Instrument Design and Technical Services Core

仪器设计和技术服务核心包括三个单位的设施和人员：电子工程、机械工程和信息技术。这些单位确保所有科学计划的有效运作，促进创新的技术解决方案，并通过协助设计、故障排除、维护和产品采购来促进新的研究计划。基思·邓肯博士将担任核心主任。他将促进技术核心人员、核心中心其他组成部分和用户群之间的对话，以最大限度地提高用户满意度，在必要时协助确定优先顺序，并确保资源可用于维持核心效力。电子和机械工程部门将提供定制仪器的创新设计、制造、维护和校准。项目开发的每个阶段，从构思到设计、制造、安装和校准，人员都很有经验。电子工程能够在相当独特的听觉和前庭研究的背景下设计模拟和数字仪器。机械工程学能够设计、制造、维护和修复使用多种材料建造的微型和大型设备。信息技术支持核心中心和用户基础实验室的网络基础设施，提供数据管理工具，监督硬件/软件问题，特别是在它们应用于定制接口和仪器时，并负责基于网络的接口。信息技术股将向教员通报计算机和软件资源的新发展，提供采购咨询，并促进核心中心活动的数据库管理。技术核心将通过提供创新的技术解决方案来加强研究方案(具体目标1)，通过提供现场维护、维修、校准和定制来提高效率(具体目标2)，通过保持对其所服务的科学的熟悉来满足当前和未来的用户需求(具体目标3)，并在用户基础和更广泛的研究界之间建立桥梁以促进技术协作(具体目标4)。

The Instrument Design and Technical Services Core comprises facilities and personnel for three units: Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology. These units assure the efficient operation of all scientific programs, facilitate innovative technical solutions, and foster new research initiatives through assistance with design, troubleshooting, maintenance, and product procurements. Dr. Keith Duncan will serve as the Core Director. He will facilitate dialog between Technical Core personnel, other components of the Core Center, and the user base, in order to maximize user satisfaction, assist with prioritization when necessary, and ensure that the resources are available to maintain core efficacy. The Electronic and Mechanical Engineering units will provide innovative design, fabrication, maintenance, and calibration of custom instruments. Personnel are experienced in each stage of project development from conceptualization to design, fabrication, installation, and calibration. Electronic Engineering is capable of analog and digital instrument design within the rather unique context of auditory and vestibular research. Mechanical Engineering is capable of the design, fabrication, maintenance, and repair of micro- and large-scale devices constructed with a large range of materials. Information Technology supports the network infrastructure of the Core Center and user base laboratories, provides data management tools, oversees hardware/software issues particularly as they are applied to custom interfaces and instrumentation, and is responsible for web-based interfaces. The Information Technology unit will inform faculty of new developments in computer and software resources, provide acquisition advice, and facilitate database management of Core Center activities. The Technical Core will enhance research programs by providing innovative technical solutions (Specific Aim 1), improve efficiency by providing on-site maintenance, repair, calibration, and customization (Specific Aim 2), meet current and future user needs by maintaining a familiarity with the science they server (Specific Aim 3), and build bridges among the user base and broader research community to foster technical collaboration (Specific Aim 4).