Microcomputer Laboratory for Undergraduate Mineralogy

该奖项授予肯塔基大学地质科学系是对提交给国家科学基金会仪器和实验室改进计划的提案的回应。该奖项将提供购买微型计算机、软件、电视显示器、投影和数字化平板电脑以及一台打印机所需资金的一半。该大学致力于匹配国家科学基金会对该设备的贡献。该设备将用于我校矿物学本科二年级课程，并将用于晶体化学、晶体形态、原子结构、矿物鉴定、x射线衍射方法、光学显微镜和相平衡研究的实验室计算机教学。

This award to the University of Kentucky's Department of Geological Sciences is made in response to a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program. The award will provide one-half of the funds needed to acquire microcomputers, software, TV monitors, overhead projection and digitizing tablets, and a printer. The University is committed to matching the NSF contribution for this equipment. The equipment will be used in the University's undergraduate sophomore-level course in mineralogy, where it will be developed for use in laboratory computerized instruction in crystal chemistry, crystal morphology, atomic structure, mineral identification, x-ray diffraction methods, optical microscopy and phase equilibrium studies.