Cambridge Virtual SEM
This page last updated: 21/09/2011
The Cambridge Virtual Scanning Electron Microscope
Welcome to the Cambridge Virtual Scanning Electron Microscope (VSEM) project.
VSEM is a research project in the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering. Its aim is to use Internet-based technologies to deliver teaching, training and assessment for users of the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).
The project is developing a package of courseware to provide SEM-related teaching and assessment. Components of the software include:
- Courses and assessment of SEM theory and operation via an online Course Management System (CMS)
- A simulator of the SEM's imaging operations for familiarisation, training and assessment
- An encyclopaedia of SEM scientific theory and operational procedures for reference
VSEM is potentially suitable for a wide range of users, including schools, universities and industry - in fact anywhere that SEMs are used or their theory taught.