MRI: Acquisition of a High-Resolution 3D X-Ray Microscopy System

这项主要研究仪器(MRI)奖的目标是购买高分辨率3D X射线显微镜系统(Micro X-Ray CT)。收购这一微型X射线CT系统将促进各种研究，包括：在纳米技术方面的广泛校园研究合作，由NSF赞助的关于摩擦搅拌加工的产业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，以及NSF赞助的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。此外，微型X射线CT的采集将加强单一研究人员的研究。设备采购将产生积极影响的具体研究包括以下领域：柔性电子设备的直写打印；化石资源的古环境重建和无损分析；具体表征；生物分离和生物可再生材料加工的先进膜；用于爆炸和撞击的个人防护设备；土壤和岩石岩心评估；以及纳米高能材料研究。该设备将对学科研究产生深远影响。除了能够进行科学研究外，该仪器还将为重要的教育和培训机会注入活力。在这方面，所要求的工具将用于至少八门课程，这些课程通常每年招收250名以上的学生。此外，SDSM&amp；T还举办了一个夏季NSF REU网站(Back to the Future！)该公司将在该网站的研究项目中使用这种设备。微型X射线CT将在高中生的各种暑期工程夏令营中使用。SDSM&Amp；T地质博物馆是众多联邦和州政府机构以及地区性部落机构的正式化石储存库。这个微型X射线CT设施将极大地加强对这些化石进行的分析研究，并为博物馆每年接待的24,000名参观者提供新的展品。网络赋能将使SDSM&amp；T与南达科他州其他摄政王和部落高等学府之间有更多的合作。

The objective of this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award is to purchase a high resolution 3D X-Ray microscopy system (Micro X-Ray CT). A wide variety of research will be enhanced by acquisition of this Micro X-Ray CT system including: a broad-based campus research collaboration in nanotechnology, an NSF-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on friction stir processing, and an NSF-sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site. In addition, single investigator research will be enhanced by the Micro X-Ray CT acquisition. Specific research to be positively impacted by the equipment acquisition includes the following areas: Direct Write Printing of Flexible Electronic Devices; Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions and Nondestructive Analysis of Fossil Resources; Concrete Characterization; Advanced Membranes for Bioseparations and Biorenewables Processing; Personal Protective Equipment for Blast and Impact; Soil and Rock Core Evaluation; and Nanoenergetic Materials Research. The equipment will provide far-reaching impacts across disciplinary research.In addition to the scientific research to be enabled, significant education and training opportunities will be invigorated with this instrument. In this regard, the requested instrument would be utilized in at least eight courses that typically enroll more than 250 students/year. In addition, SDSM&T hosts a summer NSF REU site (Back to the Future!) which will utilize this equipment within the Site's research projects. The Micro X-Ray CT will be utilized in a wide variety of summer engineering camps for high school students. The SDSM&T Museum of Geology serves as a formal fossil repository for a plethora of federal and state governmental agencies and regional tribal agencies. This Micro X-Ray CT facility will greatly enhance the analytical research performed on these fossils and provide new exhibits for the 24,000 visitors the Museum hosts yearly. Cyber-enabling will allow greater collaboration between SDSM&T and the other South Dakota regental and tribal institutions of higher learning.