MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Brueckman Smartscan 3D Scanner for Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Object Imaging and Analysis

蒙大拿大学（UM）人文与科学学院（CH S）将利用NSF-MRI资金购买Breuckmann SmartScan 3D扫描仪，用于各部门的教师，员工和学生的教育和研究，包括人类学，计算机科学，生物学和地球科学。该设备的研究应用包括史前和历史文物，化石和生物材料的高分辨率数字捕获，用于形态学检查，保存和策展。教育应用包括教学形态分析和数字法医重建技术。3D扫描仪将位于社会科学研究实验室（SSRL），由CH S操作和维护。SSRL为人文与科学学院的教职员工和学生提供了一个面向计算机的教学环境和一个技术研究实验室。获得这种仪器提供了显着的智力价值。 PI，co-PI和其他UM教师使用高分辨率3D扫描仪来扩展他们的研究能力以及为学生提供的教育产品。这项技术大大提高了正在进行的研究的质量，并为学生和工作人员提供了追求新研究方向的动力。研究和开发标准化方法，以提高与文物，化石和其他项目相关的研究的整体质量已经在UM进行。 然而，这种仪器所提供的功能允许这项研究充分发挥其潜力。在内部进行高分辨率3D扫描的能力使UM学者能够在三维物体成像和基于分析的研究方面处于领先地位。这项资助改变了UM目前的3D成像研究和教育能力，从而产生了更广泛的影响。参与该资助项目的教师和研究人员致力于多样性，并与多元化的学生团体合作，其中包括代表性不足的人口，如美洲原住民，妇女，非传统和特殊需要的学生。 参与利用技术设备的研究项目，通过提供更好的教育机会，培养了这些学生的兴趣，并鼓励他们在科学和技术领域寻求职业。收购Breuckmann SmartScan 3D扫描仪使UM能够以高精度数字格式捕获独特和脆弱的文物，这些文物可以通过数字渲染文件随时提供给教育工作者和研究人员。这增加了特殊材料的可用性，并允许在使用精确复制品时保持安全，通过生产可以离开实验室的物品来支持K-20的推广工作。

The University of Montana (UM) College of Humanities and Sciences (CH&S) will utilize NSF-MRI funding to acquire a Breuckmann SmartScan 3D Scanner for the purpose of education and research among faculty, staff, and students in various departments, including Anthropology, Computer Science, Biology, and Geosciences. The research applications of this equipment include high resolution digital capturing of prehistoric and historic artifacts, fossils, and biological materials for the purpose of morphometric examination, preservation, and curation. Educational applications include teaching morphometric analysis and digital forensic reconstruction techniques. The 3D scanner will be located in the Social Science Research Laboratory (SSRL), which is operated and maintained by the CH&S. The SSRL offers a computer-oriented teaching environment and a technical research laboratory to faculty, staff, and students in the College of Humanities and Sciences.Acquisition of this instrument offers significant intellectual merit. The PI, co-PI, and other UM faculty use the high resolution 3D scanner to expand their research capabilities as well as the educational offerings available to students. The quality of ongoing research is greatly enhanced by this technology and it provides an impetus for students and staff to pursue new research directions. Investigation and development of standardized methods for improving the overall quality of research associated with artifacts, fossils, and other items are already underway at UM. However, the capabilities offered by this instrumentation permit this research to grow to its full potential. The ability to perform high resolution 3D scanning in-house allows UM scholars to be on the leading edge of three dimensional object imaging and analysis based research.This grant transforms 3D imaging research and the education capabilities currently available at the UM and thus offers a range of broader impacts. The faculty and researchers involved in this grant project are committed to diversity and have a reputation for working with a diverse student body that includes underrepresented populations such as Native Americans, women, non-traditional, and special needs students. Involvement with research projects utilizing technological equipment fosters interest and encourages these students to seek careers in the science and technology fields by offering better opportunities for advancing their education. Acquisition of the Breuckmann SmartScan 3D Scanner allows UM the ability to capture unique and fragile artifacts in a high precision digital format that can be made readily available for educators and researchers through digitally rendered files. This increases the availability of special materials and allows pieces to remain safe while exact replicas are in use, bolstering K-20 outreach efforts by producing items that can leave the laboratory.