MRI: Acquisition of a Transmission Electron Microscope and an Energy Dispersive Spectrometer to Assist a Broader Group of Student and Faculty Researchers

这项主要研究仪器（MRI）赠款提供资金，使萨吉诺谷州立大学（SVSU），以取代现有的25岁的透射电子显微镜（TEM）与新的JEOL JEM-1230 TEM，获得样品制备设备的材料表征，并添加牛津仪器印加250能量色散光谱仪（EDS）到目前的扫描电子显微镜。 新的TEM提供生物和材料样品的高分辨率形态成像，以及使用120 kV加速电压的材料的电子衍射。EDS系统提供材料的元素分析，图像捕获和相位映射。SVSU的电子显微镜设备已经并将继续对教育，研究和社区推广产生广泛的影响。 该设备由生物系维护，生物、化学、机械工程和电气工程系的师生使用。SVSU的师生进行各种各样的研究，例如：免疫金成像，动物器官、植物细胞、DNA、生物材料、陶瓷、纳米颗粒和金属的检查。 通过该项目下的设备收购，更多的本科生和教师在SVSU将能够从事电子显微镜课程的工作和研究。 此外，为来自周边农村和城市地区的初中、高中和社区大学学生开展的外联活动将继续增长，并使这些成员接触科学和工程领域的先进研究和分析技术。 这些计划将继续对吸引妇女和少数民族从事科学、工程和技术职业产生重大影响。 此外，当地中小型企业将利用该设施对新产品进行基础研究，并评估制造工艺。

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant provides funding to allows Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) to replace an existing 25-year-old transmission electron microscope (TEM) with a new JEOL JEM-1230 TEM, acquire sample preparation equipment for the characterization of materials, and add an Oxford Instruments INCA 250 energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) to the current scanning electron microscope. The new TEM provides high resolution morphological imaging of biological and material samples as well as electron diffraction of materials using 120 kV accelerating voltage. The EDS system supplies elemental analysis, image capture, and phase mapping of materials.The electron microscopy facility at SVSU has and continues to have a broad impact on education, research, and community outreach. While the biology department maintains the facility, faculty and students from biology, chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering use it. Faculty and students at SVSU conduct a wide variety of research, a few examples are: immunogold imaging, examination of animal organs, plant cells, DNA, biomaterials, ceramics, nanoparticles, and metals. Through the equipment acquisitions under this project, a greater number of undergraduate students and faculty at SVSU will be able to engage in electron microscopy course work and research. Also, outreach activities for middle, high school, and community college students from the surrounding rural and urban areas will continue to grow and expose these constituents to advanced research and analysis techniques in science and engineering. These programs will continue to have a significant impact in attracting women and minorities to careers in science, engineer, and technology. Additionally, local small and medium sized businesses will use the facility to conduct basic research on new products and evaluate manufacturing processes.