Acquisition of an Ion Chromatograph for Multidisciplinary Water-Chemistry Analysis

这笔赠款为购买西乔治亚州立大学(UWG)用于水化学分析的离子色谱仪(IC)提供了50%的支持。UWG将提供剩余资金。这位名叫詹姆斯·梅耶尔的人是一名水文地质学家，5年前在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校获得博士学位后加入了UWG教职员工。UWG生物系、化学系和地质系的乔·亨德里克斯、安迪·莱维特和柯蒂斯·霍拉博也将分别使用这种IC。该中心将设在地球科学部，它将补充现有的设备，并允许快速、准确和彻底地分析水中主要的阴离子、阳离子和无机营养物质浓度。将IC添加到地球科学系已经拥有的实验室和野外设备中，将在UWG创建一个最先进的无机水化学实验室，将被教职员工和本科生广泛使用。UWG是一所以本科生为主的机构，有着学生参与研究的深厚传统。IC将极大地增加学生学习现代基本分析技术和产生具有科学价值的研究成果的机会。IC将主要用于美国东南部山前、谷岭和阿巴拉契亚高原地理学省份的地下水和地表水地球化学研究。它还将用于评估不同森林管理技术的净初级生产力影响的研究。*

0004070MayerThis grant provides 50% support for acquisition of an ion chromatograph (IC) for water chemistry analysis at the State University of West Georgia (UWG). UWG will provide the remaining funding. The PI , James Mayer, is a hydrogeologist who joined the UWG faculty 5 years ago after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. The IC will also be used by Joe Hendricks, Andy Leavitt, and Curtis Hollabaugh of the UWG Biology, Chemistry, and Geology departments, respectively. The IC will reside in the Geosciences Department where it will complement existing equipment and allow rapid, precise and thorough analysis of major anion, cation and inorganic nutrient concentrations in water. Addition of the IC to laboratory and field equipment already owned by the Geoscience Department will create a state-of-the art inorganic water-chemistry laboratory at UWG that will see extensive use by faculty and undergraduate students. UWG is a predominantly undergraduate institution with a strong tradition of student involvement in research. The IC will greatly improve opportunities for students to learn modern, fundamental analytical techniques and produce scientifically valuable research results. The IC will be used primarily for groundwater and surface water geochemical studies in the Piedmont, Valley-and-Ridge and Appalachian Plateau physiographic provinces of the southeastern U.S. It will also be used in studies assessing net primary production implications of different forest management techniques.***