RUI: Acquisition of a Computer-Based Image Analysis System for Quantitative Distribution Analysis of Crystal- solute Systems

该合同将提供购买计算机图像分析系统所需资金的一半，以促进岩浆结晶过程的研究。拉马尔大学已承诺为此次收购提供必要的额外资金。PI计划将这种相对较新的方法应用于正在进行的斯蒂尔沃特杂岩火成岩岩石学研究。他计划开发定量岩相学分析的原理和技术，可用于分析和了解各种火成岩类型的过程相关和动力学方面。这一瑞奖将使为本科生提供宝贵和令人兴奋的研究经验成为可能。

This award will provide for half the funds needed to acquire a computer-based image analysis system to facilitate research of magmatic crystallization processes. Lamar University has committed the additional funds necessary for this acquisition.The PI plans to apply this relatively new approach to an on-going study of the petrology of igneous rocks in the Stillwater Complex. He plans to develop principles and techniques of quantitative petrographic analysis which can be used to analyse and understand process- related and kinetic aspects of a variety of igneous rock types. This RUI award will make it possible to provide undergraduates with valuable and exciting research experience.