University of Notre Dame Electron Microscopy Club

05/15/2014

The first annual Midwest Imaging and Microanalysis Workshop will be held at the University of Notre Dame on May 19-20, 2014. The workshop theme is advances in in-situ electron microscopy and atomic structure analysis and will include featured talks from university, government, and industry leaders including Ohio State University, University of Notre Dame, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brookhaven National Laboratory, FEI Inc., GATAN Inc., OXFORD Inc., and Ameteck Inc. In addition to technical talks, there will be hands-on company demonstrations using the electron microscopy suite housed in the Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF), as well as a graduate student poster session. The meeting is designed for both experts and non-experts, so feel free to come out and learn more about the future of electron microscopy regardless of your previous experience.

Participation is free, but registration gets you a free lunch! You can find the registration form at http://ndiif.nd.edu/events. Talks will be held at the Morris Inn on the Notre Dame campus.

03/17/2014

Our next monthly meeting is this coming Wednesday, March 19, at 12 pm in Stinson-Remick 109. It will feature a talk from second year graduate student Jeremy Li titled "Absorption studies of gold particles manipulated by optical tweezers." We invite all current and potential NDIIF users to join us for free pizza and soda.

02/18/2014

NDEMC is currently holding nominations for officer positions. If you are interested in running please send an email to club president Dallas Rensel ([email protected]) by this Friday, February 21st. These positions do not require a large time commitment but do involve monthly meetings.

02/18/2014

This is a reminder of our meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb 19, in Stinson-Remick 109. We are pleased to announce that our speaker will be Professor Amy Hixon from Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences. She will be presenting her research in "Environmental Actinide Chemistry".

Please join us for free pizza and an opportunity to learn more about our colleagues and their work with electron microscopy here at ND.

http://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/ahixon

The overarching research interests of the Hixon research group revolve around how processes at the mineral-water interface control actinide behavior. Actinides are present in the environment as a result of nuclear weapons production and nuclear fuel disposition and pose a long-term environmental co...

01/14/2014

Important information from NDEMC:

1. There is a mandatory annual user meeting for all those who have used or plan to use the TEM facilities at ND. The meeting will be held at 12 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Stinson-Remick 109. Again this meeting is mandatory. If you are unable to attend please contact Dr. Sergei Rouvimov ([email protected]).

2. NDEMC officer elections will be at the February meeting. If you would like to submit a nomination please email club president Dallas Rensel ([email protected]).

3. If we have enough interest we would like to schedule a trip to Ann Arbor this year to tour the electron microscopy facilities at the University of Michigan. The trip will be funded by NDEMC. Please email [email protected] if you would like to participate.

4. FEI will be holding a workshop in the near future. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in attending. Dates and times are not set.

01/14/2014

This semester our club meetings will be held on Wednesdays from 12 - 1 pm in Stinson-Remick room 109 across from the clean room facilities. Pizza and drinks will be provided.

Our next meeting is tomorrow, 1/15, at 12 pm. Dr. Jai Verma will be talking about the capabilities and applications of the focused ion beam (FIB) that is part of the NDIIF suite of microscopy tools. We hope to see all NDIIF users take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about FIB.

11/22/2013

Dallas Rensel provides an introduction into crystal structure and SADP pattern simulation software. This was one of two presentations at our November meeting.

11/20/2013

Reminder that we have a meeting today at 12:30 pm in Stinson-Remick 109. Yi Liu will be giving a talk titled "Synthesis and Characterization of Ordered Porous Uranium Compounds." Free pizza!

11/12/2013

Our next meeting is on Wednesday, November 20 at 12:30 pm in Stinson-Remick 109. Yi Liu will be giving a talk titled "Synthesis and Characterization of Ordered Porous Uranium Compounds." Come learn about research conducted using the NDIIF facilities and grab some free pizza while you're at it!

09/17/2013

Hello All, we will be having a general meeting TOMORROW at noon in Stinson Remick room 109. Pizza and pop will be provided. We are looking for a speaker for tomorrow to give a brief (10 min) presentation on their research, so if you want to volunteer please respond here. Thanks!

08/09/2013

Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility Mini-Symposium on Transmission Electron Microscopy today at the ND Conference Center. We are excited to hear from keynote speakers Professor Harald Rose from University Ulm, Germany, and Dr. Alice Dohnalkova from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

06/10/2013

NDEMC visit to Argonne National Lab to learn about their microscopy facilities and the advanced photon source.