Modern Electron-Microbeam Applications in a Problem - Oriented Geology Curriculum

9351213 Elbert一台扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和一台能量色散光谱仪（EDS）正在地质系使用。该设备为该部门带来了现代成像和矿物分析能力，使岩石学、矿物学、地球化学和主要项目入门课程的课程现代化；加强非地理类专业新课程建设以及高级研究项目的改进。这种现代化为学生提供了一个使用现代岩石学和矿物学研究中最常用的分析方法的机会。在他们的课程作业中随时使用高性能仪器，鼓励学生追求想法，调查他们自己的假设，独立思考，并发现与创造性科学的基本方法平行的新原理和过程。* * * y

9351213 Elbert A Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with an energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) is being used in the Geology Department. This equipment is bringing modern imaging and mineral analysis capabilities to the department enabling curricular modernization in the petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and introductory courses in the major program; enhancement of a new course for non-geology, science majors; and improvement of the senior-research program. This modernization is providing students an opportunity to work with the most common analytical method used in modern petrologic and mineralogical research. Ready access to a high-powered instrument in their course work is encouraging students to pursue ideas, investigate their own hypotheses, think for themselves, and discover new principles, processes which parallel the fundamental methodology of creative science. ***y