Acquisition of NMR and SIP instrumentation to support research and training of students from under-represented groups in near surface geophysics

采购 NMR 和 SIP 仪器，以支持近地表地球物理学领域代表性不足群体的学生的研究和培训

• 批准号: 1841153
• 负责人: Kristina Keating
• 金额: $ 14.44万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University Newark
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-01 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1841153&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acquisition; NMR; SIP; instrumentation; support

This grant supports the purchase of two state-of-the-art scientific instruments: a nuclear magnetic resonance borehole logging tool and a spectral induced polarization borehole logging tool. These instruments will be used to enhance and expand ongoing research in the earth sciences and near surface geophysics at Rutgers University, Newark. The faculty are developing methods to improve the evaluation of groundwater, to monitor processes associated with contaminant remediation, and to evaluate carbon cycling in peatlands. The equipment will also be used to recruit, educate and train undergraduate and graduate students, specifically focusing on under-represented minorities, in near surface geophysics.This grant supports the acquisition of two state-of-the-art scientific instruments to enhance near surface geophysics borehole logging investigations: a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) borehole logging tool (Vista Clara Dart), and a spectral induced polarization (SIP) borehole logging tool (Mount Sopris QL40-SIP). These borehole tools will be used by leading experts in both NMR and SIP at Rutgers University, Newark to address scientific questions in multiple subfields of the earth sciences, including: hydrogeophysics, biogeophysics and carbon cycling in peatlands. Within each of these subfields, the borehole instrumentation will allow the near-surface geophysics researchers at Rutgers University, Newark to develop critical theoretical relationships in the laboratory, and test and apply them to answer pertinent scientific questions in the field. In the area of hydrogeophysics the instrumentation will be used to support ongoing projects to improve our ability to estimate parameters used to quantify the flow of water, both in aquifers and in the vadose zone. In biogeophysical research, these instruments will allow us to upscale laboratory measurements, which have shown that NMR and SIP parameters are sensitive to biogeochemical alterations associated with contaminant degradation processes, to the field scale. In the area of carbon cycling in the peatlands, measurements from the instrumentation will provide much needed information to assess how variations in peat fabric structure observed across peatlands regulate gas release to the atmosphere. The equipment will be available for use by students in multiple NSF supported programs that are run by faculty at Rutgers University, Newark and are aimed at increasing the participation of under-represented minority students in STEM fields, including the Garden State-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, the Rutgers University REU program, and the GEOPATHS near surface geophysics field experience program. Graduate students will also have full access to the requested instrumentation, which will allow them to obtain unique skill-set and expand their research interests, which will make them more competitive on the job market.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这笔赠款支持购买两种最先进的科学仪器：核磁共振钻孔测井仪和光谱诱发极化钻孔测井仪。这些仪器将用于加强和扩大纽瓦克罗格斯大学正在进行的地球科学和近地表地球物理学研究。该学院正在开发方法来改进地下水评估、监测与污染物修复相关的过程以及评估泥炭地的碳循环。该设备还将用于招募、教育和培训近地表地球物理学领域的本科生和研究生，特别关注代表性不足的少数群体。这笔赠款支持购买两台最先进的科学仪器，以增强近地表地球物理学的研究能力。地球物理钻孔测井调查：核磁共振（NMR）钻孔测井仪（Vista Clara Dart）和光谱诱发极化（SIP）钻孔测井仪（Mount Sopris QL40-SIP）。这些钻孔工具将由纽瓦克罗格斯大学的 NMR 和 SIP 领域的领先专家使用，以解决地球科学多个子领域的科学问题，包括：水文地球物理学、生物地球物理学和泥炭地的碳循环。在每个子领域中，钻孔仪器将使纽瓦克罗格斯大学的近地表地球物理学研究人员能够在实验室中建立关键的理论关系，并测试和应用它们来回答该领域的相关科学问题。在水文地球物理学领域，仪器将用于支持正在进行的项目，以提高我们估计用于量化含水层和包气区水流的参数的能力。在生物地球物理研究中，这些仪器将使我们能够将实验室测量升级到现场规模，这些测量表明 NMR 和 SIP 参数对与污染物降解过程相关的生物地球化学变化敏感。在泥炭地的碳循环领域，仪器测量将提供急需的信息，以评估在泥炭地观察到的泥炭结构结构的变化如何调节气体向大气的释放。这些设备将供参与多个 NSF 支持项目的学生使用，这些项目由纽瓦克罗格斯大学的教师负责管理，旨在增加代表性不足的少数族裔学生在 STEM 领域的参与，其中包括花园州路易斯斯托克斯联盟 (Garden State-Louis Stokes Alliance)少数参与、罗格斯大学 REU 计划和 GEOPATHS 近地表地球物理现场体验计划。研究生还将可以完全使用所需的仪器，这将使他们能够获得独特的技能并扩大他们的研究兴趣，这将使他们在就业市场上更具竞争力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来获得支持。