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。制定了工作计划和相应的预算，以促进这一核心履行其对整个项目的责任：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。此核心中的人员负责所有三个项目的具体职责，并将概念、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。由于三个项目之间的FIME承诺将随着时间的推移而变化，在这一核心中的个人之间，最有效的做法是不试图说明他们在三个项目中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。对于项目1和项目3(在达特茅斯)，直接项目支持活动将分别约为40%，对于以佛罗里达州为中心的项目2，将分别为20%。在赠款期间，这一核心的人员将花费越来越多的FIME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成效和高效率地向前推进。

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 capabilifies 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 responsibilifies 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 fime 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 acfivities 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 fime and effort in the design, construction, and testing ofthe prototype instruments to be produced. The personnel ofthe 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 efficienfiy as possible.