Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscrope at Montclair State University

该基金支持在蒙特克莱尔州立大学（MSU）购置可变压力扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和x射线微分析系统。SEM将由科学与数学学院和人文与社会科学学院的几个跨学科研究项目共享。将受益于这一工具的项目包括：1)调查火星磁异常的起源，2)调查记录在海洋和陆地沉积序列中的地球古气候变化，3)研究美国东北部和南美洲安第斯山脉南部的构造历史，4)调查来自秘鲁北部和中部海岸和美属维尔京群岛的古代人类骨骼的饮食和健康重建，5)分子尺和分子电子器件等纳米结构的制备与研究；6)海洋和淡水环境中捕食者和物理变化对软体动物壳微观结构的影响。SEM将支持从本科到博士后水平的研究培训和教育项目。该培训包括正式的课程作业和有监督的研究活动。新工具将有助于与本地区其他大学和工业建立新的协作和跨学科关系。扩展的扫描电镜功能将使我们能够将电子显微镜纳入密歇根州立大学的K-12外展计划，包括韦斯顿学者计划和新泽西州地区美国化学学会SEED计划，该计划中，该地区的高中生与教师合作，在夏季进行实验室和实地研究，以及科学和数学专业资源（PRISM）计划。其中密歇根州立大学的教师与地区K-12教师合作，以加强新泽西州的科学和数学教学。

This grant supports the acquisition of a variable pressure scanning electron microscope (SEM) and x-ray microanalysis system at Montclair State University (MSU). The SEM will be shared by several interdisciplinary research programs in the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Projects that will benefit from this instrument include: 1) investigating of the origin of the Martian magnetic anomalies, 2) investigating Earth's paleoclimate variability recorded in marine and terrestrial sedimentary sequences, 3) studying the tectonic history of the northeast United States and the Southern Andes of South America, 4) investigating diet and health reconstructions derived from ancient human bone from the North and Central Coasts of Peru and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 5) the fabrication and study of nano-sized structures such as molecular rulers and molecular electronic devices, and 6) investigating the effects of predators and physical variations in marine and freshwater environments on the shell microstructure of mollusks. The SEM will support research training and education programs at the undergraduate through post-doctoral levels. This training includes formal course work and supervised research activities. The new instrument will aid in establishing new collaborative and interdisciplinary relationships with other universities and industries in our region. Expanded SEM capabilities will allow us to incorporate electron microscopy into MSU's K-12 outreach programs including the Weston Scholars Program and the New Jersey regional American Chemical Society SEED Program, in which area high school students partner with faculty to conduct laboratory and field research during the summer, and the Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) program, in which MSU faculty partner with area K-12 teachers to enhance science and mathematics teaching in New Jersey.