UA hosting International Field Emission Symposium

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<p>Thought this was pretty cool!</p>

<p>[University</a> of Alabama News Big Event at UA to Study the Very Small](<a href=“http://uanews.ua.edu/2012/05/big-event-at-ua-to-study-the-very-small/]University”>http://uanews.ua.edu/2012/05/big-event-at-ua-to-study-the-very-small/)</p>

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More than 180 scientists from 12 countries who research materials at the atomic scale will soon be on campus in what organizers said is a strong statement on the growing research reputation of The University of Alabama and its College of Engineering.

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“We are hosting the premier meeting in field emission and atom probe microscopy,” Thompson said. ”This conference brings together leading scientists around the world to our campus for in-depth scientific discussions. It speaks volumes on the direction The University of Alabama research is heading.”

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In 2007, UA became the fourth university in the United States with a LEAP, and although more universities have them today, UA is still the only university in the Southeast with this technology on campus. Scientists from around the nation have come to UA to use the atom probe, including researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology along with the universities of Michigan and Florida as well as local Alabama industries.

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