Acquisition of a Scanning Probe/Atomic Force Microscope

将获得一台扫描探针显微镜，并将开发出能够使用该仪器的设备。该显微镜将在密西西比大学工程学院的各个部门之间共享，并可供工程学院以外的其他部门使用。学校将保持研究生对仪器的支持，以确保继续熟练使用仪器，从而最大限度地减少学习曲线，因为各个部门利用仪器进行项目。学校还将提供仪器的持续维护费用。该显微镜将对密西西比大学工程学院各系的研究产生重大影响。显微镜将使各种研究小组能够更深入地研究现有项目，并为丰富的新研究领域打开大门。 目前将受到影响的一些项目包括：纤维增强复合材料制造的改进;氮氧化物催化剂表面的分析;检查表面工程化填料的性质;水和C12/C14吸附到矿物表面，涉及矿物测年和油井净化;以及确定新技术在集成芯片开发和制造中的功效。

A scanning probe microscope will be acquired and of competency with the instrument will be developed. The microscope will be shared between the various departments in the school of Engineering at The University of Mississippi, as well as being available to other departments outside of the School of Engineering. The School will maintain graduate student support for the instrument to assure continuing proficiency with the instrument, thus minimizing the learning curve as various departments utilize the instrument for their projects. The School will also provide the on-going maintenance cost of the instrument. The microscope will have a significant impact upon the research of each department in the School of Engineering at The University of Mississippi. The microscope will enable the various research groups to delve deeper into existing projects as well as opening doors to a wealth of new research areas. Some of the current projects that would be impacted include; improvement of fiber-reinforced composite manufacturing; analysis of nitrogen oxide catalyst surfaces; examining the nature of surface-engineered reinforcing-fillers; water and C12/C14 adsorption onto mineral surfaces involved in mineral dating and well purging; and determination of the efficacy of new techniques in integrated chip development and manufacturing.