Instrument Design and Technical Services Core

技术服务核心包括三个单位的设施和人员： 仪器实验室、电子仪器实验室和机械仪器实验室。这些单位将确保有效的 所有科学计划的运作，并将通过援助鼓励新的研究举措， 设计、故障排除、维护和产品采购。中心主任米德尔布鲁克斯博士将 担任该技术服务核心的教员主管。他将促进技术人员之间的对话， 服务人员和研究人员将创新的技术解决方案引入研究计划。 计算支助设施管理各实验室和研究中心使用的Novell网络， 定期备份研究数据，建立新的计算机系统，监督软件采购 和升级，并删除计算机软件和硬件。计算机顾问将帮助 教师跟上新的发展，将建议和实施新的软件和网络 应用程序，包括多用户数据库的设置。计算支助设施将与 电子仪器实验室在实施定制的硬件/软件接口。 电子和机械仪器实验室将提供创新的设计，制造，维护， 定制仪器的校准。员工在项目开发方面经验丰富， 从概念阶段到安装和校准。电子实验室在模拟方面具有专业知识 和数字仪器设计，在听觉研究的独特问题上拥有丰富的经验。的 机械实验室主要完成微通型大尺寸零件的设计、制造、维护和修理 仪器.使用共同仪器实验室将加强 实验室，并将提供经济规模，在生产某些广泛使用的仪器。 目前的设施已被证明是必不可少的优化电子，机械和计算 应用.使用共同技术服务和技术核心人员投入研究 设计和方法在过去促进了KHRI研究人员之间的创新研究合作。 在拟议的赠款期间，这些服务将扩大到更广泛的区域用户群。

The Technical Services Core comprises facilities and personnel for three units: a Computing Support Facility, an Electronic Instrument Lab and a Mechanical Instrument Lab. These units will assure the efficient operation of all scientific programs and will encourage new research initiatives through assistance with design, troubleshooting, maintenance, and product procurements. The Core Director, Dr. Middlebrooks, will serve as the faculty supervisor for this Technical Services Core. He will facilitate dialog between technical services personnel and investigators to introduce innovative technical solutions into research programs. The Computing Support Facility administers the Novell network used by the laboratories and research cores, conducts regular backup of research data, sets up new computer systems, oversees software acquisition and upgrades, and troubleshoots computer software and hardware. The Computing Consultant will help faculty keep abreast of new developments and will suggest and implement novel software and network applications, including setup of multi-user databases. The Computing Support Facility will coordinate with the Electronic Instrument Lab in implementation of custom hardware/software interfaces. The Electronic and Mechanical Instrument Labs will provide innovative design, fabrication, maintenance, and calibration of custom instruments. Personnel are experienced in project development, from the back-of-theenvelope conceptual stage through to installation and calibration. The Electronic Lab has expertise in analog and digital instrument design, with extensive experience in issues that are unique to auditory research. The Mechanical Lab is accomplished in design, fabrication, maintenance, and repair of micro- through largescale instruments. Use of common instrument laboratories will enhance exchange of results among laboratories and will provide economy of scale in production of certain broadly used instruments. The current facilities have proven indispensable in optimizing electronic, mechanical, and computing applications. The use of common technical services and the input of technical-core personnel into research design and methods has in the past fostered innovative research collaborations among KHRI investigators. In the proposed grant period, those services will be extended to a broader regional user base.