A 21st Century Revitalized Research and Research Training Infrastructure for Chemical and Biological Engineering

21 世纪的化学和生物工程研究和研究培训基础设施的复兴

• 批准号: 0963224
• 负责人: Surya Mallapragada
• 金额: $ 176.38万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0963224&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 21st; Century; Revitalized; Research; Training

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award supports the renovation of 7,695 square feet of wet laboratories for the conduct of research on Biological Materials and Processes (BioMaP) in the Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) department at Iowa State University (ISU). The BioMaP research facility is located in a campus building built in 1964, which was not designed to accommodate the increasing amount and complexity of BioMaP research in CBE in recent years; the twenty individual laboratories in the facility have very limited counter space, and the chemical fume hoods are old, energy inefficient, and some unusable. This project will install (a) two plume style fume hood exhaust fans on the roof of the research facility for fume hoods in this facility to operate in a safe and energy-efficient manner, (b) electrical upgrades, (c) a deionized (DI) water system to provide DI water to the entire facility, (d) additional cabinet/counter space and new chemical fume hoods/biological safety cabinets, and (e) fiber optic lines for high speed high bandwidth computer connectivity for high performance computing research.Intellectual Merit: The BioMaP research at ISU is leading to new breakthroughs in sustainable biorenewable sources of energy, as well as chemicals, that is vital to reducing dependence on petrochemical products. BioMaP research areas include polymeric biomaterials, cellular dynamics, catalysis/biocatalysis, nanotechnology, and computational materials/biology. Upgrading the research infrastructure will enable collaborative, interdisciplinary BioMaP research, impact productivity of ongoing and future research, and create the next-generation research space for faculty and students. It will also enable research training of a larger number of students and a diverse student body in these cutting edge areas to prepare them for the future critical needs of the nation.Broader Impacts: The renovations will significantly impact fourteen faculty, sixty graduate students, seventy undergraduate students, and twelve postdoctoral researchers. Additionally, the renovations will enhance the diversity of the students since the BioMaP faculty are leading two NSF-funded REU programs that use the facility, are involved in several programs to aggressively promote student diversity, and work in the NSF-supported Engineering Research Center focused on Chemicals from Biorenewables (CBiRC). Another significant benefit of the renovated facility will be a 40 percent reduction in energy usage for fume hoods, leading to a more sustainable facility.

该奖项是根据2009年的《美国回收与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助的。该奖项支持对爱荷华州立大学（ISU）的化学和生物工程（CBE）系的生物学和生物工程（CBE）系的生物材料和过程研究（BIOMAP）进行翻新，以进行生物材料和工艺研究研究（BIOMAP）。 BioMAP研究机构位于1964年建造的校园大楼中，该建筑物的目的不是适应CBE近年来生物图研究的增加和复杂性。该设施中的二十个实验室的柜台空间非常有限，化学烟雾罩是古老的，效率低下的，有些是无法使用的。该项目将在研究设施的屋顶上安装（a）该设施中的烟雾罩的屋顶上安装两种羽流式通风罩排气风扇，以安全且能效的方式运行，（（b）电气升级，（c）（c）一个去离子（di）水系统，可为整个设施提供较高的水位，以使整个设施高较高，以使其较高的空间/柜台/柜台/机柜/柜台/新的化学型号/机器人阵容（d），以及新的化学型号安全罩和新设施，以及较高的式柜员和新设施（di）水。高性能计算研究的带宽计算机连接性。智能优点：ISU的生物AP研究正在导致可持续生物可持续生物能源的新突破以及化学物质，这对于降低对石化产品的依赖至关重要。生物AP研究领域包括聚合生物材料，细胞动力学，催化/生物催化，纳米技术和计算材料/生物学。升级研究基础架构将使协作，跨学科生物局研究能够影响正在进行和未来研究的生产力，并为教职员工和学生创建下一代研究领域。它还将在这些尖端领域对更多学生和多元化的学生团体进行研究培训，以便为未来的国家的关键需求做好准备。Broader的影响：翻新将对14名教职员工，六十名研究生，七十名本科生和十二名博士后研究员产生影响。此外，由于BioMAP教师领导了使用该设施的两个NSF资助的REU计划，因此翻新将提高学生的多样性，并参与了多种计划，以积极促进学生的多样性，并在NSF支持的工程研究中心工作，专注于生物工会的化学品（CBIRC）。 翻新工厂的另一个重要好处将是烟雾罩的能源使用量减少40％，从而导致更具可持续性的设施。