Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer for the Department of Earth & Environment at Florida International University

美国国家科学基金会将在12个月内为佛罗里达国际大学的研究提供128,651美元的资金，用于购买ICP-OES和微波消解系统。需要一种波长范围从紫外到红外的ICP-OES，以便可以分析多种元素，具有径向和轴向视图选项，高稳定性和灵活的进口选项。新的仪器将升级或替换现有的仪器在FIU。该套房将支持一个新成立的部门，其中包括环境科学。pi将继续目前在地幔和地壳火成岩过程、地下水流动、相互作用和动力学、河口和湖泊沉积物研究以及古代用物识别和测量等领域的研究。仪器将被安置在现有的空间，所有必要的环境控制和电源调节已经到位。将购买一份服务合同，作为该部预算的历史部分。有一名部门工程师协助维修和保养。将对ICP-OES收取使用费。有充足的样品制备设施，数据将根据NSF的数据共享政策收集、分析和存档。这些新仪器将成为研究和教育的资源。该套件将被纳入研究生和本科生的研究项目。此次收购将是建立新的地球环境部的关键基础设施。资助的研究项目将产生结果，并通过同行评审的文献传播。像NSF GeoSCOPE和LTER Schoolyard这样的项目将成为推广工具。FIU是一个为少数族裔和西班牙裔服务的机构。环境科学项目将产生广泛的社会影响。＊＊＊

1053190Hickey-VargasThis award provides $128,651 in NSF funding over 12 months to acquire an ICP-OES and a microwave digestion system for research at Florida International University. Requested is an ICP-OES with wavelength range from the UV to IR so that multiple elements can be analyzed, radial and axial view options, high stability, and flexible inlet options. The new instrumentation will be upgrades or replacements for current instrumentation at FIU. The suite will support a newly created department which incorporates environmental science. The PIs will continue current research in the areas of mantle and crustal igneous processes, groundwater flow, interactions and dynamics, estuarine and lake sediment research, and paleoproxy identification and measurement. The instrumentation will be housed in existing space having all necessary environmental controls and power conditioning already in place. A service contract will be purchased as a historical part of the Department's budget. A departmental engineer is on staff to assist in maintenance and repairs. A use fee will be assessed for the ICP-OES. Ample sample preparation facilities are available and data will be collected, analyzed and archived in accordance with NSF's Data Sharing Policy. The new instruments will be a resource for research and education. The suite will be incorporated into graduate and undergraduate research projects. The acquisition will be key infrastructure in establishing the new Department of Earth & Environment. Funded research projects will produce results which will be disseminated through the peer-reviewed literature. In-place programs like the NSF GeoSCOPE and LTER Schoolyard will be outreach vehicles. FIU is a Minority- and Hispanic-Serving institution. Environmental science projects will have broad societal impacts. ***