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Mid-Scale Instrumentation: Regional Facilities To Address Grand Challenges In Chemistry, Robert Hamers, Sophia Hayes, Graham Peaslee May 2017

Mid-Scale Instrumentation: Regional Facilities To Address Grand Challenges In Chemistry, Robert Hamers, Sophia Hayes, Graham Peaslee

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A regional workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, September 29-30, 2016. To determine what needs and opportunities might exist for mid-scale instrumentation (MSI), two workshops were held in fall of 2016 to explore opportunities within the discipline that could be provided by such investment. One workshop was convened to explore the need for co-localization of existing instrumentation at a regional or cyber-enabled facilities (addressed in this report, “Mid-Scale Instrumentation: Regional Facilities to Address Grand Challenges in Chemistry”). In this report, we identify different areas where investment in such MSI facilities would be highly beneficial. These appear as …


Responding To The U.S. Research Community's Liquid Helium Crisis, Simon R. Bare, Michael Lilly, Janie Chermak, Rod Eggert, William Halperin, Scott Hannahs, Sophia Hayes, Michael Hendrich, Alan Hurd, Mike Osofsky, Cathy Tway Oct 2016

Responding To The U.S. Research Community's Liquid Helium Crisis, Simon R. Bare, Michael Lilly, Janie Chermak, Rod Eggert, William Halperin, Scott Hannahs, Sophia Hayes, Michael Hendrich, Alan Hurd, Mike Osofsky, Cathy Tway

Chemistry Faculty Publications

An Action Plan to Preserve U.S. Innovation. This report lays out the issues facing researchers who use liquid helium and the negative impact on U.S. innovation. The report then proposes five key steps that will have a transformative effect on the ability to maintain the ready availability of helium and ensure the vibrancy of the U.S. low-temperature research capability. These recommendations focus on: conservation of helium use; a mechanism to pay for the capital investment required for helium recycling; a mechanism to ensure an appropriate price is paid by researchers for helium; and a methodology which allows researchers to best …