Outside links:
Microbeam Analysis Society
Microscopy Society of America

A large number of industrial users from the Greater Boston area with a variety of analytical requirements use our facility. Below is a partial list:

- A123 Systems
- American Superconductor
- BAE Systems
- EIC Laboratories
- Etex Corporation
- IntelCore Technologies, Inc.
- Metabolix, Inc.
- Metal Casting Technology, Inc.
- Omniguide Communications
- QD Vision, Inc.
- Stone Products Consultant
- Superconducting Systems, Inc.

To serve the training needs of industrial users, we offer the following course:

Electron Microprobe Analysis by Wavelength Dispersive Spectrometry On JEOL JXA-733 Superprobe
Course description (Visit the MIT Open Courseware website for course notes; you need Acrobat Reader to view the notes)

This is a laboratory-oriented WDS training course for professionals from the industry. In the past, professionals from Boeing Co., Pratt & Whitney, IBM, GE Aircraft, Eveready Company and Natural Resources Canada (CANMET) have taken this course. The course was taught in collaboration with JEOL USA, Inc. and Geller MicroAnalytical Lab. This course involves hands-on use of the JEOL JXA-733, as well as in-depth practical and theoretical discussions of microprobe and WD-spectrometer design, X-ray spectrometry, large area digital imaging and elemental X-ray mapping, and matrix correction methods. Please see course description for details and application form.

MIT Electron Microprobe Facility
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Room: 54-1221, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 253-1995; Fax: (617) 253-7102
E-mail: e-probe-www@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www/

Send comments to e-probe-www@mit.edu

(Last Revised 11/29/2007 by Nilanjan Chatterjee)