Renovation of the Carraway Building Research Facilities

佛罗里达州立大学接受了学术研究基础设施项目的资金，以帮助翻新卡拉威大楼的二楼和三楼。该设施由地质部占用，设计和建造于40年前。地质学教师、研究生和本科生参与的研究活动的范围，涉及地球科学的不同学科，包括构造和构造学、沉积学、微古生物学、海洋地质学、水文学、地貌学和同位素地球化学等领域在过去的40年里，教职员工的变化以及越来越多的研究项目，加上一些有形基础设施的恶化和老化，导致了一种不稳定的情况。大楼不再足以支持目前和计划中的研究和培训活动。翻修将包括搬迁和合并专门用于研究和研究培训的活动。其目的是通过为研究人员共同的目的和活动开发共享实验室，更有效地利用有限的可用空间。因此，将减少重复设施，缓解现有实验室的严重拥挤，并为学生和工作人员提供更好的设施。将处理与设施的设计和老化有关的更严重的问题，这些问题直接影响某些类型的研究活动的质量和潜力。此次翻修将为需要的区域提供足够的公共设施，更换旧的和残废的通风柜，并显著降低与建筑空气处理系统、暴露的头顶管道和腐烂的隔音瓷砖相关的污垢和污染水平。建成后，现代化的设施将创造理想的实验室环境，使学生能够从事当前和未来的研究，为学生提供更多参与研究培训的机会。此外，实验室设施的现代化将增强该系吸引来访科学家和招聘优质教员的能力。

Florida State University is the recipient of funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program to aid in the renovation of the second and third floors of the Carraway Building. Occupied by the Department of Geology, the facility was designed and constructed 40 years ago. The range of research activities in which faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students are involved in span diverse disciplines within the Earth sciences, encompassing the areas of structure and tectonics, sedimentology, micropaleontology, marine geology, hydrology, geomophology, and isotope geochemistry. Changes in faculty, and in growing research programs over the past 40 years, along with deterioration and aging of some of the physical infrastructure, have resulted in a precarious situation. The building is no longer adequate to support current and planned research and training activities. The renovation will consist of relocating and consolidating activities dedicated for research and research training. The intent is to make more efficient use of limited available space, by developing shared laboratories for purposes and activities common to research personnel. As a result, there will be a reduction in the duplication of facilities, the alleviation of severe crowding in existing laboratories, and the provision of better access of facilities to students and staff. More serious problems associated with the design and aging of the facility that directly affect the quality of and potential for certain types of research activities will be addressed. The renovation will supply adequate utilities to areas where they are needed, replace old and disabled fume hoods, and significantly reduced the level of dirt and contamination associated with the building's air-handling systems, exposed overhead pipes, and decaying acoustical tiles. Upon completion, the modernize facility will create the ideal laboratory setting, enabling the pursuit of current and future research that will provide more opportunities for students to engage in research training. Moreover, the modernization of the laboratory facilities will enhance the department's capability to attract visiting scientists, and to recruit quality faculty members.