MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) for Research. Research Training, and Education at Southern University a Research Undergraduate Institution (RUI)

MRI-R2：购买透射电子显微镜 (TEM) 用于研究。

• 批准号: 0959105
• 负责人: Edwin Walker
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Southern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-03-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0959105&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Acquisition; Transmission; Electron

0959105WalkerSouthern UniversityTechnical Summary: This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). In recent years, conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) has evolved into an exquisite technique capable of providing direct information on the structure of materials not adequately handled by x-ray analysis or, more important, on local structure rather than the average structure determined by x-ray or neutron diffraction analysis. With the advent of high-resolution TEM, techniques now exist to probe the local structure of complex systems. TEM has become an important research tool in the life, physical, material, and environmental sciences. It is especially essential to the study of complex systems such as tissue, polymers, gels, multi metal oxides, etc. Accordingly, this award is for the acquisition of a high-resolution TEM instrument to enhance the TEM capabilities, to allow us to use these advance techniques to solve specific research problems, and to integrate our research with education and student training at Southern University and A & M College, the largest Historical Black College/University (HBCU) and research undergraduate institution (RUI). Layman Summary: This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The goal of the 200 kV TEM instrument is to strengthen and increase research, research education, and training of students from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering at Southern University. Additionally, this instrument will afford us high-resolution TEM capabilities and provide a user friendly and efficient TEM instrument for routine and state-of-the-art high-resolution TEM. There are two specific objectives: The first objective is to enrich and enhance research with Transmission Electron Microscopy an indispensable research tool, and the second objective is to provide opportunities for students to become familiar and participate in TEM research.The TEM facility will yield new insights by providing researchers at Southern University at Baton Rouge (SUBR) with a new state-of-the-art analytical tool that will immeasurably enhance the quality of their research. The TEM facility will foster a research atmosphere complimentary to undergraduate teaching, while continuing SUBR's mission to combine research and teaching in a highly productive manner for the training and development of young, highly talented engineers and scientists of the future. The TEM facility will play an important role in the training of minority scientists who will be better prepared to become future materials scientists, chemists, physicists, and/or engineers. In particular, this project will also have a significant impact on faculty and students at SUBR by exposing them to Transmission Electron Microscopy related research, a field where the number of minority students is very scarce. The high-resolution TEM at SUBR will catalyze the students' interest and encourage them to pursue graduate studies in engineering and the sciences.

0959105 WalkerSouthern UniversityTechnical Summary：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。近年来，传统的透射电子显微镜（TEM）已经发展成为一种精致的技术，能够提供有关材料结构的直接信息，这些材料的结构不能通过X射线分析充分处理，或者更重要的是，关于局部结构，而不是通过X射线或中子衍射分析确定的平均结构。 随着高分辨率TEM的出现，现在存在探测复杂系统的局部结构的技术。TEM已成为生命科学、物理科学、材料科学和环境科学的重要研究工具。这是特别重要的复杂系统的研究，如组织，聚合物，凝胶，多金属氧化物等，因此，这个奖项是收购高分辨率TEM仪器，以提高TEM的能力，使我们能够使用这些先进的技术来解决具体的研究问题，并将我们的研究与教育和学生培训相结合，在南方大学和A M学院，最大的历史黑人学院/大学（HBCU）和研究型本科院校（RUI）。 该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。200 kV TEM仪器的目标是加强和增加南方大学生物，化学，物理，机械工程和电气工程学生的研究，研究教育和培训。 此外，该仪器将为我们提供高分辨率TEM功能，并为常规和最先进的高分辨率TEM提供用户友好和高效的TEM仪器。 有两个具体目标：第一个目标是丰富和加强研究与透射电子显微镜一个不可或缺的研究工具，第二个目标是为学生提供熟悉和参与TEM研究的机会。TEM设施将为巴吞鲁日南方大学（SUBR）的研究人员提供新的见解，艺术分析工具，这将大大提高他们的研究质量。TEM设施将培养一个与本科教学相辅相成的研究氛围，同时继续SUBR的使命，以高效的方式将联合收割机研究和教学结合起来，培养和发展年轻，才华横溢的工程师和未来的科学家。TEM设施将在少数民族科学家的培训中发挥重要作用，他们将更好地准备成为未来的材料科学家，化学家，物理学家和/或工程师。特别是，这个项目也将有一个显着的影响，教师和学生在SUBR通过暴露他们的透射电子显微镜相关的研究，一个领域的少数民族学生的数量是非常稀缺的。 SUBR的高分辨率TEM将激发学生的兴趣，并鼓励他们继续攻读工程和科学研究生课程。