MRI: Acquisition of an Electron Scanning Microscope for Multidisciplinary Research, Research Training and Undergraduate Education

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这笔拨款将用于购置一台配备可变温度样品台的扫描电子显微镜（SEM）、阴极发光（CL）和能量色散光谱仪（EDS）。该项目将为圣劳伦斯大学（一所本科院校）至少九名横跨地质学、生物学和物理学学科的教职员工提供研究和教学活动支持。其中两个pi是NSF提案过程中的新成员。扫描电镜将服务于构造学/地质年代学、海洋碳酸盐化石鉴定、神经科学研究和新型陶瓷表征等领域的广泛科学家群体。本科生使用校园内最先进的扫描电镜将促进学生参与现代研究方法，并为他们在依赖高分辨率显微镜进行材料表征的众多高科技行业的职业生涯做好更好的准备。

0923398ChiarenzelliThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funds from this grant will support the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with a variable temperature sample stage, cathodoluminescence (CL) and energy dispersive spectrometers (EDS). The SEM will support the research and teaching activities at least nine faculty members across the disciplines of geology, biology, and physics at Saint Lawrence University, an undergraduate institution. Two of the PIs are new to the NSF proposal process. The SEM will serve the needs of a broad group of productive scientists for applications in tectonics /geochronology, identification of fossils in marine carbonates, research in neuroscience, and characterization of novel ceramics. Undergraduate student access to an on campus state-of-the-art SEM will facilitate student engagement in modern research methods and better prepare them for careers in numerous high tech industries that rely on high resolution microscopy for materials characterization.