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.

该奖项根据 2009 年《美国复苏和再投资法案》（公法 111-5）提供资助。该奖项支持翻新 7,695 平方英尺的湿实验室，用于在化学和制药领域进行生物材料和工艺 (BioMaP) 研究。爱荷华州立大学 (ISU) 生物工程 (CBE) 系。 BioMaP研究设施位于一栋建于1964年的校园建筑内，该建筑的设计目的并不是为了适应近年来CBE中不断增加的BioMaP研究数量和复杂性；该设施内的二十个独立实验室的柜台空间非常有限，化学通风柜陈旧、能源效率低下，有些无法使用。该项目将在研究设施的屋顶安装两台羽流式通风柜排气扇，以便该设施中的通风柜以安全、节能的方式运行，(b) 电气升级，(c) 去离子（去离子水系统，为整个设施提供去离子水，(d) 额外的机柜/柜台空间和新的化学通风柜/生物安全柜，以及 (e) 用于高性能计算的高速高带宽计算机连接的光纤线路研究.智力价值：ISU 的 BioMaP 研究正在导致可持续生物可再生能源和化学品方面的新突破，这对于减少对石化产品的依赖至关重要。 BioMaP 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。升级研究基础设施将实现协作式、跨学科的 BioMaP 研究，影响正在进行和未来研究的生产力，并为教师和学生创造下一代研究空间。它还将使更多的学生和多样化的学生群体能够在这些前沿领域接受研究培训，为他们满足国家未来的关键需求做好准备。 更广泛的影响：翻修将显着影响十四名教师、六十名研究生、七十名学生本科生，十二名博士后研究人员。此外，翻新工程将增强学生的多样性，因为 BioMaP 教师正在领导两个 NSF 资助的 REU 项目，这些项目使用该设施，参与了多个积极促进学生多样性的项目，并在 NSF 支持的工程研究中心重点工作生物可再生能源化学品 (CBiRC)。 翻新后的设施的另一个显着好处是通风柜的能源使用量将减少 40%，从而使设施更加可持续。