Renovation of Third Floor Laboratory Wing

利用美国国家科学基金会的支持，南伊利诺伊大学化学和生物化学系将翻新大约12000平方英尺的实验室空间，用于研究和研究培训活动。国家科学基金会的资金，加上校园的配套支持，将重新配置大型的、设计不良的设施，这些设施反映了34年历史的建筑设计的不足。作为教学设施，大型实验室效率低下，许多实验室由两名研究人员共享。引擎盖空间有限，无法有效排出有毒烟雾。真空系统很弱。美国国家科学基金会支持的努力将纠正这些缺陷，并允许根据七个研究人员的个人项目的更专业的需要来设计空间。这些课程包括分析化学和有机化学的研究，特别强调以下具体的研究领域：合成和物理有机化学，催化，分离理论和原子光谱学。

Utilizing NSF support, the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at Southern Illinois University will renovate approximately 12,000 square feet of laboratory space for the benefit of research and research training activities. NSF funds, combined with matching support from the campus, will reconfigure large, poorly designed facilities which reflect the inadequacies of 34 year old building design. Constructed as an instructional facility, the large laboratories are inefficient, and many are shared by two researchers. The hood space is limited and is unable to effectively vent toxic fumes. The vacuum systems are weak. The NSF-supported effort will correct these deficiencies and allow for the design of space according to the more specialized needs of seven researchers' individual programs. These programs include studies in analytical and organic chemistry with special emphasis in the following specific research areas: synthetic and physical organic chemistry, catalysis, separations theory and atomic spectroscopy.