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The first Princeton-Nature Conference attracted 180 participants from around the world who gathered for a three-day conference at Princeton in July, 2018.

Organized by the PRISM Imaging and Analysis Center and the scientific publisher, Nature, the conference, "Frontiers in Electron Microscopy for the Physical and Life Sciences" included more than 30 technical talks and panel discussions on emerging methods and the latest technologies. The 180 participants also had the opportunity to tour Princeton’s own cutting-edge microscopy facilities run by PRISM. The conference received significant sponsorship from industry and academia, with lead support from Thermo Fisher Scientific and ExxonMobil.

IAC hosts a Princeton-Oxford Advanced Energy Dispersive Spectrosmetry Workshop

IAC hosted a Princeton-Oxford Instrument Workshop on November 15, 2017 (26 attendees). Princeton students and industrial scientists from the region attended this two-day workshop that included practical demonstrations on IAC’s Quanta 200 Environmental SEM.

Dr. Yao-Wen Yeh joins the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist

PRISM IAC welcomes Dr. Yao-Wen Yeh who joined the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist on July 1, 2017. Before joining the IAC, Dr. Yeh was a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering and Materials Science at Princeton University. Dr. Yeh is an expert in materials characterization.

IAC hosts a Princeton-Bruker Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy Workshop

IAC hosted a Princeton-Bruker Advanced Atomic Force Microscopy Workshop on May 10, 2017 (33 attendees). Advanced data collection and analysis was showcased by the vendor on the newest atomic force microscope at the IAC, the Bruker Dimension ICON3.

PRISM-IAC welcomes over 50 ExxonMobil Scientists

PRISM-IAC welcomed over 50 ExxonMobil Scientists on May 3, 2017. Showcasing the research capabilities available to the industrial scientists at Princeton University was a step in strengthening and expanding a blossoming academic-industrial partnership with ExxonMobil Corporation.

IAC hosts Keyence VK-X Laser Scanning Microscopy Workshop

IAC hosted a Keyence VK-X Laser Scanning Microscopy Workshop on May 2, 2017 (7 attendees).

Dr. Daniel Gregory joins the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist

PRISM IAC welcomes Dr. Daniel Gregory who joined the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist on May 1, 2017. Before joining the IAC, Dr. Gregory was a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at Lehigh University. Dr. Gregory is an expert in chemical synthesis and characterization of catalytic materials.

MSE 505 class visits ExxonMobil Company

MSE 505 class integrated with IAC practical labs conducted a site visit to the research headquarter of ExxonMobil Company on April 20, 2017. 34 students excitedly witnessed how the techniques and instruments learned in class are actually used in real world industrial research and development.

IAC visits Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

IAC coordinated a visit to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company by Princeton materials students, graduate students and postdocs on November 8, 2016 12 attendees observed how materials characterization informs pharmaceutical research and development. Industry-academic relationships such as these can lead to career opportunities for Princeton University students and postdocs.

IAC hosts a Princeton-Anton Paar Advanced Rheology Workshop

IAC hosted a Princeton-Anton Paar Advanced Rheology Workshop on September 20, 2016 (49 attendees). Princeton students and industrial scientists from the region attended the workshop that included practical demonstrations on IAC’s new Anton Paar MCR702 Rheometer.

PCCM-IAC welcomes over 30 Trumpf Photonics scientists

PCCM-IAC welcomed over 30 Trumpf Photonics scientists on August 11, 2016. A sign of customer satisfaction, some current users of IAC wanted to share with their colleagues the varied materials characterization capabilities available to them through the core facility.

John Schreiber, Paul Shao, Don Schoorman and Dan McNesby have won Princeton University's prestigious Tiger Award

IAC technical staff John Schreiber, Paul Shao, Don Schoorman and Dan McNesby have won Princeton University's prestigious Tiger Award for their extraordinary efforts and contributions that made it possible to move the IAC to its new home in the Andlinger building smoothly, safely, and economically. The new facility is now fully operational just in time for the new school year of 2016-17! Congratulations!

Dr. Nan Yao named to the Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching

Dean Emily Carter praised IAC director Nan Yao on July 22, 2016 for his inclusion in the Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, which is among the great group of dedicated and skilled educators in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. This list will be published in the Daily Princetonian in the Fall and on the Princeton Engineering webpage. Dr. Yao has received eight times the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Princeton Engineering Council and the Princeton School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Dr. Nan Yao is named as author of top 100 most read Nature Scientific Reports articles in 2015

IAC director Dr. Nan Yao is named as author of top 100 most read Nature Scientific Reports articles in 2015 (out of >11,000 papers).

IAC has conducted a site visit to the research headquarters of ExxonMobil Company for MSE505 class

MSE 505 class held in the IAC has conducted a site visit to the research headquarter of ExxonMobil Company. 35 of our students were delighted to see all of the techniques and instruments they learned about in the class actually being used in the real industrial world for research and development.

Dr. Nan Yao wins 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award

IAC director Dr. Nan Yao won 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Princeton Engineering Council. MSE505 is the only graduate level course that received the SEAS teaching award this year.

New natural quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry identified

Collaborating with Professor Paul Steinhardt and other scientists around the world, a new natural quasicrystal (Al71Ni24Fe5) with decagonal symmetry (the second natural quasicrystal that has ever been identified; this finding was highlighted by Global News, ScienceDaily, NSF news, etc. 2015).

IAC wins grant for the acquisition of a 3D X-ray microscope system

IAC has won a major NSF research instrumentation grant for the acquisition of a 3D X-ray microscope system (PI: Prof. Craig Arnold), August 1, 2015.

