Intellectual Merit: Missouri S&T has contracted FEI to provide the requested transmission electron microscope and a Tecnai F20 S was purchased as originally described in the proposal. The lower image is the purchased microscope S/N D576 being tested by the manufacturer. The microscope was received on August 6, 2010 and installation began September 13, 2010. FEI performed an initial site visit to qualify the space and on their recommendation a major renovation of the Advanced Materials Characterization Laboratory (AMCL) was initiated (top photo). The $60,000 renovation costs were shared by the Graduate Center for Materials Research and the Materials Science and Engineering department.

MRI: Acquisition of Analytical TEM for Multi-User Materials Research Environment

David C. Van Aken, Missouri University of Science and Technology, DMR 0922851

Broader Impacts: The AMCL renovation required removal of our current TEM (Philips EM430T) and increasing the room size. A new design of the lab will put each of the NSF-MRI funded projects (DMR-0922851,DMR-0723128, DMR-9704288) in a single laboratory on campus. State-of-the-Art equipment has dramatically improved our ability to recruit from traditionally under-represented groups.

Finished laboratory space for the new TEM is on the left. The Helios Nano lab 600 dual focused ion beam microscope is on the right. Each year Missouri S&T is host to hundreds of K-12 students and the AMCL laboratory is a favorite.

MRI: Acquisition of Analytical TEM for Multi-User Materials Research Environment

David C. Van Aken, Missouri University of Science and Technology, DMR 0922851