RUI: An Acquisition of a Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer

该奖项为购买一台质谱仪提供部分资金，该质谱仪将在圣地亚哥州立大学地质科学系安装和运行。大学承诺提供所需的剩余资金。圣地亚哥州立大学地质科学系为本科生和硕士提供了强有力的培训计划，其中包括使用先进地球化学技术的实际工作。该系最近还在同位素地球化学方面作出了几项任命（该奖项的首席研究员和联合首席研究员），该大学已投入大量资源建立一个同位素地球化学研究所。PI和co-PI的研究项目由NSF和其他机构支持，需要现代质谱仪的分析能力。该仪器还将用于向本科生开放的两门实验课程（同位素地球化学和地下水地球化学）。该奖项是在美国国家科学基金会本科院校研究项目的支持下颁发的。

This award provides partial funding for the acquisition of a mass spectrometer to be installed and operated in the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University. The University is committed to providing the remaining funds needed. San Diego State University's Department of Geological Sciences has a strong training program for undergraduates and up to the master's level that includes practical work with advanced geochemical techniques. The Department also has made several recent appointments in isotope geochemistry (the PI and co-PI of this award), and the University has put considerable resources in establishing an Institute of Isotope Geochemistry. The research projects of the PI and co-PI are supported by NSF and other agencies and require the analytical capabilities of a modern mass spectrometer. The instrument will also be used in two laboratory courses open to undergraduate students (Isotope Geochemistry and Groundwater Geochemistry). This award is made under the auspices of the NSF program Research in Undergraduate Institutions.