FSML: Improvements in Computer-Based Communications at the Highlands Biological Station

西卡罗来纳大学向怀亚特博士授予了一笔赠款，用于改善高地生物站的计算机通信。自1927年成立以来，高地生物站一直致力于促进对阿巴拉契亚山脉南部生物群和生态系统的研究。HBS使用量的增加给其有限的基于计算机的通信能力带来了压力。由于需要扩展局域网，最近对连接进行的升级并未奏效。初步测试证明了安装无线系统的可行性，该系统将允许从HBS校园的任何建筑访问，包括食堂、宿舍和自然中心，该中心提供K-12和成人科学丰富和环境教育。考虑到陡峭的岩石地形和茂密的植被，这种方法比在所有建筑物之间铺设光纤电缆更明智和更具成本效益，无论是埋在地下还是地上。无论有没有伴随着雨、雪或冰的强风，经常会吹倒高地的树枝，定期中断电力和通讯。每栋建筑上的无线天线似乎是哈佛商学院的最佳解决方案。此外，哈佛商学院还将升级其计算机基础设施。升级后的通信基础设施将促进在教学、研究和推广方面的新应用。研究人员，包括许多获得哈佛商学院助学金的研究生，将受益于电子邮件、基于网络的文献和数据库搜索、数据存储和分析等能力的扩大。还将受益于增强的电信基础设施，为研究生和高级本科生开设的课程将侧重于该地区那些特别多样化的有机体群体的生态学、系统学、进化和保护。在秋季和春季，哈佛商学院定期接待学生团体进行周末实地考察，并为北卡罗来纳州大学教堂学期长的卡罗莱纳州环境项目提供住宿设施。除了在自然科学和社会科学方面的正式学术课程外，这些学生还在联邦、州和私人保护组织的当地专家指导的研究项目中实习。最后，哈佛商学院升级的能力将增加公众的非正式学习机会，这些机会是通过哈佛商学院下属的高地自然中心和高地植物园的项目提供的。

A grant has been awarded to Western Carolina University to Dr Wyatt, to make improvements in computer-based communications at the Highlands Biological Station. Since its founding in 1927, the Highlands Biological Station has served to facilitate research on the biota and ecosystems of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Increased usage of HBS has put a strain on its limited capacity for computer-based communications. Recent upgrades of the connection have not been effective because of the need to extend the local area network. Preliminary testing has proved the feasibility of installing a wireless system that will allow access from any building on the HBS campus, including the dining hall, dormitories, and the Nature Center, which offers K-12 and adult science enrichment and environmental education. Given the steep, rocky terrain and dense vegetation, this approach is more sensible and cost-effective than stringing fiber optic cable between all of the buildings, whether buried or aboveground. Strong winds, with or without accompanying rain, snow, or ice, frequently bring down tree limbs in Highlands, interrupting power and communications on a regular basis. Wireless antennas on each building seem to be the best solution for HBS. In addition, HBS will upgrade its computer infrastructure. The upgraded communication infrastructure will facilitate new applications in teaching, research, and outreach. Researchers, including many graduate students with grants-in-aid from HBS, will benefit from an expanded capacity for e-mail, web-based literature and database searches, data storage and analysis, etc. Also benefiting from the enhanced telecommunication infrastructure will be courses for graduate students and advanced undergraduates that focus on the ecology, systematics, evolution, and conservation of those groups of organisms that are especially diverse in the region. In the fall and spring, HBS regularly hosts student groups on weekend field trips as well as providing residential facilities for UNC-Chapel semester long Carolina Environmental Program. In addition to formal academic coursework in natural and social sciences, these students work as interns on research projects mentored by local experts with federal, state, and private conservation organizations. Finally, upgraded capabilities at HBS will enhance informal learning opportunities for the public, which are offered through programs at the Highlands Nature Center and the Highlands Botanical Garden, which are part of HBS.