The Materials Characterization and Processing facility will hold a Workshop and Celebration event on September 25th! For more information, and to register for the event, please click here.

On Saturday, September 30th, the CMMS held our Fall Event. The day started with a trip to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, where participants were encouraged to collect items for the microscopy demonstration. True to form, there was a moment when we all found ourselves scanning the ground for samples instead of paying attention to the display of exotic and beautiful birds within feet of us. Once everyone had seen exhibits at the zoo, we headed over to the new Materials Characterization and Processing center at Johns Hopkins. This state-of-the-art facility has a dazzling hallway array of instruments and custom-designed rooms, complete with responsive lighting, to enable cutting-edge science. After a tour of the labs, participants enjoyed pizza, and a demonstration of the Phenom table-top SEM and Dino Lite portable microscope. The day was rounded off with some liquid nitrogen ice cream, skillfully made by some of our younger microscopists!

As part of a CMMS membership drive, we are hosting a family-friendly mixer on Saturday, September 30 that includes free entry to the Maryland Zoo and dinner at the Johns Hopkins Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) facility. Registration for the mixer will count towards CMMS membership if you are not already a member.

Registrants can spend the day at the zoo, which includes a talk for our group by zoo staff and an informal scavenger hunt for microscopy samples. We will then meet at the MCP to image found objects with optical and electron microscopes. After the microscopy demos, there will be a pizza dinner, liquid nitrogen ice cream and a tour of the state-of-the-art facility. The event at the MCP will be limited to 50 participants so please reserve your spot now! 

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Maryland Zoo

10:00 Doors open (tickets have been sent via email, please check spam if you haven’t received it)

2:00 Talk by zoo staff for CMMS (CANCELLED)

4:00 Zoo closes/travel to MCP

Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) facility

4:00 Family friendly microscopy demos

5:30 Pizza dinner, LN2 ice cream & facility tours

7:00 Wrap up

Parking is free at the MCP, please see their website for maps and directions. You may park in the lot across the street. Please go around the back if the front door is locked.

For more information or questions, contact chesapeakemicroscopysociety@gmail.com.

Thanks to our sponsors for supporting this event:

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