3D in 3 Minutes

Dr. Ria Mitchell talks about the recurring role of X-ray tomography in her research career, her new position at the University of Sheffield, and some exciting upcoming experiments.

Dr. Sridhar Niverty discusses finishing his PhD, moving cross-country during COVID, helping establish a new lab, and the ongoing research work occurring in Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla’s group which is expanding from metal alloy materials to an increasing diversity of 3D systems.

Paul Choi, a student in Prof. Shawn Litster’s lab at Carnegie Mellon University, explains how personal passion led to research interests in energy materials and electric vehicles. Paul shows us how he is using nanoscale X-ray imaging, with pioneering in operando setups, to address some of the tough microstructural challenges related to capacity and durability from cutting-edge electrochemical devices.

We hear from Nick and Yara about the diverse research topics at the University of Connecticut's Innovation Partnership Building. “We are very spoiled because, nowadays, whenever I get a new project, I think ‘What would I do without the X-ray? How would I know where to target, know where to go, come up with a game plan?’ So I think the Versa is one of the most crucial instruments we have in our lab.” Learn how advanced X-ray reconstruction techniques are helping UConn further push the boundaries of 3D microscopy.