Renovation of NSF Teaching Laboratory

在Jo-Ann Leong博士的指导下，夏威夷大学-夏威夷海洋生物研究所(HIMB)获得了一笔赠款，用于翻新一座不再适合其预期用途的现有实验室大楼。1961年，一场大火烧毁了原来的实验室建筑。NSF在1963年提供了紧急资金，建造了一座简单的实验室教学楼。这就是要翻新的大楼。翻修将包括更换屋顶、修复剥落的混凝土墙、安装新地板和天花板，以及更换长凳和水槽。这些实验室的改进将在珊瑚礁边缘提供一个舒适的、现代化的学习环境。学生们将能够从HIMB的研究保护区收集标本，将它们保存在面向大海的拉奈岛上的储水箱和湿桌子中，并将它们带进教室，在他们工作时将它们保存在小水箱中。教师将能够轻松地收集和展示活标本。这间教室每年将由海洋生物学项目使用五到六周。今年剩余的时间里，湿实验室/教室将用于HIMB的社区教育计划以及访问研究人员和他们的学生。

A grant has been awarded to the University of Hawaii - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), under the direction of Dr. Jo-Ann Leong to renovate an existing laboratory building which is no longer suitable for its intended use. In 1961, a fire destroyed the original laboratory building. NSF provided emergency funding to construct a simple lab-classroom building in 1963. This is the building to be renovated. Renovations will include replacement of the roof, repair of spalling concrete walls, installation of new floors and ceiling, and replacement of benches and sinks. These laboratory improvements will provide a comfortable, modern learning environment at the edge of a coral reef. Students will be able to collect specimens from HIMB's research reserve, keep them in the holding tanks and wet tables on the seaward lanai, and bring them into the classroom and keep them in small tanks while they work. Instructors will be able to collect and display live specimens with ease. The classroom will be used by the Marine Biology Program for five to six weeks a year. The balance of the year the wet lab/classroom will be used by HIMB's Community Education Program and visiting researchers and their students.