Renovation of Agricultural Engineering Laboratory at Oklahoma State University

俄克拉荷马州立大学农业工程系是美国生物系统工程研究的领先者之一，生物系统工程研究是将工程原理应用于生物系统。虽然农业仍然是研究计划的一个组成部分，但生物系统包括环境、自然资源和生物应用。为了反映这一更广泛的范围，该部门将更名为生物系统和农业工程部。除了方案上的变化外，正在进行的研究活动所在的设施将进行翻新和更换，以补充该部在完成向生物系统和农业工程的转型时的新优先事项。现有设施是在农业机械化研究主要涉及重型机械建造和水土研究的时代建造的。这些设施不足以进行需要有特殊规定的高质量实验室的生物系统研究。该奖项将为实验室空间的现代化提供资金，从而为机器视觉、传感器和控制、智能机器和生物环境工程方面的项目提供适当的支持。将商店设施搬迁到主校区将毗邻研究实验室，为教职员工提供更有效和高效的商店服务。具体的翻修将包括升级暖通空调、电气和机械系统。俄克拉荷马州立大学研究设施的现代化将最大限度地影响国家在科学和工程领域进入二十一世纪继续保持领导地位所需的人力资源。

Brown The Department of Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, is recognized as one of the nation's leaders in Biosystems Engineering research, the application of engineering principles to biological systems. While agriculture remains an integral aspect of the research program, Biosystems includes environmental, natural resources and biological applications. To reflect this broader scope, the Department will be renamed Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. In addition to the programmatic changes, the facilities housing ongoing research activities will be renovated and replaced to complement the new priorities of the Department as it completes its transformation to Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. Existing facilities were built in an era when agricultural mechanization research primarily involved the construction of heavy mechanisms and soil and water research. These facilities are inadequate to perform Biosystems research that requires high quality labs with special provisions. This award will provide funding for the modernization of laboratory space that will allow for the proper support of programs in machine vision, sensors and controls, intelligent machines and bioenvironmental engineering. The relocation of the shop facility to the main campus will be adjoined to the research laboratory, providing more effective and efficient shop services for faculty. Specific renovations will include upgrading the HVAC, electrical, and mechanical systems. The modernization of the research facilities at Oklahoma State University will have maximum impact on the human resources needed for the nation's continued leadership in science and engineering into the twenty-first century.