CEMMA has purchased three new SEMs from JEOL with funds from the Provost's Initiative in Biomedical Nanoscience. Included in this purchase will be a MultiBeam JIB-4500, a two-column SEM-FIB(Focused Ion Beam) for nano-machining, a JSM-7001 low-vacuum field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), and a JSM-6490 low-vacuum SEM with tungsten source. Delivery is scheduled for early 2008.The Center has also submitted a proposal to NSF for a new 200 kV FE-TEM.
Renovations CEM building will undergo extensive remodeling of the "dome" and south side of the first floor, renovating space for laboratories, demonstrations and short courses. All renovation will be complete before delivery of the new SEMs.