Renovation of the Graduate Center for Materials Research at Missouri S&T

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。该合同将为密苏里科技大学材料研究研究生中心（MRC）的供暖、通风和空调（HVAC）系统的翻新和现代化、电气系统的更新、通风柜的改进和石棉的减少提供部分资金。这座建筑经常被150多名工作人员使用，包括工作人员、研究生和本科生、博士后研究员和访问学者。2009年，该中心开展了125个不同的项目。研究课题包括生物活性玻璃、建筑和运输用防腐涂层、自旋电子器件用电沉积手性薄膜、生物传感器和超高温陶瓷。然而，由于建筑物缺乏良好的温湿度控制，严重影响了这些工程的生产效率和按时完成。为了满足现代安全和环境标准，许多实验室的通风柜需要更新，含石棉的材料将从建筑物中移除。MRC的教职员工指导许多本科生进行研究活动，这些活动由外部资金支持，如“本科生研究体验机会”等项目。作为拓展活动的一部分，MRC工作人员每年通过大学预科项目办公室为1300多名K-12学生提供指导和研究培训。MRC的工作人员还接待社区和工业团体参观MRC的设施和设备。另一项涉及MRC教师的外展活动是在过去几年每年夏天举办的ASM教师材料营。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will provide partial funding for the renovation and modernization of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, updating the electrical system, improvement of fume hoods and abatement of asbestos in the Graduate Center for Materials Research (MRC) at Missouri University of Science and Technology. This building is routinely used by over 150 personnel, including staff members, graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and visiting scholars. In 2009, 125 different projects were carried out at this Center. Research topics include bioactive glasses, corrosion coatings for construction and transportation, electrodeposited chiral films for spintronic devices, biosensors, and ultrahigh temperature ceramics. However, lack of good temperature and humidity control in the building is seriously affecting the productivity and timely completion of these projects. To meet modern safety and environmental standards, many of the lab fume hoods need to be updated, and asbestos containing materials will be removed from the building. The MRC faculty members mentor many undergraduate student in research activities that are supported by external funding through such programs as the "Opportunity for Undergraduate Research Experience." As part of outreach activities, MRC staff members mentor and provide research training to over 1,300 K-12 students per year through the Office of Pre-College Programs. The MRC staff also hosts a number of tours of the MRC facilities and equipment by community and industrial groups. Another outreach activity involving the MRC faculty is the ASM Teacher Materials Camp held every summer during the last few years.