Renovation of Research Laboratories in the John S. Alfriend Chemistry Building

这个ARI奖将为旧道明大学校园里的化学和生物化学系所在的阿尔弗兰德化学大楼的研究空间的翻新提供资金。自1967年该建筑建成以来，参与该部门研究活动的研究生和本科生的数量急剧增长。该系获得的校外支持有所增加，成为理学院第二个获得最多研究经费的系。在这里进行的研究包括化学的五个主要领域：分析化学、生物化学、环境化学、有机化学和材料化学。除了授予化学学士学位和硕士学位外，该系还与生物系和东弗吉尼亚医学院共享一个新的生物医学科学博士学位项目。研究人员、资金、研究生项目的规模和成熟度的增加已经达到了一个部门提议实施应用化学博士项目的水平。除了翻新实验室空间外，翻新将包括：升级电力系统，使火灾报警系统现代化，为整个建筑提供集中的去离子水系统，更换通风柜的原始电机和管道系统，以及更换空气处理系统，该系统在生化实验期间保护敏感细胞系免受污染至关重要。翻新工程的完成将改善Old Dominion大学的研究和研究培训事业，改善研究环境，为高中学生和在主要是少数民族院校就读的学生提供研究机会，并在研究生和本科阶段对军事人员进行再培训。＊＊＊

9313452 Scully This ARI award will provide funding for the renovation of research space in the Alfriend Chemistry Building which houses the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry on the campus of Old Dominion University. The number of graduate and undergraduate students involved in research activities in the department has grown tremendously since the construction of the building in 1967. The department has experienced an increase in extramural support, making it the second department to receive the most research funds in the College of Sciences. Research conducted in the facility encompasses five major areas of chemistry: analytical chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry, and materials chemistry. In addition to awarding the B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry, the department shares a new Ph.D. program in the Biomedical Sciences with the Biology Department and the Eastern Virginia Medical School. Increases in research faculty, funding, size and maturity of the graduate program have reached a level where the department is proposing to implement a Ph.D. program in Applied Chemistry. In addition to refurbishing laboratory space, renovations will include: upgrading the electrical power system, modernizing the fire alarm system to state fire codes, providing a centralized, deionized water system for the entire building, replacing the original motors and ductwork for fume hoods, and replacing the air handling system that is essential to protect sensitive cell lines from contamination during biochemical experiments. Completion of the renovations will improve the research and research training enterprise, at Old Dominion University, by improving the research environment, providing research opportunities for high school students, and students enrolled at predominately minority institutions, and in the retraining of military personnel at the graduate and undergraduate levels. ***