MRI: Acquisition of a transmission electron microscope for multi-disciplinary research and training.

授予中密歇根大学购买日立高对比度/高分辨率数字透射电子显微镜（TEM）的合同。新的显微镜将使下一代科学家能够使用TEM分析生物和材料科学样品的现代方法进行培训。本科生和研究生将在生物学/显微镜专业所需的课程中接触新的TEM，并为跨学科的先进材料科学博士生提供服务。程序.教师的跨学科团队将吸引代表性不足的学生到他们的研究团队，并介绍高中学生在干研究的前沿方法，通过参与为代表性不足的学生服务的校园范围内的计划。新的TEM还将被纳入K-12学生的推广活动中，包括“祖父母大学”，这是一个让祖父母/孙辈在大学环境中进行教育体验的计划。新的日立TEM的收购将使生物学研究人员能够继续使用TEM进行研究的悠久历史，同时，为CMU的材料科学研究人员提供了新的能力。新的TEM具有最先进的成像技术，将使生物学研究人员能够大幅提高低对比度生物样品的图像质量和数量。将受益于新TEM的生物学研究项目涵盖范围广泛，包括分析鸡蛋中发生的膜重塑以应对压力和衰老，以及玉米胚乳中新型细胞类型的表征。新的TEM将被配置为允许从事纳米材料和聚合物研究的教师和学生研究人员在校园内收集数据，而不是前往外部机构。材料科学研究项目包括表征铁电纳米粒子的超晶格结构，可用于能量转换和数据存储等令人兴奋的应用，以及表征边缘限定的石墨烯纳米带，可用于锂离子电池电极。新的TEM将增强CMU不断增长的研究能力，为许多课程的学生提供服务，并吸引新的研究人员到CMU。

An award is made to Central Michigan University to acquire a Hitachi high-contrast/high-resolution digital transmission electron microscope (TEM). The new microscope will enable the training of the next generation of scientists in modern methods using TEM for analysis of biological and materials science samples. Undergraduate and graduate students will be exposed to the new TEM in courses that are required for the Biology/microscopy majors and that serve the doctoral students in the interdisciplinary Science of Advanced Materials Ph.D. program. The interdisciplinary team of faculty will attract underrepresented students to their research teams, and introduce high school students to cutting edge methods in STEM research, by participating in campus-wide programs that serve underrepresented students. The new TEM will also be incorporated into outreach activities for K-12 students, including "Grandparents University", a program to bring grandparent/grandchild pairs to campus for educational experiences in a university setting.The acquisition of the new Hitachi TEM will enable biology researchers to continue a long history of performing research using TEM, and at the same time, provide a new capability for materials science researchers at CMU. The new TEM has state-of-the-art imaging technology that will allow biology researchers to substantially increase the quality and quantity of images of low-contrast biological samples. The biology research projects that will benefit from the new TEM span a broad range and include the analysis of membrane remodeling that occurs in eggs in response to stress and aging, and the characterization of a novel cell type in corn endosperm. The new TEM will be configured to allow faculty and student researchers working with nanomaterials and polymers to collect data on campus instead of traveling to outside institutions. The materials science research projects include the characterization of the superlattice structure of ferroelectric nanoparticles that can be used in exciting applications such as energy conversion and data storage, and characterization of edge-defined graphene nanoribbons that have applications for lithium-ion battery electrodes. The new TEM will enhance the growing research capabilities at CMU, serve students in many programs, and attract new researchers to CMU.