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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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