Renovation of Research Facilities in Brown Hall, East Tennessee State University

摘要该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。资金用于改造东田纳西州立大学布朗厅科学大楼的研究空间。拟议的改造将提高生物科学，化学，物理和天文学系大量教师，博士后研究员，研究生和本科生实验室的安全，安保和能源效率。这个老化的建筑服务于这三个部门的教学，研究和研究培训的目的，在建筑中进行的大部分研究发生在最初不是为该目的设计的空间。翻修将把三个教师计算机研究实验室和一些仪器设施合并在大楼的一部分。它将包括三个组成部分，即（1）合并大楼南翼一楼的计算机研究实验室，并安装额外的隔离电路、额外的暖通空调设备和适当的温度警报器，以及大楼同一部分的仪器室的应急电源;（2）重新分配大楼内的生物和化学研究实验室，并进行翻修，以安装所需设施，如通风橱、受控供暖和照明，以及必要时安装应急电源;及（3）改善通风柜及橱柜，包括在多间研究实验室安装耐化学品的工作台面。这些改进将有助于三个部门至少20名教师的持续生产力，以及他们的博士后，研究生和本科生研究。

Abstract This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funds are provided to renovate research space in the Brown Hall Science building at East Tennessee State University. The proposed renovations will increase safety, security, and energy efficiency in the laboratories of a large number of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students in the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy. This aging building serves the instructional, research and research training purposes of these three departments, and much of the research conducted in the building occurs in space that was not originally designed for that purpose. The renovations will consolidate three faculty computer research laboratories and a number of instrument facilities in one part of the building. It will involve three components, namely, (1) consolidating computer research laboratories on the first floor of the south wing of the building and installing additional and isolated electrical circuits, additional HVAC equipment and appropriate temperature alarms, and emergency power for these, as well as for instrument rooms in the same part of the building; (2) reassignment of biology and chemistry research laboratories within the building and renovation to install needed facilities, such as fume hoods, controlled heating and lighting, and, where necessary, emergency power; and (3) upgrading of fume hoods and casework, including chemical-resistant countertops in a number of research laboratories. These improvements will contribute to the continued productivity of a minimum of 20 faculty members in the three departments, as well as their postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate research.