Early Career Scholar Support for Topical Conference on Electron-Probe Microanalysis (Quantitative Microanalysis 2019)

该奖项支持于2019年6月在明尼苏达大学举行的电子探针微量分析专题会议。美国国家科学基金会将提供30名早期职业学者参加本次研讨会的相关费用，其中包括本科生到博士后以及毕业后两年内的专业人士。电子探针微量分析的定量分析是地球科学和材料科学的基础。学生获得的分析技能是无价的，并为与x射线光谱相关的定量技术奠定了基础。月球和陨石材料的表征通常由一个社区进行，该社区将从与微量分析社区的密切联系中受益。微观分析学会（MAS）专题会议以非常合理的价格为与会者提供这种教育支持。由于他们在MAS组织的会议上的教育经历，一些学生在微分析社区找到了工作。目前在微量元素分析和阴极发光方面的进展为锂电池和LED技术的进步提供了新的支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports a topical conference on electron probe microanalysis in June 2019 at the University of Minnesota. NSF will contribute to the costs associated with bringing 30 early career scholars to this workshop, which includes undergraduate through post-doctoral and professionals within two years of their terminal degree.Quantitative analysis by electron probe microanalysis is fundamental to earth and materials sciences. Analytical skills obtained by students are invaluable and form a foundation for quantitative techniques that are related to x-ray spectrometry. Characterization of lunar and meteoritic materials is routinely performed by a community that would benefit from closer ties to the microanalysis community. Micro-Analysis Society (MAS) Topical Conferences provide this educational support at a very reasonable price for attendees. Several students have found employment in the microanalysis community due to their educational experience in meetings organized by MAS. Current advances in microanalysis of light elements and cathodoluminescence provide renewed support for technological advances in Li battery and LED technologies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.