Clemson University Electron Microscope Facility

12/03/2025

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Clemson University Ph.D. student Hui Li received a fellowship from Hitachi High-Tech America Inc. to advance research that could improve treatments for

08/18/2025

The Electron Microscopy Facility would like to welcome a new team member, Dr. Destiny Williams, in the group. Destiny received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. During her nanotechnology-based research at OSU, she has developed experience working with TEM and related analysis techniques.

Destiny also has work experience with the United States Navy as a Nuclear Power School Instructor, where she taught enlisted sailors various science courses and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants onboard Nuclear-Powered Submarines. Destiny led and mentored a division of 14 staff instructors as a Division Officer. For her contributions, Destiny received several awards from the US Navy. We're all incredibly excited to have Destiny join our team!!

07/28/2025

The Electron Microscopy Facility welcomed 2025 class of Summer Scholars from July 14th-18th, 2025. This class included rising high school senior and junior students. The capability demonstrations and hands-on experience for students included several EM based experiments on topics like Materials Science, Environmental Science and Life Science involving FIB, SEMs and EM based analytical techniques. Thank you to all participants, contributors and to Dr. Kelliann Koehler for leading this event.

02/28/2025

Thanks to senior STEM high-school students from physics and chemistry class and their teacher, Kevin Arledge from New Covenant School, Anderson SC who recently visited EM Facility to learn about our capabilities.

12/17/2024

Electron Microscopy Facility congratulates our staff member, Dr. Kelliann Koehler for receiving a prestigious Division of Research award in ‘Outstanding Customer Service’. Kelliann received this award from Clemson University Senior Vice President for Research, Dr. Tanju Karanfil in a recent Division of Research staff holiday luncheon at the Outdoor Lab Kresge Hall.

11/06/2024

Electron Microscopy Facility congratulates two winners of the 2024 Hitachi Electron Microscopy Fellowships, SHINTO FRANCIS from Department of Physics and SOM DIXIT from Automotive Engineering Department. Shinto is studying under the supervision of Dr. Ramakrishna Podila and Som is studying under the supervision of Dr. Shunyu Liu. This one-year $25,000/- Hitachi electron microscopy fellowship award was recently presented to Francis and Dixit by Dr. Tanju Karanfil, Clemson University Senior Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and Mr. Dean Plunkett, Director of Sales, Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Congratulations to the winners !!!

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09/06/2024

Our friends from Oxford Instruments are on-site this week at EM Facility to introduce their newest ‘Unity Detector’ which combines X-rays with backscatter electron images. Thanks to Dr. David Richards, Dr. Eric Zhang, Veronika Kinner, Sam Pennington from Oxford Instruments, Simon Tam from Hitachi High-tech, and Dayton Cash from Clemson EM Facility for their help with user demonstrations.

08/21/2024

08/16/2024

EM Facility representatives were present during Clemson University's New Faculty Orientation at Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business. We had a surprise visitor, our favorite tiger mascot. Go Tigers!!

07/12/2024

Clemson EM Facility thanks Dr. Scott Bryan, current senior advisor, and former President of Physical Electronics (PHI) for his visit and seminar at EM Facility on ‘Driving Discovery with PHI’s Lossless Parallel Imaging MS/MS’. EM Facility recently acquired PHI’s Lossless Parallel Imaging MS/MS Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) capability to serve Clemson University and regional researchers on their surface science-based projects. TOF-SIMS tandem MS imaging has proven vital in numerous fields including surface modification, polymer composites, 2D materials, electronic devices, power generation, energy storage, catalysis, and biomedicine. Thanks to Drs. Kelliann Koehler (Clemson Univ.), Kent Brown (PHI), and Jacob Schmidt (PHI) for their extensive involvement and planning to make this event successful.

12/01/2023

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Clemson University Ph.D. student Afreen Sultana is working to engineer higher barrier, biodegradable, paper-based packaging enhanced by cellulose

12/01/2023

Electron Microscopy Facility congratulates winner of 2023 Hitachi Electron Microscopy Fellowship, Afreen Sultana from the Department of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences. Sultana is studying under the supervision of Professor Scott Whiteside. This one year $25,000/- Hitachi electron microscopy fellowship award was recently presented to Sultana by Dr. Tanju Karanfil, Clemson University Senior Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and Mr. Dean Plunkett, Director of Sales, Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Congratulations also go to runner-up, Harleen Kaur from Plant & Environmental Sciences Department.