Multi-User X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Core Equipment

阿尔斯特大学EPSRC核心设备资本奖的战略分配过程由负责研究和影响的副校长Cathy Gormley-Heenan教授领导，确定计算、工程和建筑环境学院是过去五年来从EPRSC世界级实验室预算中获得资本资金的历史表现的主要来源，这导致了本提案的提交。作为大学研究与影响领导团队的成员，研究与影响副院长布莱恩·米南教授是该学院负责设备战略的工作人员。因此，他的任务是领导这一进程，在电话会议的目标范围内，确定最符合阿尔斯特资本基础设施战略要求的设备采购，并担任呈件的主要调查员。设备配置由学院领导小组审议，领导小组由执行院长利亚姆·马奎尔教授领导，成员包括学院四所学院(贝尔法斯特建筑与建筑环境学院、计算机学院、计算、工程与智能系统学院和工程学院)的负责人和学院业务负责人。因此，这一领导小组完全监督学院内部的研究资金支持需求，并可以直接访问各自学院持有的基础设施登记册。学院领导小组对所有相关标准的当前需求进行了评估，确定购买一台核心级多用户X射线衍射仪(X射线衍射仪)是最适合这一呼吁的。我们认识到，Ulster可获得的100k GB奖励不足以支持这项购买，因此，所需的额外资金将由大学从机构资金中提供，总价值约为GB 216k(包括增值税)。在这里购买的X射线衍射仪将为Ulster的学术研究带来显著的持续好处，这些直接与EPSRC在医疗技术、能源、工程、制造未来和物理科学方面的战略优先事项保持一致。它还将极大地有利于我们对本土工业的研发支持，并通过提供大公司预计在该地区可获得的资源，帮助吸引外国直接投资。因此，它的可用性将有助于推动国家创新的经济增长，如DFE、Invest NI和国家创新矩阵小组所推动的那样。这样做将提高西北大学高等教育部门在西北地区的国际形象，这是实施阿尔斯特大学5&50战略计划的核心。

A process for the strategic allocation of the Ulster University EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment, led by the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research & Impact, Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan, has identified the Faculty of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment as the being the main originators of the historical performance in securing capital funding from EPRSC's World Class Labs budget over the last five years that has then led to the submission of this proposal. As a member of the University Research & Impact Leadership Team, the Associate Dean for Research & Impact, Professor Brian Meenan is the staff member with responsibility for the equipment strategy in the Faculty. He has therefore been tasked with leading the process to identify the equipment purchase that best aligns Ulster's capital infrastructure strategic requirements, within the scope of objectives of the call, and to act as Principle Investigator for the submission. The equipment allocation was considered by the Faculty Leadership Team which is led by the Executive Dean Professor Liam Maguire and comprises heads of the four Schools in the Faculty (Belfast School of Architecture & the Built Environment, School of Computing, School of Computing, Engineering & Intelligent Systems and School of Engineering) and the Head of Faculty Operations. As such, this leadership group has complete oversight of research capital support needs within the Faculty and has direct access to the infrastructure registers held by the respective Schools. Assessment of current needs across all of the relevant criteria by the Faculty Leadership Team has identified the purchase of a core level multi-user X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) instrument, to be based within the School of Engineering, as being the most appropriate fit to this call. It is recognised that the £100k award that is available to Ulster is insufficient to enable this purchase and therefore the additional funds required will be provided by the University from institutional funds to a total value of ca. £216k (inclusive of VAT).The XRD instrument to be purchased here will add significant on-going benefits to academic research at Ulster that directly align with the EPSRC strategic priorities in Healthcare Technologies, Energy, Engineering, Manufacturing the Future and Physical Sciences. It will also greatly benefit our R&D support for indigenous industry and help with attracting foreign direct investment by making available resources that major companies expect to be available in the region. Hence, its availability will make a contribution to the drivers economic growth in NI, as promoted by DfE, Invest NI and The NI MATRIX Panel. In doing so it will increase the international profile of the NI Higher Education sector in NI that is central to the delivery of the Ulster University 5&50 Strategic Plan.