Renovation of Polytechnic University's Materials Research Facility

国家科学基金会的支持将用于翻新理工大学罗杰斯大厅的非金属材料实验室设施。该空间建于1923年，上一次翻修是在20世纪50年代中期，这些实验室不适合耗资数百万美元的聚合物材料、非聚合物材料和材料表征方面的研究和研究培训计划。材料研究项目涉及化学和材料科学学院(包括化学、化学工程、材料科学和工程以及赫尔曼·F·马克聚合物研究所)和物理系的教职员工。研究活动的多学科性质要求实验室的物理布局设计良好。资助的翻修工作将重新配置实验室空间，使之成为一种有效的安排，并使主要研究仪器和设施得以合并。X射线实验室、扫描电子显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、激光设备、扫描隧道显微镜、光散射设备和光谱分析设备的巩固和集中将极大地改善材料的表征。此外，通过安装新的暖通空调系统、新的窗户和新的通风柜，所有的空间都将得到实质性的改善。

NSF support will be used to renovate the non-metallic materials laboratory facilities in Rogers Hall at Polytechnic University. Constructed in 1923, the space was last renovated in the mid 1950s, and the laboratories are ill-suited to the multi-million dollar research and research training program in polymeric materials, non-polymer materials and materials characterization. The materials research program involves faculty from the School of Chemical and Material Science (including the departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and the Herman F. Mark Polymer Research Institute) and the Physics department. The multi-disciplinary nature of the research activity requires a well-designed physical layout of the laboratories. The funded renovation effort will reconfigure the laboratory space into an efficient arrangement and will allow for the consolidation of major research instrumentation and facilities. Material Characterization will be greatly improved by the consolidation and centralization of the X-ray laboratory, SEM, STEM, laser facilities, scanning tunneling microscope, light scattering facilities and spectroscopy facilities. In addition, all space will be substantially improved with the installation of a new HVAC system, new windows, and new fume hoods.