MRI: Acquisition of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope System for Investigation and Characterization of Complex, Nanoscale Systems

PI: Palanki， srinivas提案：1428312标题：MRI；获得用于研究和表征复杂纳米级系统的扫描透射电子显微镜意义JEM 2100透射电子显微镜（TEM）在校园的可用性将对本科生、研究生、和博士后助理在材料工程和生物医学工程应用的复杂仪器的使用和纳米级结构的理解。研究人员将利用该仪器发展材料科学和生物科学之间的跨学科合作，并将有机会从事范围广泛的复杂研究项目。这一培训将产生广泛的影响，培养一批工程师和科学家骨干，他们将成为东南部航空航天、海洋、化学和生物工业的未来劳动力，特别是在EPSCoR州，如阿拉巴马州和密西西比州。在最近创建的博士课程中，许多研究生将从事需要使用提议的TEM的项目。本研究的每个研究领域将直接涉及至少一名本科生。此外，当地高中教师和高中生通过现有的外展计划。扩大知识宝库将使学生看到他们在学校学到的科学如何转化为社会的进步。南阿拉巴马大学（美国，EPSCoR州立大学）寻求资金购买JEM 2100透射电子显微镜（Jeol USA, Inc.）。所提议的系统的收购将促进美国研究人员在纳米尺度上表征系统的多学科研究。这种分辨率对于材料和生物科学的持续研究，以及这些学科交叉的综合研究，特别是在纳米粒子和复杂系统的多尺度建模领域至关重要。工程学院已成为化学工程、机械工程、土木工程、肿瘤科学、物理、药理学、生理学、生物学、数学与统计学、化学、生物化学与分子生物学和计算机科学等系之间合作研究的纽带。正在进行的具体合作领域包括材料科学，细胞信号机制的理解，开发智能纳米粒子，以及复杂系统的多尺度建模。从本提案中描述的研究中获得的知识将允许南阿拉巴马大学多个部门的大量研究人员更好地表征纳米级系统。

PI: Palanki, SrinivasProposal: 1428312Title: MRI: Acquisition of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope System for Investigation and Characterization of Complex, Nanoscale SystemsSignificanceThe availability of a JEM 2100 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) on campus will have an immediate impact in the training of undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral associates in the use of a sophisticated instrument for materials engineering and biomedical l engineering applications and the understanding of nanoscale structures. Researchers will utilize this instrument to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations between Material Sciences and Biological Sciences and will have the opportunity to work on complex research projects that are broad in scope. This training will have the broad impact of training a cadre of engineers and scientists that will form the workforce of the future for the aerospace, marine, chemical, and biological industries in the southeast, especially in EPSCoR states such as Alabama and Mississippi. Many of the graduate students in the recently created doctoral programs will work on projects that require the use of the proposed TEM. Each area of study in this research will directly involve at least one undergraduate student. In addition local high school teachers and high school students via existing outreach programs. Expanding the pool of knowledge will allow students to see how the science they learn in school is translated to advances in society. Technical DescriptionThe University of South Alabama (USA, an EPSCoR State University) seeks funds to acquire a JEM 2100 Transmission Electron Microscope (Jeol USA, Inc.). Acquisition of the proposed system will facilitate multi-disciplinary research by investigators at the USA to characterize systems at nanometer scales. This resolution is critical for ongoing research in the Materials and Biological Sciences, as well as integrated studies into intersections of these disciplines, particularly in the areas of nanoparticles and multiscale modeling of complex systems. The College of Engineering has become a nexus of collaborative studies between investigatorsin Departments of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Oncologic Sciences, Physics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Biology, Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Computer Science. Specific areas of ongoing collaboration include materials sciences, understanding of cellular signaling mechanisms, developing smart nanoparticles, and multiscale modeling of complex systems. The knowledge gained from the studies described in this proposal will allow a large number of researchers across multiple departments in the University of South Alabama to garner a better characterization of nanoscale systems.