Nanoscale Imaging Systems

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的泽维尔大学材料研究和教育合作伙伴关系（PREM）与纽约大学（NYU）的材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）合作，专注于纳米成像系统研究。在Xavier发展强大的材料科学研究核心，并建立多元化的材料研究人员管道。 研究活动集中在四个主要领域：薄膜磷酸锂氮氧化物电池生长过程的改进，用于增强磁共振成像的新型材料的开发，原子力显微镜（AFM）技术在探测癌症干细胞表面形态和拓扑结构中的发展，以及通过基于AFM的技术研究固体中的多态相变。该PREM将在泽维尔大学ACS认证化学本科课程的材料科学课程开发中发挥重要作用。此外，PREM将建立几个大学预科，本科和研究生活动，以解决STEM管道与非洲裔美国学生的问题。拟议的研究将导致纳米成像领域的进步，特别是能源材料，和生物医学应用。Xavier- NYU PREM的目标是通过关注本科生以及通过让高中生参与材料科学相关的实践活动来增加攻读材料科学研究生学位的少数民族学生的数量。Xavier教师和本科生团队将访问纽约大学进行合作研究，纽约大学教师和研究生将访问Xavier。 这为来自纽约大学的研究生提供了指导和教授泽维尔大学本科生的机会，以进一步帮助来自大多数机构的学生准备和适应来自代表性不足群体的学生所面临的问题。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public law 111-5).The Xavier University Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) focuses on nanoscale imaging systems research in partnership with the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at New York University (NYU) to develop a strong materials science research core at Xavier and build a diverse pipeline of materials researchers. The research activities center around four thrust areas: improvements in growth processes for thin film lithium phosphate oxynitride batteries, the development of novel materials for enhancing magnetic resonance imaging, the development of atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques in the probing of the surface morphology and topology of cancer stem cells, and the study of polymorphic phase transitions in solids via AFM based techniques. This PREM will play a significant role in the development of courses leading to a Materials Science track in the ACS-certified Chemistry undergraduate program at Xavier University. In addition, the PREM will establish several pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate student activities to address the STEM pipeline issue with respect to African American students.The proposed research will lead to advances in the field of nanoscale imaging, specifically for materials for energy, and biomedical applications. The Xavier- NYU PREM goal is to increase the number of minority students who pursue graduate degrees in materials science by focusing on undergraduates as well as by engaging high school students in materials science related hands-on activities through their nationally recognized K-12 summer prep program, the Summer Science Academy. Xavier faculty and undergraduate student teams will visit NYU for collaborative research and NYU faculty and graduate students will visit Xavier. This offers graduate students from NYU the opportunity to mentor and teach undergraduates at Xavier in an effort to further prepare and acculturate students from majority institutions to the issues facing students from underrepresented groups.