ARFMP: Renovation and Modernization of Aerodynamic Laboratory

这项由研究设施办公室颁发的学术研究设施现代化计划(ARFMP)奖为威奇托州立大学提供资金，用于维修和翻新威奇托州立空气动力学实验室，该实验室拥有航空航天工程方面的研究和研究培训活动。这座建筑建于1949年，最后一次翻修是在1982年。受赠人提供的116,000美元和116,643美元的ARFMP赠款作为费用分摊，将用于使这些研究和研究培训设施现代化。该项目将通过翻新风洞结构来改善目前的研究基础设施，包括对风洞管子进行防水，更换其平衡系统，并对其数据处理系统进行现代化改造。该奖项为科学和工程的基础设施建设提供了一个更好的环境，为开展研究提供了更好的环境，发展了与州和地区工业的紧密联系，培训了该地区几家主要航空航天公司的入门级工程师，以及培训了高质量的本科生和研究生。在威奇托州立空气动力学实验室接受培训的学生在基础和应用研究领域都很受欢迎，该实验室在实验空气动力学方面拥有全国领先的项目。

This Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program (ARFMP) award from the Research Facilities Office provides funds to Wichita State University for the repair and renovation of the Wichita State Aerodynamic Laboratory which houses research and research training activities in aerospace engineering. This building was constructed in 1949 and last renovated in 1982. The ARFMP grant of $116,000 and $116,643 provided by the grantee as cost sharing will be used to modernize these research and research training facilities. This project will address the need to improve the current research infrastructure by refurbishing the wind tunnel structure including water proofing the wind tunnel tube, replacing its balance system, and modernizing its data processing system. This award contributes to the infrastructure of science and engineering by providing an improved environment for the conduct of research, for developing strong linkages to state and regional industry, and for the training of entry-level engineers from several major aerospace companies in the area as well as for the training of quality undergraduate and graduate students. Students trained in the Wichita State Aerodynamic Laboratory, with its nationally pre-eminent program in experimental aerodynamics, are in demand in both basic and applied research fields.