Renovation of Doherty Hall for Materials Research Program

该奖项是帮助德克萨斯农工大学(TAMU)建立材料科学系的第一步。已申请资金将Doherty Hall改造成TAMU材料科学和工程计划的材料研究设施，该计划将致力于研究和研究生指导。目前，材料计划的中心是正在进行的跨学科研究，涉及七个系和六个部门，在TAMU的校园里没有专门为合作项目设计的实验室空间。多尔蒂大厅的翻修将提供集中设施，其中将包括四个材料表征实验室、一个物理电子显微镜中心、一个表面科学设施、一个X射线衍射实验室和一个分析表征实验室。翻新后的设施将为每个实验室提供新的仪器设备空间，并将容纳化学、化学工程和机械工程聚合物计划的组件，以及先进电子计划的组件，包括晶体生长、离子注入和电子束光刻。该设施将提供最先进的材料研究实验室，鼓励科学家和工程师之间的跨学科互动，并为学生提供新的研究机会。

This award is the first step in assisting Texas A&M University (TAMU) with the establishment of a Materials Science department. Funds have been requested to renovate Doherty Hall, into a Materials Research Facility for the TAMU Materials Science and Engineering Program which will be devoted to research and graduate instruction. Currently, the materials program is centered around ongoing interdisciplinary research involving seven departments and six divisions in which there is no laboratory space on TAMU's campus designed specifically for collaborative projects. Renovations to Doherty Hall will provide centralized facilities which will include four materials characterization laboratories, a Physical Electron Microscopy Center, a Surface Science facility, a X-ray diffraction laboratory and an Analytical Characterization laboratory. The renovated facility will provide space for new instrumentation in each of the laboratories and will house the components of the Polymers Program for Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and components from the Advanced Electronics Program, including crystal growth, ion implantation and electron beam lithography. This facility will provide state-of-the-art materials research laboratories, encouraging interdisciplinary interactions between scientists and engineers and provide new research opportunities for students.