Renovation of Research Facilities at the College of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

* 9415119塞拉诺位于Mayaguez的波多黎各大学是学术研究基础设施计划的资金接受者，用于工程研究实验室的翻新。 工程学院是波多黎各最大的学院，吸引了岛上最好的学生。 在工程的各种研究生课程的入学人数增加，促使该机构重新评估其基础设施的要求，包括物理设施的研究和研究培训活动进行。 目前，马亚圭斯校区培养了大约11,000名学生，其中包括600名研究生和4,000名本科工程专业学生，大部分是西班牙裔。 百分之二十以上是女学生。 认识到翻新的必要性，大学和学术研究基础设施计划将共同提供资源，以实现改进。 将对以下六个实验室进行改造：非均相催化与电化学、生物化学工程、风速测量、系统动力学与控制、疲劳与断裂、材料科学。 翻修将涉及升级温度和湿度控制和空调系统，安装通风柜、实验室工作台和橱柜，并为实验室配备适当的安全机制。改造后的设施将保持研究生课程目前的增长趋势，并容纳进行工程高级培训所需的现代仪器。翻新将立即对化学工程系产生影响，因为它建立了一个博士学位。程序.新的化学和机械工程的未来将出现新的实验科学能力，翻新的设施将提供。 将促进各部门之间以及与其他大学和国家实验室之间的协作互动。随着学术成就的多产承诺，该项目将加强研究计划，将吸引来自波多黎各，加勒比地区和南美洲的未来本科生和研究生。 ***

*** 9415119 Serrano The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez is the recipient of funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program for the renovation of engineering research laboratories. The College of Engineering, being the largest in Puerto Rico, attracts the best students on the island. Increased enrollments in the various graduate programs in engineering have prompted the institution to re-evaluate their infrastructual requirements, including the physical facilities where research and research training activities are conducted. Currently the Mayaguez campus trains approximately 11,000 students including 600 graduate and 4,000 undergraduate engineering students mostly of Hispanic ethnicity. Over twenty percent are female students. Recognizing the need for the renovation, the University and the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will jointly provide the resources to see the improvements to fruition. The following six laboratories will be renovated: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrochemistry, Biochemical Engineering, Anemometry, System Dynamics and Control, Fatigue and Fracture, and Material Science. Renovations will involve upgrading temperature and humidity control and air conditioning systems, installing fume hoods, laboratory benches and cabinets, and equipping labs with proper safety mechanisms. The remodeled facilities will sustain the current growth trend in graduate programs and house modern instruments needed to pursue advanced training in engineering. The renovation will immediately have an impact on the Department of Chemical Engineering as it establishes a Ph.D. program. New perspectives for the future of chemical and mechanical engineering will occur by the renewed experimental scientific capabilities the renovated facilities will provide. Collaborative interactions within various departments will be promoted as well as with other universities and national laboratories. With the prolific promise of academic achievement, the project will enhance research programs that will draw prospective undergraduate and graduate students from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and South America. ***