Instrument Design and Technical Services Core

技术服务核心由三个单位的设施和人员组成：a计算支持 设施，电子仪器实验室和机械仪器实验室。这些单位将确保高效的 所有科学项目的运作，并将通过以下援助鼓励新的研究举措 设计、故障排除、维护和产品采购。核心主管米德尔布鲁克斯博士将 担任该技术服务核心的教职员工主管。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项目。 计算支持设施管理实验室和研究核心使用的Novell网络， 定期备份研究数据、设置新的计算机系统、监督软件采购 并对计算机软件和硬件进行升级和故障排除。计算顾问将提供帮助 教师将与最新发展保持同步，并将建议和实施新的软件和网络 应用程序，包括设置多用户数据库。电子计算支助基金将与 实施定制硬件/软件接口的电子仪器实验室。 电子和机械仪器实验室将提供创新的设计、制造、维护和 自定义仪器的校准。人员在项目开发方面经验丰富，从信封的背面开始 从概念阶段到安装和校准。电子实验室在模拟方面拥有专业知识 和数字仪器设计，在听觉研究独有的问题上拥有丰富的经验。这个 机械实验室完成了微通大尺寸的设计、制造、维护和维修 乐器。使用共同的仪器实验室将加强各国之间的成果交流 实验室，并将在某些广泛使用的仪器的生产中提供规模经济。 事实证明，目前的设施在优化电子、机械和计算方面不可或缺 申请。使用共同技术服务和技术核心人员投入研究 过去，设计和方法促进了KHRI研究人员之间的创新研究合作。 在拟议的授权期内，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.