Renovation and Upgrade of Research Space in Founders Hall, Lincoln University

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。密苏里州杰斐逊市的林肯大学是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，1890年授予土地，是一所公立综合机构。林肯的使命是在一个有教养的、以学生为中心的环境中，为不同的人群提供极好的教育机会，包括理论和应用学习经验。林肯大学生命和物理科学系扩大了其研究项目，并正在翻新科学大楼奠基者大厅，以升级现有空间，以容纳研究活动和本科生研究培训。拟议的翻修将把目前的空间改装成完全可操作的湿实验室，用于研究，并升级以前改装的两个研究空间。翻修将包括电气和管道安装和升级，安装永久性的台面和橱柜，清除石棉，以及增加新的通风柜。这些空间目前被分配给生命和物理科学部支持的五个研究领域，包括：(1)节肢动物媒介和疾病生态学(2)利用光折变多量子井进行自适应干涉测量(3)藻类生物能源生产(4)纳米技术和生物传感器生产以及(5)基于苯醌化合物的金属络合物的合成。这些空间的翻新将提高研究活动和学生项目的空间质量，同时提供更多获得研究设备和资源的机会。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Lincoln University, Jefferson City Missouri, is a historically black, 1890 land-grant, public, comprehensive institution. Lincoln's mission is to provide excellent educational opportunities including theoretical and applied learning experiences to a diverse population within a nurturing, student-centered environment. Lincoln University's Department of Life and Physical Sciences has expanded its research program and is renovating Founders Hall, the science building, to upgrade existing space to accommodate research activities and undergraduate research training. The proposed renovations would convert the current spaces into fully operationally wet labs for research and also to upgrade two previously converted spaces housing research. Renovations will include electrical and plumbing installation and upgrades, installation of permanent bench tops and cabinets, asbestos removal, and the addition of new fume hoods. These spaces are currently allocated to five research areas supported by the Department of Life & Physical Sciences including: (1) arthropod vectors and disease ecology (2) adaptive interferometry using photorefractive multiple quantum wells (3) bioenergy production from algae (4) nanotechnology and biosensor production and (5) synthesis of metal complexes of quinone-based compounds. Renovation of these spaces will increase the quality of space for research activities and student projects while providing increased access to research equipment and resources.