MRI: Acquisition of an Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) with High Resolution for Multi-disciplinary Research and Training

南达科他州立大学（SDSU）获得了最先进的高分辨率分析透射电子显微镜（TEM）。TEM将被安置在一个共享的设施中，以促进和鼓励来自南达科他州和该地区高校的教师和学生的跨学科合作。TEM将被纳入SDSU的外展活动，以帮助高中科学教师激发学生对科学、技术、工程和数学职业的兴趣。透射电镜将允许研究人员在分子水平和纳米尺度上检查许多不同的材料，这将立即有利于广泛的研究组合。TEM将在几个项目中使用，以帮助能源独立，包括开发更好的光伏材料，开发更好的电化学储能设备，以及开发更好的将生物质转化为汽油的催化剂。TEM还将用于增加可持续粮食生产的项目，使研究人员能够将重点放在新出现的病毒传染病的机制上，并检查菌根与植物相互作用中的资源交换过程。

An award is made to South Dakota State University (SDSU) to acquire a state-of-the-art, high resolution, analytical, transmission electron microscope (TEM). The TEM will be housed in a shared facility to enable and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration of faculty and students from colleges and universities across South Dakota and the region. The TEM will be incorporated into SDSU outreach activities to help high school science teachers stimulate student interest in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. The TEM will allow researchers to examine many different materials on the molecular level and nano-scale, which will immediately benefit a broad research portfolio. The TEM will be used in several projects to aid energy independence including developing better photovoltaic materials, developing better electrochemical energy storage devices, and developing better catalysts for converting biomass to gasoline. The TEM will also be used in projects to increase sustainable food production by allowing researchers to focus in on the mechanics of emerging viral infectious diseases and examining the resource exchange processes in mycorrhizal-plant interactions.