Over 100 people from 12 departments and 10 companies use our equipment. Projects have included analyses of tantalum wire to be implanted in hearts, silicon wafers, superconductors, ceramics, ancient pottery, DNA, and numerous pharmaceutical applications.
Referrals also come from other parts of the Characterization Facility.
Enhancements will also permit users to do faster scans, study kinetics, and take advantage of a sample changer to carry out overnight runs. Before taking over responsibility for the x-ray facility, Linda worked in industry for four years. For two years she researched adhesives. Linda is particularly concerned with safety standards in the x-ray lab. As the safety officer for the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, she has designed safety courses, inspections standards, chemical hygiene plans, and computerized inventory and tracking of chemicals.