MRI: Acquisition of a Sputtering System for Micro/Nanotechnology Research, Training, and Education

这项主要研究仪器（MRI）拨款为获得溅射系统提供资金，以加强路易斯安那理工大学的微/纳米技术研究、培训和教育，并允许路易斯安那州北部和该地区的邻近机构和用户使用该仪器进行研究、教育和工业需求。新的溅射系统将位于路易斯安那理工大学的微制造研究所。该研究所致力于微/纳米级系统的研究、教育和商业化。它为其教职员工、外部合作伙伴和用户提供微/纳米制造资源，以开发用于生物医学、化学、信息技术和其他应用的微/纳米系统。广泛的研究和发展工作将受益于新的溅射系统，从实现用于工业和国土安全应用的小型化传感系统的项目，到用于许多消费产品的替代能源系统的实施项目。此外，新的溅射系统与微制造研究所的现有资源相结合，将使路易斯安那理工大学及其合作伙伴有可能在美国历史上处于劣势的地区促进微/纳米技术的研究和教育。计划的教育工作包括在微/纳米系统开发课程中教授溅射理论和实践。此外，新的溅射系统将对路易斯安那州北部及周边地区的经济发展和工业需求产生积极影响，并将有助于保持路易斯安那州过去几年在高科技研究和教育领域实现的势头。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant provides funding for the acquisition of a sputtering system to enhance micro/nanotechnology research, training, and education at Louisiana Tech University, and to allow the neighboring institutions and users in north Louisiana and the region to have access to this instrument for research, educational, and industrial needs. The new sputtering system will be located at Louisiana Tech's Institute for Micromanufacturing. The Institute is dedicated to micro/nano scale systems research, education, and commercialization. It provides its faculty and external partners and users with micro/nanomanufacturing resources for the development of micro/nano systems for biomedical, chemical, information technology, and other applications. A wide range of research and development efforts will benefit from the new sputtering system, ranging from projects on the realization of miniaturized sensing systems for industrial and homeland security applications, to projects on the implementation of alternative energy systems for use in many consumer products. Moreover, the new sputtering system coupled with the existing resources at the Institute for Micromanufacturing will make it possible for Louisiana Tech University and its collaborating partners to promote micro/nanotechnology research and education in a historically disadvantaged region of the nation. Planned educational efforts include teaching sputtering theory and practice in courses on micro/nanosystems development. Furthermore, the new sputtering system will positively impact economic development and industrial needs of north Louisiana and the surrounding region, and will contribute to maintaining the momentum realized in Louisiana over the past several years in the area of high tech research and education.