MRI: Acquisition of a transmission electron microscope for multi-disciplinary research and training.

中密歇根大学获得了一台日立高对比度/高分辨率数字透射电子显微镜（TEM）。这种新型显微镜将培训下一代科学家使用TEM分析生物和材料科学样品的现代方法。本科生和研究生将在生物学/显微镜专业的课程中接触到新的TEM，并为跨学科的高级材料科学博士课程的博士生提供服务。跨学科的教师团队将吸引代表性不足的学生加入他们的研究团队，并通过参与全校范围内为代表性不足的学生服务的项目，向高中生介绍STEM研究的前沿方法。新的TEM还将纳入K-12学生的外展活动，包括“祖父母大学”，这是一个将祖父母/孙子夫妇带到校园进行大学教育体验的项目。收购新的日立TEM将使生物学研究人员能够继续使用TEM进行研究的悠久历史，同时为CMU的材料科学研究人员提供新的能力。新的TEM具有最先进的成像技术，这将使生物学研究人员能够大大提高低对比度生物样品图像的质量和数量。受益于新型透射电镜的生物学研究项目范围广泛，包括分析卵子在应激和衰老时发生的膜重塑，以及玉米胚乳中一种新细胞类型的表征。新的TEM将允许从事纳米材料和聚合物研究的教师和学生研究人员在校园内收集数据，而不是前往外部机构。材料科学研究项目包括铁电纳米粒子的超晶格结构表征，该结构可用于诸如能量转换和数据存储等激动人心的应用，以及边缘定义石墨烯纳米带的表征，该纳米带可用于锂离子电池电极。新的TEM将增强CMU不断增长的研究能力，为许多项目的学生提供服务，并吸引新的研究人员到CMU。

An award is made to Central Michigan University to acquire a Hitachi high-contrast/high-resolution digital transmission electron microscope (TEM). The new microscope will enable the training of the next generation of scientists in modern methods using TEM for analysis of biological and materials science samples. Undergraduate and graduate students will be exposed to the new TEM in courses that are required for the Biology/microscopy majors and that serve the doctoral students in the interdisciplinary Science of Advanced Materials Ph.D. program. The interdisciplinary team of faculty will attract underrepresented students to their research teams, and introduce high school students to cutting edge methods in STEM research, by participating in campus-wide programs that serve underrepresented students. The new TEM will also be incorporated into outreach activities for K-12 students, including "Grandparents University", a program to bring grandparent/grandchild pairs to campus for educational experiences in a university setting.The acquisition of the new Hitachi TEM will enable biology researchers to continue a long history of performing research using TEM, and at the same time, provide a new capability for materials science researchers at CMU. The new TEM has state-of-the-art imaging technology that will allow biology researchers to substantially increase the quality and quantity of images of low-contrast biological samples. The biology research projects that will benefit from the new TEM span a broad range and include the analysis of membrane remodeling that occurs in eggs in response to stress and aging, and the characterization of a novel cell type in corn endosperm. The new TEM will be configured to allow faculty and student researchers working with nanomaterials and polymers to collect data on campus instead of traveling to outside institutions. The materials science research projects include the characterization of the superlattice structure of ferroelectric nanoparticles that can be used in exciting applications such as energy conversion and data storage, and characterization of edge-defined graphene nanoribbons that have applications for lithium-ion battery electrodes. The new TEM will enhance the growing research capabilities at CMU, serve students in many programs, and attract new researchers to CMU.