ARFMP: Renovation of Smith Engineering Building

学术研究设施现代化计划（ARFMP） 研究设施办公室的一项奖励为 位于夏洛特的北卡罗来纳州大学， 史密斯工程大楼的维修， 机构的土木，电气和机械工程， 计算机科学研究和研究培训活动。 这 这座建筑建于1966年，自那以后一直没有翻修过。 当时 由下列机构提供的200，000美元和200，850美元 作为费用分摊，受赠方将用于使这些系统现代化， 研究和研究培训设施，并将帮助维持 研究的增长和不断增加的技术要求 工程学院的计划。 该项目将解决 需要通过（a）改善当前的研究基础设施 为建筑物提供更好的环境控制， 数据通信系统升级所需的额外布线 办公室和实验室之间的速度和能力， （B）为研究生提供实验室空间; 重新配置许多研究实验室和支持商店， 以实现更大的空间和更高的效率， （c）加强实验室的安全。 该奖项有助于科学的基础设施， 通过提供更好的行为环境， 研究和培养高质量的本科生， 研究生。 工程研究在大学 夏洛特的北卡罗来纳州近年来已经变成了几个 具有重大国家意义的领域，包括微观和 光电子和计算机控制的制造业。 学生 在这些实验室里训练，这将更适合这样的 研究作为装修的结果，在两个基本的需求 应用研究领域。

This Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program (ARFMP) award from the Research Facilities Office provides funds to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for the renovation and repair of Smith Engineering Building which houses that institution's civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering and computer science research and research training activities. This building was constructed in 1966 and has not been renovated since that time. The ARFMP grant of $200,000 and $200,850 provided by the grantee as cost sharing will be used to modernize these research and research training facilities and will help sustain the growth in and increasing technical demands of the research program of the College of Engineering. This project will address the need to improve the current research infrastructure by (a) providing better environmental control for the building, additional wiring to upgrade the data communications system between offices and laboratories in speed and capabilities, and space in the laboratories for graduate students; (b) locating or reconfiguring many of the research laboratories and support shops to achieve increased space with greater efficiency for use in new projects; and (c) improving the security of the laboratories. This award contributes to the infrastructure of science and engineering by providing an improved environment for the conduct of research and for the training of quality undergraduate and graduate students. Engineering research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has turned in recent years to several areas of significant national importance, including micro- and opto-electronics and computer-controlled manufacturing. Students trained in these laboratories, which will be better suited to such studies as a result of the renovation, are in demand in both basic and applied research fields.