Equipment Supplement to MBRS-SCORE Program at UPR-Cayey

UPR-Cayey MBRS-SCORE 计划的设备补充

• 批准号: 6695898
• 负责人: WILFREDO OTANO-RIVERA
• 金额: $ 13.97万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PR CAYEY UNIVERSITY COLL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-01 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6695898
• 关键词: biomaterial development /preparation; minority institution research support; surface coating

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS-SCORE Program of the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey (UPR-Cayey) started on May 1, 2001. Its goal is to develop a competitive biomedical research foundation, a combination of faculty and research infrastructure that will be the nucleus around which a competitive biomedical research program will be further developed in the institution. To further strengthen this commitment UPR-Cayey granted $150,000 to the SCORE Program for three years to support its two research projects and other faculty development projects as well. Both projects, a regular and a pilot one, are in the area of Physics/Materials Science applied to biomaterials. It is one of the highest priorities of the Program to increase the quality of those projects. The regular project is in the synthesis of materials with biomedical interest, deposited as thin films, using physical vapor deposition methods. The pilot project uses some of those carefully prepared films with interesting electronic properties to make devices of potential use in biomedical instrumentation. The goal of this supplement is to acquire equipment that will enhance the progress of both research projects. Three pieces of equipment are solicited with the objectives of a) improving the performance of the thin films synthesis system, b) providing in-situ real time information of the films deposited, and c) measure the aerial thickness and surface roughness of the films. The accomplishment of these objectives will create a strong research physical infrastructure that will allow the investigators to develop a world-class research program. UPR-Cayey, committed with this effort, will create a fund for equipment maintenance equal to 15% of the indirect costs of the projects.

描述（由申请人提供）：波多黎各大学卡伊分校（UPR-卡伊）的MBRS-SCORE项目于2001年5月1日开始。 它的目标是建立一个有竞争力的生物医学研究基础，教师和研究基础设施的结合，将是一个有竞争力的生物医学研究计划将在该机构进一步发展的核心。 为了进一步加强这一承诺，UPR-Cayey向SCORE计划提供了15万美元，为期三年，以支持其两个研究项目和其他教师发展项目。 这两个项目，一个是常规项目，一个是试点项目，都属于应用于生物材料的物理学/材料科学领域。 提高这些项目的质量是该方案的最高优先事项之一。 常规项目是使用物理气相沉积方法合成具有生物医学意义的材料，沉积为薄膜。 该试点项目使用一些精心制备的具有有趣电子特性的薄膜来制造可能用于生物医学仪器的设备。 这一补充的目标是获得设备，以加强这两个研究项目的进展。 提出了三种设备，目的是a）提高薄膜合成系统的性能，B）提供沉积膜的原位真实的时间信息，和c）测量膜的空间厚度和表面粗糙度。 这些目标的实现将创造一个强大的研究物理基础设施，使研究人员能够开发一个世界级的研究计划。 UPR Cayey致力于这一努力，将设立一个相当于项目间接费用15%的设备维护基金。