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Research Experience for Undergraduates: Materials Characterization


EMSL Project ID
1627

Abstract

WSU has created a summer program for undergraduates from the Pacific Northwest to gain exposure to materials characterization methods. This interdisciplinary group of 10 students range from Sophmore to Seniors, in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Students from WSU, U. Idaho, Boise State, and Walla Walla College are participating this summer. Our goal is to have students use advanced characterization techniques to be exposed to the relationships of processing, structure, and properties that control the overall performance of materials. A visit to EMSL for the students to see a large characterization facility, as well as the opportunity to have demonstrations on samples they are working on this summer, would be an invaluable addition to their learning experience. Projects include depositing ferroelectric (PZT) thin (100 - 500 nm) films via sol-gel methods, and characterizing the crystalization and resulting ferroelectric behavior; characterizing the oxidation and fracture of tungsten, using pre-oxidized W samples fractured in the AES system.

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
1999-07-15
End Date
1999-08-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

David Bahr
Institution
Washington State University