Electron Microprobe Technician Support at MIT- Phase II

0002743格罗夫这项补助金为负责麻省理工学院电子微探测器设备的研究科学家提供两年的部分工资支持。这是仪器和设施(IF)计划下的第二阶段技术人员支持赠款，并遵循为期三年的第一阶段支持(EAR-9711826)。在NSF-EAR仪器和设施支持的头三年中，我们在设施升级、为我们的用户开发扩展和培训计划以及确保设施的财务稳定方面取得了重大进展。仪器现在接近最先进的水平，这主要归功于我们的技术研究专家Nilanjan Chatterjee博士的努力。在NSF技术人员计划的支持下，我们有效地使查特吉博士的职位成为一个永久性的职位。如果有必要，我们已经确定了在通过这一赠款提供的资金之外的两年内支持Chatterjee博士所需的资金。为这个实验室提供的技术支持促进了广泛的地球科学研究，包括：研究淬火高压实验运行产品中的水合相以更好地了解俯冲带熔体的生成过程；造山过程的地质年代学调查；旨在了解地球地幔和核的物理和化学演化的热点火山岩的微量元素调查；以及控制地球深处流体运动的岩石的微观力学性质的研究。此外，麻省理工学院的微探测器设施还支持大量参加麻省理工学院-世界卫生组织联合博士项目的学生用户，以及材料科学、化学工程、化学和考古系的学生和教职员工。*

0002743 Grove This grant provides two-years partial salary support for the research scientist responsible for the MIT Electron Microprobe Facility. This is a Phase II technician support grant under the Instrumentation and Facilities (IF) Program and follows three years of Phase I support (EAR-9711826). During the first three years of support from NSF-EAR Instrumentation and Facilities we achieved significant progress in upgrading the facility, developing outreach and training programs for our users and securing the financial stability of the facility. The instrumentation is now near state-of-the-art largely due to the efforts of Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, our technical research specialist. Stimulated by the support of the NSF technician program, we have effectively made Dr. Chatterjee's position a permanent one. Should it be necessary, we have identified the funding necessary to support Dr. Chatterjee for a two-year period beyond funding made through this grant.Technical support for this lab facilitates research in a broad array of geoscientific investigations including: studies of hydrous phases in quenched high-pressure experimental run products to better understand the processes of melt generation with subduction zones; geochronologic investigations of orogenic processes; trace element investigations of hot spot volcanics aimed at understanding the physical and chemical evolution of the Earth's mantle and core; and studies of the micro-mechanical properties of rocks which control the movement of fluids deep within the earth. In addition, the MIT microprobe facility supports a large number of student users enrolled in the MIT-WHOI joint Ph.D. program as well as students and faculty from the Departments of Materials Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Archaeology.***