Acquisition of Analytical Scanning Electron Microscope for Undergraduate Education at Marshall University

该项目正在获得一种具有微分析(EDX)能力的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)。该仪器供学生和教职员工用于教学和本科生研究。以前的教学资源缺乏微米和亚微米级别的成像和非破坏性分析样品的能力。该系希望本科生了解如何使用简化论来理解课堂和日常生活中遇到的材料的结构、功能和性质。一个用户友好的扫描电子显微镜系统，具有极大的灵活性，已被选择用于科学学院内的各种应用程序。本科生在入门和高级实验室练习中都会接触到这项技术。此外，越来越多的从事科学研究的本科生也可以使用扫描电子显微镜。通过实验室练习和独立研究，据估计，这种设备每年影响大约950名本科生。此外，社区参与可以通过与当地学校的互动以及通过大学为大学预科、高中和中学生举办的特殊计划来确保。

This project is obtaining a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with microanalytical (EDX) capabilities. This instrument is to be used by students and faculty for instruction and undergraduate research. Previously absent from the instructional resources is the ability to image and nondestructively analyze samples at the micron and submicron levels. The department wants undergraduates to understand how reductionism can be used to understand the structure, function, and properties of materials encountered in the classroom and everyday life. A user-friendly SEM system with tremendous flexibility has been chosen for a diversity of applications within the College of Science. Undergraduates encounter this technology in both introductory and advanced laboratory exercises. Additionally, the SEM can be made available to the ever growing number of undergraduates involved in scientific research. Through laboratory exercises and independent studies, it is estimated that this equipment affects approximately 950 undergraduate students each year. Additionally, community involvement can be ensured by interaction with local schools and through special programs for precollege, high school, and middle school students hosted by the university.