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Building a sample platform for live cell imaging
Building a sample platform for live cell imaging
Highlight · Jul 16, 2019
Fort Lewis College

Building a sample platform for live cell imaging

Jeff Jessing, Fort Lewis College

Imaging high resolution live tissues has long been a goal to better understand the development of tissue specific disease and tissue biology. Current imaging techniques allow for live imaging, but not at high resolution or high resolution imaging, but not of living cells.
Partnership for the Education and Advancement of Quantum-and nano-Systems (PEAQS)
Partnership for the Education and Advancement of Quantum-and nano-Systems (PEAQS)
Highlight · Jul 16, 2019
Fort Lewis College

Partnership for the Education and Advancement of Quantum-and nano-Systems (PEAQS)

Woven throughout PEAQS are highly collaborative materials science research and education projects requiring a strong center community and confident, empowered undergraduate researchers.
PREM Seed: VENTURES
PREM Seed: VENTURES
Highlight · Jul 15, 2019

PREM Seed: VENTURES

Vision for excellence at Navajo Technical University in Research and Education in STEM
Developing low-cost electrochemical methods for measuring contaminants
Developing low-cost electrochemical methods for measuring contaminants
Highlight · Jul 15, 2019

Developing low-cost electrochemical methods for measuring contaminants

Navajo Technical University (NTU) and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Harvard have embarked on a partnership to engage NTU students in materials science research that can be used to address health and environment issues relevant to the Navajo Nation.
PREM Students Participate in Synchrotron Workshop
PREM Students Participate in Synchrotron Workshop
News · Jun 13, 2019

PREM Students Participate in Synchrotron Workshop

On June 4- 5, 2019, students from several PREM groups and the INCREASE consortium participated in the CHESS User’s Meeting and the associated “Synchrotron Essentials” workshop.
UTEP Students Receive NSF Fellowship
UTEP Students Receive NSF Fellowship
News · May 2, 2019
The University of Texas at El Paso

UTEP Students Receive NSF Fellowship

El Paso Herald-Post

A pair of students from The University of Texas at El Paso who will pursue research-based doctoral degrees earned fellowship offers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
NSU PREM graduate helps develop new electroplating technique
NSU PREM graduate helps develop new electroplating technique
News · Apr 1, 2019
Fort Lewis College

NSU PREM graduate helps develop new electroplating technique

PREM graduate and postdoctoral researcher Vanessa Peters is part of a team that recently developed a new technique for “electroplating copper and gold to create tiny, smoothly spherical inertial confinement fusion target shells,” reports the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Hispanic-serving institutions partner with CHESS
Hispanic-serving institutions partner with CHESS
News · Nov 19, 2018
Center for Interfacial Electrochemistry of Energy Materials (CIE2M)

Hispanic-serving institutions partner with CHESS

Héctor D. Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been working to promote underrepresented minorities in the sciences at Cornell for more than 30 years. His efforts and hard work are coming to fruition in the form of grant funding from NSF, which will help students from Puerto Rico access resources at CHESS.
Faculty Positions Available at the University of New Mexico
Faculty Positions Available at the University of New Mexico
News · Oct 31, 2018

Faculty Positions Available at the University of New Mexico

The Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM) is seeking applicants for two open-rank faculty positions (hiring level commensurate with experience). We seek innovative and collaborative researchers and educators in broad areas of chemical engineering.
NSF Awards New PREM Grants
NSF Awards New PREM Grants
News · Aug 14, 2018

NSF Awards New PREM Grants

The National Science Foundation recently awarded eight new PREM grants to help support materials research collaborations between minority-serving institutions and large research facilities across the U.S.