As technology advanced, so did the electronic notebook. Zaluzec rewrote the software to allow real-time access to the instruments and the ability to grab and store still images and digital movies of experiments. Research at the Materials Microcharacterization Collaboratory is saved in an electronic notebook adapted from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory invention. Argonne National Laboratory photo. Virtual field trips TPM is a valuable research tool, but it also has other educational applications.
Students can travel to a laboratory for a virtual field trip.
To study the chip's surface, students ran a scanning electron microscope at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. They used Argonne's Analytical Electron Microscope to measure the chip's size and determine its elemental composition. The teacher in the classroom and Zaluzec in his lab led the discussion with students who were all online together in real time with an IBM research scientist. TPM also aids more advanced students at universities . Zaluzec guides graduate students as they increase their skill operating Argonne's sophisticated microscope.