Upgrading the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Science Programs with X-Ray Microanalysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy.

该项目将在2010年升级和扩大本科课程。 生物和地球科学通过获取能源 色散X射线扫描电镜。 显微镜将是 用于中级和高级水平的课堂实验练习 环境科学（生物学和地球科学）和“实验室” 生物科学课程，也为独立的本科生 这些领域的研究项目。 通过使用这些工具， 学生将能够观察现象和原理的例子 在文中讨论，将学习广泛使用的现代仪器 技术，并将能够进行独立的研究，使用 这些技术。

This project will upgrade and expand the undergraduate curricula in biological and earth sciences through the acquisition of an energy dispersive X-ray scanning electron microscope. The microscope will be used for class laboratory exercises in intermediate and advanced level environmental science (biology and earth sciences) and "laboratory" biological science programs, and also for independent undergraduate research projects in these fields. Through use of the instruments, students will be able to observe examples of phenomena and principles discussed in texts, will learn widely used modern instrumental techniques, and will be enabled to pursue independent research using these techniques.