FSML: Improvements in Computer Connectivity and Auxiliary Power at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

该奖项为毕格罗海洋科学实验室的电气系统和通信基础设施的改进提供部分支持，毕格罗海洋科学实验室是一个独立的非营利海洋学机构和海洋实验室。 这些改进包括安装光纤电缆，以便在行政大楼和实验室位于McKown Point的五座外围大楼之间提供高速数字连接。目前，大多数研究人员并没有从实验室的T1连接的速度中受益，因为各种附属建筑和行政大楼的集线器之间缺乏光纤连接。实验室电力系统的完整性将通过增加一台新的100千瓦辅助发电机得到保护，以防止停电，该发电机将增加目前由一台现有的37千瓦发电机提供的有限后备电力。这一增加将提供维持仪器、计算机和储存在实验室的大量敏感活体、冷藏和冷冻材料所需的可靠电力供应。 将从这两项改进中受益的主要活动包括Provasoli-Guillard国家海洋浮游植物培养中心，这是一个由NSF支持的海洋藻类收集，以及J. J. MacIsaac流式细胞仪和成像细胞仪，为其他机构以及毕格罗实验室的用户提供服务。 通信方面的改善预计也将促进实验室设施的教育用途，近年来这种用途大大增加。

This award provides partial support for improvements in the electrical systems and communications infrastructure at The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, an independent, non-profit oceanographic institution and marine laboratory. The improvements include installation of fiber optic cabling that will provide high-speed digital connections between the administration building and the five outlying buildings at the Laboratory's site on McKown Point. Currently, a majority of the research staff does not benefit from the speed of the laboratory's T1 connection due to the lack of fiber-optic connections between the various outbuildings and the hub in the administration building. The integrity of the Laboratory's power system will be protected from power outages by the addition of a new 100kW auxiliary power generator that will augment limited back-up power currently provided by an existing 37kW generator. This addition will provide a reliable supply of electricity needed to maintain instrumentation, computers and large numbers of sensitive living, refrigerated and frozen materials stored at the Laboratory. Major activities that will benefit from both improvements include the Provasoli-Guillard National Center for the Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, an NSF-supported collection of marine algae, and the J.J. MacIsaac Facility for Flow and Imaging Cytometry, which serves users at other institutions as well as those at The Bigelow Laboratory. The improvements in communications is also expected to facilitate educational use of the laboratory's facilities, which has increased significantly in recent years.