大学主校区也是如此。本资助购买的仪器将供SPMC的教师和研究人员、访问科学家和SPMC？美国国家科学基金会资助的本科生研究经历和海洋科学多元文化倡议：本科生参与计划。更广泛的影响：SPMC长期以来一直在为代表性不足的群体提供培训和教育，包括2002年因其海洋科学多元文化倡议而获得科学，数学和工程卓越总统奖。SPMC有本科生研究经验（REU）和海洋科学多元文化倡议：本科生参与（MIMSUP）计划。在传播研究成果方面也有良好的记录，包括在会议上发表报告和在同行评议的期刊上发表文章。为了支持基础科学，就像这台MRI一样，SPMC小组在影响不同的科学领域和社会领域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.