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“I truly felt like we aren’t just a customer, we are working together to advance science” | INSIGHT from CUSTOMER

Dr. Paul Eason our Chemistry and Biology service contracts. Preventative maintenance, calibration

existing equipment in
and responsive service overall has been a huge benefit
of our partnership. We certainly feel like a valued part­
programs. MSERF currently
houses multiple electron
ner in the endeavor and look forward to many more
microscopes, and high resolu­
tion laser optical microscopes covering a breadth of im­
Thank you again for your time today, are
aging and chemical characterization capabilities. In years and new instruments!!
addition to our Shimadzu UV3600 and AIM900 FTIR there any final thoughts that you would
Microscope, we recently acquired the SPM9700 scan­ like to add in closing?
ning probe microscope to create the ability to character­
ize materials at every length scale from atoms to I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all of
centimeters. The MS suite fits like a puzzle piece into the engineers, scientists and sales people in Shimadzu
our existing techniques. Two members of the staff in for making our vision of a materials characterization
MSERF obtained their PhD’s in biomedical/biomaterials facility a reality. Starting from a blank slate, we have
engineering, each of whom brings an unparalleled level been able to develop a broad array of equipment and
of expertise to the application of nano­scale character­ methods that brings the most capability to our faculty.
ization. As the fields of medicine and materials engi­ Our successful partnership paved the way for the UNF
neering continually converge, I have no doubt we will MedNexus MS suite, which is a huge evolutionary leap
continue to find new ways to support medical research for the lab. I have had nothing but fantastic interaction
in ways we can’t yet imagine. and support from Shimadzu over the last 5 years. With
my participation in the Global Summit in 2019, and the
Why was Shimadzu selected as a preferred idea for the MS Suite coming to fruition so quickly, I
partner for this project? What are some of truly felt like we aren’t just a customer, we are working
Shimadzu’s strengths other than innovative, together to advance science.
powerful and reliable instrumentation?

The partnership between UNF and Shimadzu has been
strong and fruitful for almost five years. In that time we
have grown the breadth of our research capabilities, all
the while gathering data and publishing in top journals
across many disciplines. We have been very pleased
with the quality reliability and value that
Shimadzu provides. There are few instrument
suppliers that offer the variety of instruments
the Shimadzu provides, which makes one the
unique benefits the management of our

Dr. Paul Eason is the Associate Dean of alloys, his administration of MSERF affords him the privilege of
the College of Computing Engineering performing materials characterization in support of numerous
and Construction and the Director of the disciplines at UNF and beyond. Dr. Paul Eason founded MSERF at
Materials Science and Engineering Re­ UNF with legislative support, and forged the partnership with
search Facility (MSERF). While his area of Tescan and Shimadzu to grow UNF’s research capabilities across
research is focused on structure­process­ all stem disciplines.
ing­property relationships in aerospace

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