The Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab (SEM Lab) includes a JOEL 5600LV scanning electron microscope that is capable of producing low to high magnification images of nearly any type of material that can be inserted into a microscope.  It produces excellent images (either digital or on film) and has the capacity to allow the user to view specimens in low vacuum environments, increasing the range of samples that can be observed.  Linked to the microscope is an Oxford INCA energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer that allows elemental analysis of specimens while they are being imaged.

BHSU offers the only electron microscopy course in the region that provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to use these sophisticated research tools.  The primary users of the microscope are undergraduate students conducting research with BHSU faculty members.