Renovation of Chemistry Facilities at the University of Cincinnati

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。 来自学术研究基础设施计划的资金将用于支持一个合成实验室，两个激光实验室和一个计算化学设施的翻新，总面积为3300平方英尺。该研究设施的改造将直接影响五名化学教师及其研究小组，其中包括约25%的系研究生入学人数。通过合作和仪器共享，这些改进预计也将大大提高整个部门以及其他部门的研究和研究培训。 这些翻新将直接影响Beck，Connick，Dima，Gudmundsdottir和Stan研究小组在计算化学，生物物理化学以及有机，有机金属和无机合成化学方面的外部支持研究。 翻新后的设施将更新研究基础设施，为参与的教师提供新的实验和研究活动。这些改造将促进科学合作，特别是在本科生和研究生之间，因为改进后的实验室将允许合成和分析之间的协同互动，并提高计算能力。 这些翻新的设施将使所有年龄段的学生都能接触到充满活力的研究氛围，这将加强努力，激发这些学生对化学的学习。预计这些改造将显着影响部门的招聘人数不足的少数民族进入化学本科层次，同时也提高了所有学生在研究生层次的招聘。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Funds from the Academic Research Infrastructure Program will be used to support the renovation of one synthesis laboratory, two laser laboratories and a computational chemistry facility, totaling 3300 square feet. Renovations to this research facility will directly impact five Chemistry faculty members and their research groups, which include about 25% of department graduate enrollment. Through collaborations and instrumentation sharing, the improvements also are expected to significantly enhance research and research training across the department, as well as in other departments. The renovations will directly impact the externally-supported research in computational chemistry, biophysical chemistry and organic, organometallic and inorganic synthetic chemistry from the research groups of Beck, Connick, Dima, Gudmundsdottir and Stan. The renovated facilities will update the research infrastructure, enabling new experiments and research activities for the participating faculty. These renovations will promote scientific collaborations, especially among undergraduate and graduate students, as the improved laboratories will allow synergistic interactions between synthesis and analysis, as well as increase computational capabilities. These renovated facilities will expose students of all ages to a dynamic research atmosphere, which will reinforce efforts to excite these students about the study of Chemistry. It is anticipated that these renovations will significantly impact the department's recruitment of underrepresented minorities into Chemistry at the undergraduate level, while also enhancing recruitment of all students at the graduate level.