MTU Receives Special Microscope

Michigan Tech is well on its way to getting a $1.7 million, state-of-the-science transmission electron microscope, thanks to the National Science Foundation and a team of dedicated researchers led by Reza Shahbazian-Yassar. The cost of the TEM will be covered by $1.2 million from the NSF and about $500,000 in matching funds provided by the College of Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics and the Office of the Vice President for Research. In approving the proposal, the NSF noted that the TEM would support a range of research projects at Michigan Tech—and make the scientists’ jobs much easier. Currently, researchers must travel hundreds of miles to use TEMs at other institutions.