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The Tech Trek - Mobile Research Laboratory Enhances Educational Outreach Efforts at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Luann Piazza ,
William R. Ragland ,
Katie E. G. Thorp  and
Marc C. Martin
Luann Piazza
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, OH45433. UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton-Xenia Road, Dayton, OH45432; AFRL / MLLN.
William R. Ragland
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, OH45433. The University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, OH45469; AFRL / MLBC.
Katie E. G. Thorp
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, OH45433. AFRL / MLBC.
Marc C. Martin
Affiliation:
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, OH45433. AFRL / MLPJ.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (near Dayton, OH) continues to expand their local community educational outreach programs with the new mobile science research laboratory, Tech Trek - Mobile Research Laboratory. Tech Trek serves surrounding communities using a 40-foot customized Blue Bird bus equipped with an R.J. Lee Instruments Limited portable scanning electron microscope (SEM). The microscope is on loan from the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

The purpose of the Tech Trek program is to stimulate school science programs by making state-of-the-art, usually cost-prohibitive scientific equipment and experienced support staff accessible to schools. The program is focussed on providing opportunities for students currently in the grades six through twelve, our future scientists and engineers, to interact with role models in science and technology while being engaged in interesting scientific research. Using this mobile format combination classroom and laboratory,

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Teaching Microscopy in the New Millennium
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 6 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2000, Microscopy Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 34th Annual Meeting, Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie de Canada 27th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13-17, 2000 , August 2000 , pp. 1158 - 1159
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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1 R.J. Lee Group, Inc. / R.J. Lee Instruments Limited; 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville PA 15146. Telephone: (412 ) 325-1776. Web: www.rjleeinst.com/Google Scholar
2 U.S. Air and Trade Show; Vandalia, Ohio. Telephone: (937) 898-5901. Web: www.activedayton.com/partners/cvb/usats.htmlGoogle Scholar
3 Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (formerly “Dayton Museum of Discovery“); 2600 Deweese Parkway, Dayton OH 45414. Telephone: ( 937) 275-7431.Google Scholar