An Interdisciplinary Program in Transmission Electron Microscopy/Image Analysis for the Sciences at Eastern Michigan University

该项目资助购买一台透射电子显微镜（TEM）和一台图像分析装置。这个新的范围满足四个需求：(1)取代旧的，过时的，不再生产的TEM；(2)为本科生开设跨学科的生物/化学/地质学新课程；(3)利用包括常规图像处理操作在内的现代TEM技术，加强现有课程和学生研究项目；(4)探索吸引专业学生进入科学领域的方案选择。学生们学到的不仅仅是简单的形态学考试；他们有机会通过实践经验学习现代分析和图像处理操作的使用，这些操作是当前TEM常规执行的。

This project helps fund the purchase of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) and an image analysis unit. This new scope meets four needs: (1) to replace an old, outdated and no longer manufactured TEM; (2) to develop a new, interdisciplinary biology/chemistry/geology course for undergraduates; (3) to enhance existing courses and student research projects by using present-day TEM technology which includes routine image processing operations; and (4) to explore program alternatives for attracting majors into the sciences. Students are learning more than simple, morphological examinations; they have the opportunity to learn, by hands-on experience, the use of the modern analytical and image processing operations that current TEM's routinely perform.