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MRM Group
Montana State University
306 Cobleigh Hall
P.O. Box 173920
Bozeman MT 59717-3920

Directors:
Sarah Codd
scodd@coe.montana.edu
and
Joseph Seymour
jseymour@
  coe.montana.edu
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Laboratory

 

Our Location

The Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Laboratory is situated in the College of Engineering at Montana State University in the spectacular location of Bozeman in the heart of the Rocky Mountains of the USA. 

Bozeman is truly a remarkable community. The Bozeman area at large encompasses over 50,000 people with backgrounds and cultures as diverse as the Montana landscape. From cattle ranchers to high tech engineers, the area is home to a breed of people who have come to appreciate an unmatched quality of life. While retaining a small town feel, Bozeman prides itself on offering community activities and programs typically available only in larger, metropolitan areas. Combine the wide array of resources with an abundance of outdoor recreational opportunities and it's easy to understand why Bozeman ranks as one of the nation's most liveable cities.

Bridger Bowl Ski Resort is located 20 minutes drive from the university and Big Sky Ski Resort is located 45 minutes away.  Bozeman is just an hours drive from Yellowstone National Park and 5 hours drive from the awe inspiring Glacier National Park. Within minutes of the city, one has access to world class trout fishing, hunting, mountain biking, kayaking, rock climbing, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing and hiking.

Our Research

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive experimental technique which has found broad application in clinical medicine and is a maturing method for studies in engineering and physics. Our group uses instruments that allow MRI to be applied with a resolution of 10 mm over 10 mm diameter samples.  MRI applied on this scale requires more sample specific tailoring of the pulse sequences and is more often termed Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (MRM) to distinguish it from medical scale imaging.

Our work is concerned with furthering application of MRM methods in the study of transport phenomena and material characterization. We use pulsed gradient spin echo (PGSE) techniques to measure velocity and effective diffusion, e.g. dispersion. The ability to spatially resolve velocity and diffusion fields allows for transport visualization. Application of PGSE methods without spatial resolution provide the scale dependent statistics of motion over the entire sample, rendering it a powerful technique for studying anomalous transport phenomena. The research program seeks to both elucidate new transport phenomena in complex systems and develop MRM methods for new applications.

You can read more details about us, our research projects, or see a list of our publications and presentations on this website

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