Looking at education through the microscope

Suhas Eswarappa Prameela; Patricia M McGuiggan; Amy Brusini; Trevor W Glenn; Timothy P Weihs

doi:10.1038/s41578-020-00246-z

Looking at education through the microscope

Nat Rev Mater. 2020;5(12):865-867. doi: 10.1038/s41578-020-00246-z. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Authors

Suhas Eswarappa Prameela^{1

2}, Patricia M McGuiggan¹, Amy Brusini³, Trevor W Glenn⁴, Timothy P Weihs^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA.
² Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA.
³ Center for Educational Resources, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA.

Abstract

Advanced research microscopes in universities can be used to enhance the education of STEM students, as demonstrated by initiatives at Johns Hopkins University that give students the opportunity to get hands-on experience with sophisticated microscopes.

Keywords: Education; Imaging techniques.