Upgrade of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Experimental Geochemistry Laboratory

该奖项提供了购买设备所需资金的70%，用于升级伦斯勒理工学院地球与环境科学系的实验岩石学和地球化学实验室。该机构承诺提供所需资金的剩余30%。该设备由高压容器、高温炉和阴极发光显微镜系统组成。RPI实验室从事研究项目，调查地质过程的速率，如矿物的扩散、熔融和地壳下部熔体的运输，所有这些都需要该奖项的设备升级。

This award provides 70% of the funds required to purchase equipment for the upgrade of the experimental petrology and geochemistry laboratory in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The institution is committed to providing the remaining 30% of the funding required. The equipment consists of high-pressure vessels, high- temperature furnaces and a cathodoluminescence microscope system. The RPI laboratory is engaged in research projects investigating the rates of geologic processes such as diffusion in minerals, melting and the transport of melts in the Earth's lower crust, all of which require the equipment upgrade in this award.