Upgrading the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Science Programs with X-Ray Microanalysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy.

该项目将通过获取能量色散x射线扫描电子显微镜来升级和扩展生物和地球科学的本科课程。该显微镜将用于中高级环境科学（生物和地球科学）和“实验室”生物科学课程的课堂实验练习，以及这些领域的独立本科生研究项目。通过使用这些仪器，学生将能够观察到课本中讨论的现象和原理的例子，将学习到广泛使用的现代仪器技术，并将能够使用这些技术进行独立研究。

This project will upgrade and expand the undergraduate curricula in biological and earth sciences through the acquisition of an energy dispersive X-ray scanning electron microscope. The microscope will be used for class laboratory exercises in intermediate and advanced level environmental science (biology and earth sciences) and "laboratory" biological science programs, and also for independent undergraduate research projects in these fields. Through use of the instruments, students will be able to observe examples of phenomena and principles discussed in texts, will learn widely used modern instrumental techniques, and will be enabled to pursue independent research using these techniques.