FEI Partners With the George Washington University to Equip New Science & Engineering Hall
April 27 2015 - 8:10AM
FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) and the George Washington University (GW) are
pleased to announce that they are partnering to install several new
high-performance microscopes at GW's Science and Engineering Hall.
The new, $275 million, 500,000-square-foot research facility will
soon be home to four microscopes from FEI: the Talos™ F200X
transmission electron microscope (TEM), Helios NanoLab™ 660
DualBeam, Teneo™ scanning electron microscope (SEM), and CorrSight™
advanced light microscope for correlative light/electron
microscopy. These systems will be used by professors and their
students for research covering the full spectrum from materials
through life sciences.
"We are very pleased to work with FEI to acquire and install
these microscopes," said GW's Vice President for Research, Leo
Chalupa. "This new equipment will enable our faculty and students
to perform groundbreaking research and prepare our students to
become leaders in STEM."
GW's research funding has grown by 80 percent in the past decade
and the University opened a Science and Engineering Hall on March
4, 2015. They selected the unique suite of high-end light and
electron microscopes from FEI because they provide the ease-of-use
and workflows needed for a multidisciplinary microscopy suite. GW's
objective is to provide an environment that cross-pollinates
research disciplines, enhances collaboration and streamlines
equipment budgets.
"Historically, GW has operated like most universities do; they
conduct research by department, in separate laboratories, with
individual budgets. GW is changing the dynamic of how they do
research by combining STEM fields in one facility, where the
researchers and students will share instrumentation and work
together more closely," said Thomas Russo, assistant vice
president, Industry and Corporate Research.
Conor Walsh, vice president of FEI's Science Group, said, "FEI
has developed a workflow solution that enables the data and images
from the microscopes to be combined using our MAPS™ software. This
enables the use of a variety of modalities to get different
information about the sample at various lengths of scale – from
microns, to nanometers, even down to ångströms, the scale of
individual atoms. The workflows also enhance the usability of the
instruments so that all users can focus on conducting research, and
not spend a lot of time learning how to operate the tools."
Each instrument offers a unique capability:
- Talos TEM provides atomic-scale image resolution, combined with
high-throughput chemical mapping and tomography, all in an
easy-to-use integrated package for a multi-disciplinary lab;
- Helios NanoLab DualBeam offers three-dimensional imaging using
automated serial sectioning by focused ion beam (FIB); TEM sample
preparation from bulk samples; and circuit edit capabilities;
- Teneo is a highly-versatile, high-resolution (SEM) that offers
multiple, simultaneous detection modes and high-contrast imaging on
a wide variety of samples from steels to insulators;
- CorrSight is an advanced, inverted fluorescent-light microscope
workflow solution specifically-designed for live-cell imaging and
sample preparation for electron microscopy (EM). CorrSight is able
to image samples with visible light and identify features or events
of interest, then prepare and transfer those samples to EM,
including the transfer of target locations, a technique known as
correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM).
"We couldn't be more pleased to be working with GW to install
these systems in their new, state-of-the-art Science and
Engineering Hall," said Walsh. "We look forward to further
collaboration with GW and its partners in the Washington, D.C.
region, including the National Institutes of Health, National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Smithsonian
Institution, among others."
About the George Washington University
In the heart of the nation's capital with additional programs in
Virginia, the George Washington University was created by an Act of
Congress in 1821. Today GW is the largest institution of higher
education in the District of Columbia. The university offers
comprehensive programs of undergraduate and graduate liberal arts
study, as well as degree programs in medicine, public health, law,
engineering, education, business and international affairs. Each
year, GW enrolls a diverse population of undergraduate, graduate
and professional students from all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and more than 130 countries.
For more information about GW and the new Science and
Engineering Hall, please visit:
http://mediarelations.gwu.edu/george-washington-university-opens-science-and-engineering-hall-largest-building-its-kind-dc
About FEI
FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) designs, manufactures and supports a
broad range of high-performance microscopy workflow solutions that
provide images and answers at the micro-, nano- and picometer
scales. Its innovation and leadership enable customers in industry
and science to increase productivity and make breakthrough
discoveries. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., USA, FEI has over
2,600 employees and sales and service operations in more than 50
countries around the world. More information can be found at:
www.fei.com.
FEI Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that
include statements regarding the performance capabilities and
benefits of Talos TEM, Helios NanoLab 660 DualBeam, Teneo and
CorrSight system. Factors that could affect these forward-looking
statements include but are not limited to our ability to
manufacture, ship, deliver and install the tools or software as
expected; failure of the product or technology to perform as
expected; unexpected technology problems and challenges; changes to
the technology; the inability of FEI, its suppliers or project
partners to make the technological advances required for the
technology to achieve anticipated results; and the inability of the
customer to deploy the tools or develop and deploy the expected new
applications. Please also refer to our Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q, Forms
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Commission for additional information on these factors and other
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the forward-looking statements. FEI assumes no duty to update
forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: For more information
FEI contacts:
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MindWrite Communications, Inc.
+1 408 224 4024
sandy@mind-write.com
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jason.willey@fei.com
George Washington University contact:
Emily Grebenstein (media contact)
+1 202 994 3087
emgreb@gwu.edu
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