The Division of Research and Economic Development at Boise State University invites faculty and staff to a special webinar highlighting new opportunities made possible through the Strategic University Partnerships in Education and Research (SUPER) agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy and Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
The webinar is at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18.
This new collaboration opens the door for faculty and students to access some of the nation’s most advanced research facilities, including the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) and Boise State’s Microscopy and Characterization Suite (MaCS), now housed in the Critical Materials and Energy Systems Innovation Center (formerly the Center for Advanced Energy Systems).
What you’ll learn:
- An overview of NSUF and how it supports researchers.
- How to access MaCS facilities at Boise State.
- Insight into specialized instruments that allow researchers to see and analyze materials at the smallest scales, including:
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) with advanced imaging tools (HAADF, EDS, EELS, EFTEM, Electron Tomography, ASTAR/TopSpin, PicoIndenter, Heating Stage, etc.).
- Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP 4000X HR, CAMECA Instruments) for atom-by-atom 3D maps of up to hundreds of millions of atoms.
- Dual Focused Ion Beam (Quanta 3D FEG, FEI) for high-resolution 2D and 3D analysis, equipped with EDS, EBSD, and STEM detector.
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM, JSM-6610LV, JEOL) for detailed surface imaging at the micrometer to nanometer scale, in both high- and low-vacuum environments.