FSML: Suspended Matter Analysis Laboratory for Education and Research (SMALER)

该奖项将支持海洋研究和教育设施的发展，以研究悬浮物在介导水层和底栖环境内部和之间的相互作用中的作用。 康涅狄格大学已承诺投入3100万美元，在康涅狄格州格罗顿的艾弗里角校区建造一座新的海洋科学研究和教育大楼，在NSF的支持下，PI将获得仪器，从而能够对悬浮物质进行最先进的分析，其中包括粒子（生物和非生物）的运动学。该实验室旨在支持鼓励教师，访问科学家和不同学科的学生之间思想交叉的项目。 该设施的设备需求包括粒子测速仪器，带有数字图像采集组件，可与现有的直立和倒置荧光显微镜、基于激光的粒子计数器/粒度分析仪、荧光分光光度计、扫描分光光度计、DOC分析仪、带UV-VIS的HPLC和荧光检测器以及相关支持项目（例如，天平、干燥箱、离心力）。 该设施将加强海洋科学部成员与新英格兰南部地区科学家之间的合作。 与该部以外的研究人员的互动构成了该设施的一个关键组成部分。 此外，拟议中的设施将作为一个工具，为本科生在该部门的新的海岸研究计划和附近的大学课程的经验机会。 课程将通过使用仪器来加强，不仅在演示中，而且在监督下，动手实验室练习。 最后，该实验室将作为培训中心，

This award will support the development of a facility for marine research and education for Studying the role of suspended matter in mediating interactions within and between the pelagicAnd benthic environments. The University of Connecticut has committed $31 million to theConstruction of a new marine sciences research and education building located at the Avery PointCampus, Groton, CT, and with this NSF support, the PIs will acquire instrumentation that will allow state-of-art analysis of suspended matter, which includes the kinematics of particles (both living and non-living). The laboratory has been designed to support projects which encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among faculty, visiting scientists and students in differing disciplines. The equipment needs of this facility include particle velocimetry instrumentation, with digital image acquisition components for use with existing upright and inverted fluorescence microscopes, laser-based particle counters/sizer, spectrofluorometer, scanning spoectrophotometer, DOC analyzer, HPLC with UV-VIS and fluorescence detectors as well as related support items (e.g., balances, drying ovens, muffle furnance). The facility will enhance collaborations between members of the Department of Marine Sciences and scientists in the southern New England region. Interactions with researchers outside of the Department constitute a critical component of the facility. In addition, the proposed facility will serve as a vehicle for experiential opportunities for undergraduate students within the Department's new Coastal Studies program and nearby college programs. Courses will be enhanced by the use of instrumentation not only in demonstrations, but also in supervised, hands-on laboratory excercises. Finally, the laboratory will serve as a training center for