Acquisition of Instrumentation to Enhance Research and Teaching of the Coastal Processes Research Group at East Carolina University

0419554 corbett这项授予东卡罗莱纳大学的主要研究仪器奖为获取地球化学、地球物理和海洋学仪器提供了资金，用于沿海过程的研究和教育。地球化学仪器包括α和γ光谱仪、低本底α / β计数系统、镭延迟符合计数系统和ICP光学发射光谱仪。沉积物输送仪器包括声学多普勒电流分析器和用于测量温度、电导率、压力和浊度的自主“吊舱”。地球物理仪器包括地震采集系统、海底剖面仪、GPS系统和地震测量采集与处理软件。一个整合良好的计划将这些系统整合到现有的和计划中的课程中，让学生参与研究项目，并为教师和学生提供跨学科的互动。该部门有一名专职技术人员，具有专业知识和责任来支持这些仪器。计划使用这些仪器的更广泛的影响包括非常强的教育和研究一体化，它们可能会影响大量本科生和研究生的研究训练和教育。这些工具可能应用的许多研究项目具有高度的社会相关性，包括底栖生物栖息地、人为对生态系统的影响、海平面变化和侵蚀/沉积、气候变化以及影响沿海湿地生存的过程的研究。该提案得到了美国国家科学基金会海洋科学部的支持。＊＊＊

0419554CorbettThis Major Research Instrumentation award to East Carolina University provides funds for acquisition of geochemical, geophysical and oceanographic instrumentation to for research and education in coastal processes. Geochemical instrumentation includes alpha and gamma spectrometers, a low background alpha/beta counting system, a radium delayed coincidence counting system, and an ICP optical emission spectrometer. Sediment transport instrumentation includes acoustic Doppler current profilers and autonomous 'pods' for measuring temperature, conductivity, pressure and turbidity. Geophysical instrumentation includes a seismic acquisition system, sub-bottom profiler, a GPS system and software for seismic survey acquisition and processing. A well-integrated plan is presented that incorporates these systems into existing and planned courses, involves students in research projects, and provides cross-disciplinary interactions for faculty and students. The department has a full-time technician with expertise and responsibility for supporting these instruments. The broader impacts of the planned use of these instruments include very strong integration of education and research, and they are likely to impact the research training and education of a large number of undergraduate students, as well as graduate students. Many of the research projects to which these instruments are likely to be applied have high societal relevance, including studies of benthic habitats, anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems, sea level change and erosion/deposition, climate variability, and processes impacting the survival of coastal wetlands. This proposal is supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences at NSF. ***