Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
The NU-MRSEC has partnered with the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry to create a new temporary exhibit focused on materials science and society. The goal of the exhibit is to showcase the tandem relationship between human mastery of materials and the advancement of human civilization. The display features the latest in materials design and technology with applications in space exploration and nanotechnology. The exhibit features displays of a variety of material samples that will engage the audience through the senses of sight and touch while leveraging the leadership and technical resources of Northwestern.
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Two videos from the exhibit:
Field Museum
The NU-MRSEC partnered with the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History to bring the latest iteration of the Materials Science exhibit to the Searle Family Lounge at the Field Museum. The Materials Science exhibit was conceived in collaboration with the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) and is designed for the general public to highlight how materials science and engineering enables understanding, innovation, and design that shape society. Originally installed at MSI and subsequently moved to the Chicago O’Hare airport and then the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago, the centerpiece of the exhibit is an Atom Probe Field-Ion Microscope that was previously housed in the NU-MRSEC shared facilities. The Field Museum exhibition opened in April 2021, and features a new bilingual gallery, in both English and Spanish, highlighting the recent application of atom probe tomography to the analysis of meteorite samples by Dr. Philipp Heck of the Field Museum.