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Ohio State receives world's highest resolution, commercially available microscope. The Ohio State University is one
of the first in the world to receive a new microscope capable of magnifying up to 30 million times, enabling researchers to examine materials at the atomic scale.
The two-ton scanning/transmission electron microscope, called the Titan, will be used by faculty, students and researchers in the College of Engineering and the Ohio State Medical Center to develop computational tools that predict the performance of materials.
Hamish Fraser, director of the Center for Accelerated Maturation of Materials (CAMM) where the Titan is located, expects the microscope to have a significant impact on the research conducted at Ohio State. CAMM develops advanced processes and materials that the automotive industry and others use in their products. For example, researchers in the center are examining two advanced structural materials used in the aerospace industry: titanium alloys used in airframes and jet engines and nickel-based superalloys used in high-temperature applications, such as gas turbine engines. CONTACT: Joan Slattery Wall, College of Engineering, (614) 292-4064,