Alabama NewsCenter — New microscopes to position University of Alabama as leader in materials characterization

By Adam Jones
University of Alabama

A suite of new instruments focused on understanding materials will give the University of Alabama an elite platform to offer solutions to perplexing challenges while expanding opportunities for students to participate in cutting-edge research and enhanced classroom instruction.

The university’s Board of Trustees recently approved upgrading equipment in the Alabama Analytical Research Center with a state-of-the-art atom probe, advanced imaging electron microscopes and focused ion-beam-based sample-preparation machines that build on UA’s established reputation at the forefront of materials characterization.

The effort, part of a five-year strategic plan for research and economic development at UA, will usher in the next generation of materials education and research for energy, defense, transportation, human health and environmental sciences, boosting the development of a highly skilled workforce in the state.

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