The Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis awards the Hitachi Scholarship in Electron Microscopy annually to two graduate students generating cutting-edge research and publications in the area of electron microscopy. The scholarship was established by Hitachi High-Technologies as part of their partnership with the University of Arizona. 

Beau Prince

LPL graduate student Beau Prince uses transmission electron microscopy to study nanoscale, fluid-filled inclusions in samples from asteroid Bennu and other materials from the outer solar system. These inclusions can provide insights into the nature of water-rock interactions on now-destroyed planets that existed early on in solar-system history."

Jeremy Philbrick

Transmission electron microscopy helps Jeremy Philbrick, a graduate student in the Physics department, directly visualize crystal structures to help find the microscopic origins of material properties.