I’m happy to say that the TEM is back online. You can schedule time when you need it.
We are seeing some horizontal lines in the images above magnification 100KX. I’m in touch with the Hitachi engineers who have given me a test. We will do that test this afternoon and get more info from Hitachi.
The scope works fine below 100KX so I’m not closing off use.
I’ll be in touch with you regarding progress.
The Bhakta Rath Research Award honors a graduate student and faculty mentor for in-depth work with social impact. The 2019 winners are two biomedical engineers with a sticky past.
A smart adhesive doesn’t adhere all the time. In 2015, when Ameya Narkar started his doctoral research with Bruce Lee, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan Technological University, the two turned to biological sources for a glue that could be turned on and off.
Q: How have your methods helped make the project successful?
Ameya Narkar: Our biomedical engineering department is full of approachable experts. It’s a small team and an effective one. I could walk down to a faculty member’s office and ask for advice when our project branched into areas beyond our lab’s expertise. Plus, I was able to work closely with the people in the Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory and the microfabrication facility. Collaboration is essential to successful research.
The 6400 and JEOL TEM are still down.
TEM
Our engineer is sending me a circuit board to try in the TEM. If we are lucky that is all it is we will be back online.
6400
There is a power supply problem that I am working on. Not an easy fix.
So repairs to both instruments are on going.
The 2010 TEM is still down with a vacuum pump problem. I’m working with our service engineer to get it back online.
I’ll keep you up to date.
The 6400 is back online and ready to use. I don’t have a lot of faith that this was a permanent fix since this has happened several times. Get your work done now!
This time with a vacuum problem. I’m working on it now.
Research by Stephen A. Hackney, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University.
Imaging by Pinaki Mukherjee, Staff, Materials Science and Engineering, Engineer/Scientist, Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory (ACMAL).
Instrument: FEI 200kV Titan Themis S-TEM in ACMAL’s Electron Optics Facility.
Scale bar indicates 500 nm.
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Problem with gun alignment is back. Scope can’t be used. I’ll get on it Monday.
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