Renovation of Science Research Facilities at Indiana State 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。印第安纳州立大学是一所高度从事本科生研究培训的符合RUI资格的机构。该奖项将为印第安纳州立大学科学大楼的研究实验室空间翻新提供资金，以支持他们在生物、化学和地质学方面的本科生和研究生研究项目。有50年历史的科学大楼是该大学自然科学课程的所在地，包括生物、化学、地质学、物理和科学教育。该项目将翻新七个研究实验室，这些实验室支持在有机化学和药理学、地球化学、树木年代学、古海洋学、分子生态学和进化生理学方面的研究生和/或本科生研究。按照当代标准，有几个实验室存在安全问题，原因是实验室布局不佳，缺乏足够和适当的存储，陈旧通风柜内的气流不足，以及缺少洗眼器和淋浴等安全功能。翻修这些实验室的计划包括：(I)新的天花板、地板、凹入式门道，并对墙壁进行一些重新配置；(Ii)新的橱柜、工作台和搁板；(Iii)安装固定的实验室设备和通风柜；(Iv)安装符合反兴奋剂机构要求的工作台；(V)新的电气设备和管道；(Vi)改进温度控制和排气；以及(Vii)新的安全设施，包括洗眼和淋浴。计划改造的两个化学实验室包括一个有机化学研究实验室，该实验室将进行重新配置，为生物化学提供更多的有机化学研究空间和空间。地质实验室翻新将创建两个房间，分别支持木材和岩石加工活动。地球化学实验室的四个房间将被重新配置为三个房间，并有一个新的门道。最后，一楼的另一个房间将被改造成古海洋学实验室。二楼有两个实验室计划进行改造：分子生态学实验室和生态与进化生理学实验室。这些翻新将支持高生产率的教职员工和重要的本科生研究项目。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Indiana State University is a RUI-eligible institution highly engaged in undergraduate research training. This award will provide funds to the renovation of research laboratory space in the Science Building at Indiana State University in support of their undergraduate and graduate research programs in biology, chemistry, and geology. The 50-year-old Science Building houses the University's programs in the natural sciences, including biology, chemistry, geology, physics, and science education. The project will renovate seven research labs that support graduate and/or undergraduate research in organic chemistry and pharmacology, geochemistry, dendrochronology, paleoceanography, molecular ecology, and evolutionary physiology. Several of the labs present safety concerns by contemporary standards due to poor laboratory layout, lack of sufficient and appropriate storage, inadequate air flow in antiquated fume hoods, and missing safety features, such as eyewashes and showers. Plans for renovating these laboratories include the following: (i) new ceilings, floors, recessed doorways, and repair of walls with some reconfiguration; (ii) new casework, bench tops, and shelving; (iii) installation of fixed laboratory equipment and fume hoods; (iv) installation of ADA-compliant bench space; (v) new electrical services and plumbing; (vi) improved temperature control and exhaust; and (vii) new safety features including eyewashes and showers. The two chemistry labs targeted for renovation include an organic chemistry research lab that will be reconfigured to provide additional organic chemistry research space and space for biochemistry. Geology lab renovations will create two rooms that separately support wood and rock processing activities. The four rooms of the Geochemistry Lab will be reconfigured as three rooms with a new doorway. Lastly one additional room on the first floor will be renovated to be the Paleoceanography Laboratory. There are the two labs targeted for renovation on the second floor: the Molecular Ecology Lab and the Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Lab. These renovations will support a highly productive faculty and significant undergraduate research programs.