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

私人投资机构要求提供资金，为香农角海洋中心(SPMC)购买带有多用途取样器的气相色谱仪/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不同范围的化合物。多功能取样器将允许手动或使用自动取样器注入液体和顶空样品。它还将允许对样品进行浓缩，然后解吸并注入气相色谱/质谱仪。该仪器将由海洋科学家和学生使用，包括许多代表不足的群体的成员，在海洋和海洋环境委员会工作的来自其他机构的访问科学家和学生研究人员将使用该仪器。该仪器系统将提供实验室研究人员目前无法获得的功能，即使是在华盛顿大学西部主校区也是如此。用这笔赠款购买的仪器将供SPMC的教职员工和研究人员、访问科学家以及SPMC-S资助的本科生研究经验和海洋科学多元文化倡议：本科生参与计划的参与者使用。广泛影响：SPMC在培训和教育未被充分代表的群体方面有着长期的记录，包括2002年因其在海洋科学的多元文化倡议而获得的总统科学、数学和工程杰出导师奖。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，包括在会议上的介绍和在同行评议的期刊上发表。在支持基础科学方面，就像这次核磁共振成像一样，SPMC小组表现出了值得注意的奉献精神，影响了科学的各个领域和社会的各个部分。

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.