IAC researchers working with an international team have discovered a new mineral named Steinhardtite

IAC researchers working with an international team have discovered a new mineral named Steinhardtite which was announced from the International Mineralogical Association Steinhardt Letter. This work is described in a forthcoming paper in the American Mineralogist entitled "Steinhardtite, a new body-centered-cubic allotropic form of aluminum from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite." (2015)

John Schreiber joins the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist

PRISM IAC welcomes John Schreiber who joined the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist on March 10, 2014. Before joining Princeton John Schreiber was an instrumentation engineer of FEI Company for over twenty years. John is an expert in electron microscopes.

Dr. Nan Yao included in the Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching

Dean Vincent Poor and Dean Claire Gmachl applauded IAC director Nan Yao on October 22, 2013 for his inclusion in the Princeton Engineering Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching, which is among the great group of dedicated and skilled educators in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Dr. Paul Shao who joins the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist

PRISM IAC welcomes Dr. Paul Shao who joined the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist on September 1, 2013. Before joining Princeton Dr. Shao was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Shao is an expert in biological electron microscopy.

IAC faculty and researchers receive best poster award at MRE 2013.

PRISM IAC faculty and researchers receive best poster award at MRE 2013. IAC director Nan Yao and his collaborators: Shiyou Xu, Yao-Wen Yeh, Gerald Poirier, Michael C. McAlpine, and Richard A. Register were awarded 1st Place in the Poster Competition at the International Congress on Materials and Renewable Energy (MRE 2013), July, 2013, Athens, Greece. Their winning research project is entitled "Self-powered Nanogenerators using Piezoelectric PMN-PT Nanocomposites".

MSE 505 field trip to ExxonMobil with IAC Director Nan Yao

MSE 505 S2013 class has visited ExxonMobil Company in Annandale, New Jersey. The class is enrolled 34 students from five science and engineering departments. It was fascinating for our materials students to see the impressive facilities and advanced equipment in use at the ExxonMobil research and development center, April, 26, 2013.

MSE 505 S2012 class visited DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware

The MSE 505 S2012 class, based in the IAC, has visited DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware. The class is enrolled 36 students. It was fascinating for them to see the impressive facilities and advanced equipment in use at the DuPont research center, April, 19, 2012.

Liberty Science High School Students' work is published in Material Letters.

Daway Chou-Ren and Thomas Hartke working in the PRISM imaging and Analysis Center in the summer of 2011, as part of the Liberty Science Partnership program who have received numerous award and recently have been publish for their work on Thermally Grown Oxides. Their work was also presented in the Intel Science Competition where they received the Army Achievement Award, and the ASM Materials Education Award. They were also semifinalist in the Siemens National Science Competition, March 23, 2012.

Dr. Nan Yao, has been elected a 2012 Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA)

The IAC director, Nan Yao, has been elected a 2012 Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) for his contributions to the development and application of advanced microscopy techniques, March 20, 2012.

Quasicrystal is extraterrestrial in origin

Princeton and IAC researchers find the natural quasicrystal was most likely formed during the early days of the solar system, roughly 4.5 billion years ago, making the mineral perhaps older than the Earth itself, January 12, 2012.

"Electrified Crystals" wins award in Princeton University Art of Science Competition

The image work entitled "Electrified Crystals" wins award in Princeton University Art of Science Competition, November 29, 2011.

IAC plays a key role in the discovery of natural quasicrystals.

This work was mentioned in 2011 Chemistry Nobel press release, October 5, 2011.

IAC instrumentation impresses Dutch (astro)physics undergraduates

Dutch (astro)physics undergraduates of the Radboud University Nijmegen were impressed with the powerful instruments in the IAC during their recent visit to the US., February 2011. Article

Imaging and Analysis Center scientists assists with the discovery of 650-million-year-old sponge-like creatures

The Imaging and Analysis Center scientists helped the discovery of 650-million-year-old sponge-like creatures which pushes back fossil record by at least 70 million years, August 19, 2010

Imaging and Analysis Center has installs a Bruker D8 Discover

The Imaging and Analysis Center has installed a Bruker D8 Discover, high-resolution x-ray diffractometer and a FEI Quanta 200 field-emission-gun environmental-SEM. Both instruments are in full operation, Fall, 2009. IAC News Letter f2009

Imaging and Analysis Center scientists provides conclusive evidence in the discovery of the natural quasicrystal

The Imaging and Analysis Center scientists provided conclusive evidence in the discovery of the natural quasicrystal, June 5, 2009

Imaging and analysis center becomes a new member of the NSF MRSEC-organized Materials Research Facilities Network

PRISM's imaging and analysis center becomes a new member of the NSF MRSEC-organized Materials Research Facilities Network, and is the only MRFN site in the mid-Atlantic region. January 26, 2009

IAC wins a major NSF research instrumentation grant for the acquisition of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

PRISM's Imaging and Analysis Center won a major NSF research instrumentation grant for the acquisition of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) (PI: Prof. George Scherer), August 2, 2008

Gerald R. Poirier joins the IAC as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist

IAC is very pleased to have Gerald R. Poirier joined the center as an Imaging and Analysis Specialist. Gerald has extensive experience in the area of microscopy and had worked in the University of Delaware for over twenty years before joining Princeton July 15, 2008.

Dr. Nan Yao honored for teaching excellence

Princeton students honor the IAC director for excellence in teaching. Excellence in Teaching Award, Princeton Engineering Council, December 13, 2007.