Acquisition of an Image Analysis System for Computer-aided Instruction

本奖项授予佛罗里达国际大学的系 地质学系根据提交给 国家科学基金会仪器和实验室 改进方案。该奖项将提供一半的资金， 需要获取图像分析系统， 加强教育和研究在该部门的 本科生培训计划。该大学致力于 为此次收购提供百分之五十的配套资金。 该设备将用于该部的显微镜检查 矿物学、岩石学和矿物学课程的实验室练习， 古生物学图像分析系统也将用于 部门的本科研究计划，以提高模式 岩石分析，变形组构分析， 变质岩石的演化和形态分析 微化石

This award to Florida International University's Department of Geology 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 an image analysis system for the purpose of enhancing education and research in the Department's undergraduate training programs. The University is committed to providing fifty percent matching funds for this acquisition. The equipment will be used in the Department's microscopy laboratory exercises in courses in mineralogy, petrology and paleontology. The image analysis system will also be used in the Department's undergraduate research program to enhance modal analysis of rocks, analysis of deformation fabrics in metamorphosed rocks, and morphological analysis of evolution in microfossils.