Instrumental Core

这个核心的总体目标是为乐器提供先进的支持 为了实现中心的目标，需要有新的发展。它将通过两种密切相关的方式来实现这一点：1)支持推进每个项目所需的硬件和软件的仪器进步2)利用每个项目中的仪器和程序开发来设计、建造和测试将进行测量的3种原型仪器，包括可现场部署并能够由非专家人员操作而无需事先培训。制定工作计划和所附预算是为了促进这一核心履行其对整个项目的责任的能力：开发优化的关键部件，以在所有三个项目中推进技术，然后开发结合这些开发的原型。这一核心中的人员承担着跨越所有三个项目的特定职责，并且还将概念、软件和硬件纳入每个项目。这一核心的人员将参与三个项目的日常运作，特别是开发专门的仪器，以促进每个项目。因为三个项目之间的时间承诺会随着时间的推移而变化，在这个核心中的个人之间，最有效的做法是不试图说明他们在三个项目上所做的努力的固定比例。相反，我们将有能力和灵活性提供在所有3个项目中取得最大进展所需的努力，并将能够更快地推进能够最快实现外地可部署性的项目。项目1和项目3(在达特茅斯)的直接项目支助活动将各占40%，以佛罗里达州为中心的项目2的直接项目支助活动将占20%。在赠款期间，这一核心的人员将花费越来越多的时间和精力来设计、建造和测试将要生产的原型仪器。项目人员将密切参与所生产原型的设计和测试阶段。该核心还将与妇女地位委员会的核心密切互动，后者将利用其专门知识提供组成部分和咨询意见，使项目能够尽可能有效和高效地向前推进。

The overall aim of this core is to provide sophisticated state of the art support for the instrumental developments needed to reach the goals of the Center. It will accomplish this in two closely related ways: 1) to support the instrumental advances, both hardware and software needed to advance each project 2) to ufilize the instrumental and procedural developments in each project to design, construct, and test the 3 types of prototype instruments that will carry out the measurements including being field-deployable and capable of being operated by non-expert personnel with no prior training. The work plan and accompanying budget has been developed to facilitate the capabilities of this core carrying out its responsibilities for the overall project: to develop optimized critical components to advance the technology in all three projects and then to develop a prototype that incorporates the developments. The personnel in this core have specific responsibilities that extend across all three projects and also incorporate concepts, software, and hardware within each project. The personnel in this core will be involved in the day to day operations of the three projects, especially in the development of the specialized instrumentation to facilitate each project. Because the time commitments among the three projects will vary over time and among individuals in this core, it is most efficient to not to try to indicate a set proportion of their efforts for the three projects. Instead we will have the capability and the flexibility to provide the effort that is need to attain maximal progress in all 3 projects and will be able to advance more quickly projects where the field deployability can be achieved most rapidly. The direct project-supporting activities will be roughly 40% each for projects 1 and 3 (these are at Dartmouth) and 20% for Project 2 which is centered at Florida. During the course of the grant period the personnel in this core will be spending an increasing amount of their time and effort in the design, construction, and testing of the prototype instruments to be produced. The personnel of the projects will be closely involved in both the design and the testing phases of the prototypes that are produced. This core will also interact closely with the Core at MCW where the latter will use their specialized expertise to provide components and advice that will enable the projects to move forward as effectively and efficiently as possible.