MRI: Acquisition of an Electron Scanning Microscope for Multidisciplinary Research, Research Training and Undergraduate Education

0923398 Chiarenzelli该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这笔赠款的资金将用于购买配备变温样品台的扫描电子显微镜（SEM），阴极发光（CL）和能量色散光谱仪（EDS）。 SEM将支持研究和教学活动，至少有九名教师在地质学，生物学和物理学的学科在圣劳伦斯大学，本科院校。 其中两名PI是NSF提案流程的新成员。 SEM将满足广泛的生产科学家的需求，用于构造学/地质年代学，海洋碳酸盐岩中化石的鉴定，神经科学研究和新型陶瓷的表征。 本科生访问校园最先进的SEM将促进学生参与现代研究方法，并更好地为他们在众多高科技行业的职业生涯做好准备，这些行业依赖于高分辨率显微镜进行材料表征。

0923398ChiarenzelliThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Funds from this grant will support the acquisition of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with a variable temperature sample stage, cathodoluminescence (CL) and energy dispersive spectrometers (EDS). The SEM will support the research and teaching activities at least nine faculty members across the disciplines of geology, biology, and physics at Saint Lawrence University, an undergraduate institution. Two of the PIs are new to the NSF proposal process. The SEM will serve the needs of a broad group of productive scientists for applications in tectonics /geochronology, identification of fossils in marine carbonates, research in neuroscience, and characterization of novel ceramics. Undergraduate student access to an on campus state-of-the-art SEM will facilitate student engagement in modern research methods and better prepare them for careers in numerous high tech industries that rely on high resolution microscopy for materials characterization.