The BEAM (Burns’ Electronic and Advanced Materials) lab gained the origins of it’s name because the lab focuses it’s research on studying electronic and advanced materials for space, defense, energy, and electronics applications.

For characterization purposes, the lab uses electron beams to characterize materials, and ion and photon beams to take a material from its equilibrium position to process their structure.

Our group logo (shown above) captures an entire story. The central sphere represents the structure of an atom, while the small particles interacting with the atom represent electrons. These electrons contribute to particle emission in the form of auger electrons, x-rays, secondary electrons, backscattered electrons, elastically scattered electrons, inelastically scattered electrons, absorbed electrons, electron-hole pairs, etc…

This logo captures how we explore the unknown intricacies in materials that lead to transformative solutions on a global scale.

The BEAM (Burns’ Electronic and Advanced Materials) lab gained the origins of it’s name because the lab focuses it’s research on studying electronic and advanced materials for space, defense, energy, and electronics applications.

For characterization purposes, the lab uses electron beams to characterize materials, and ion and photon beams to take a material from its equilibrium position to process their structure.

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