Skip to main content
New NSF award to acquire $1M nano-imaging instrument

New NSF award to acquire $1M nano-imaging instrument

August 9, 2018 1-min. read
Aerial view of engineering buildings and Hunt library on Centennial Campus
Dr. Jacque Cole
Dr. Cole

Dr. Jacque Cole, assistant professor in the Joint UNC/NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received an NSF award to acquire a new X-ray nano-computed tomography (nano-CT) instrument, which will be located within NC State’s Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF).

The instrument is anticipated to cost nearly $1 M, with nearly $700 K coming from the NSF and the remainder in cost-sharing from NC State. Dr. Jacob Jones, director of AIF, interviewed Dr. Cole about the award.

Read the interview on the AIF website →

More News

Dean Jim Pfaendtner, left, presents Francis de los Reyes with the 2024 RJ Reynolds Award.

40th RJ Reynolds Award Recipient Francis de los Reyes Conducts Research at the Interfaces 
A color drawing of a blue staircase with figures climbing. Each are passing red bricks to each other to help build at the top of the stairs. The sky is light blue with a white cloud in the background.

Office for Faculty Development and Success aims to reform caregiving policies 
An AI-generated image depicting the intricacies of nanotechnology with clear and spherical molecules.

Creating a brand-new class of materials