MRI: Acquisition of Atomic Absorption Spectrometer for EPIC Learning

该奖项由主要研究仪器计划（MRI）资助，旨在促进科学研究的进步，并支持温特沃斯理工学院（温特沃斯）的本科教育。该奖项使温特沃斯大学的跨学科团队能够开展外部合作、基于项目的跨学科痕量金属分析研究项目，并为本科生开发新的科学课程。这些项目是跨学科的，旨在促进微量金属研究的综合方法。这些研究项目将使本科生能够研究微量金属对公众健康、安全、繁荣和福利的影响等重要问题。要研究的主题包括血液中金属的鉴定、土壤和地下水中金属的运输、废物中金属的稳定以及替代燃料中的金属。这些项目还将本科生科学研究确立为温特沃斯目前正在实施的全校范围内的“外部合作、基于项目的跨学科学习课程”（EPIC Learning）的重要和可持续的组成部分。该奖项还将使温特沃斯学院的教职员工能够开发一种跨学科的研究模式，这种模式可用于促进其他本科院校的科学研究。通过该合同，温特沃斯将获得一台PerkinElmer PinAAcle 900T石墨炉/火焰原子吸收光谱仪（PinAAcle 900T），配备PerkinElmer FIAS 400喷射流系统（FIAS 400）（统称为“主要研究仪器”），以识别和测量痕量金属。除了用于本科生研究之外，主要研究仪器还将用于教师发展以及与社区和私营部门组织的外部合作。痕量金属分析项目的预期结果与温特沃斯在其EPIC学习计划下设想的全学院学习结果一致。

This award, funded by the Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI), promotes the progress of scientific research and supports undergraduate education at Wentworth Institute of Technology (Wentworth). The award enables interdisciplinary teams at Wentworth to conduct externally-collaborative, project-based, interdisciplinary trace metal analysis research projects and to develop new, scientific curriculum for undergraduate students. The projects are interdisciplinary by design and promote a comprehensive approach to trace metals research. The research projects will enable undergraduates to study important issues such as the effect of trace metals on public health, safety, prosperity and welfare. Examples of topics to be studied include the identification of metals in blood, the transport of metals in soil and groundwater, the stabilization of metals in waste, and metals in alternative fuels. The projects also establish undergraduate science research as a significant and sustainable element in the new campus-wide "Externally-collaborative, Project-based, Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Learning" (EPIC Learning) currently being implemented at Wentworth. This award will also enable Wentworth faculty members to develop an interdisciplinary research model that can be used to promote science research at other undergraduate institutions.Through this award, Wentworth will acquire a PerkinElmer PinAAcle 900T graphite furnace/flame atomic absorption spectrometer (the PinAAcle 900T) equipped with a PerkinElmer FIAS 400 Injection Flow System (FIAS 400) (collectively, the "Major Research Instrumentation") in order to identify and measure trace metals. In addition to its use in undergraduate research, the Major Research Instrumentation will also be used in faculty development and in external collaborations with community and private-sector organizations. The expected outcomes of the trace metal analysis projects are consistent with Wentworth's institute-wide learning outcomes that are envisioned under its EPIC Learning Initiative.