CRISP Project

Our Research at SCSU

At Southern, I am working with a college student on a fairly simple, but widely used product in almost every home. We are trying to solve a research question not for a P.I, but for a company. The company we are working for designs types of filters for different water sources, like brita filters. We are currently looking at cellulose nano fibers and we are looking at the quality in the fibers. One of the tools we use is a scanning electron microscope. This microscope contains an electron gun that shoots an electron beam. In this way we could see deep within the fibers and get a clear picture of what is going on. On a big picture this simple project actually affects our health on a major scale. The water we drink must be purified of whatever contaminants lay in inside of it. The cleaner the water, the better off the organism drinking it. Our work however, isn't dealing with any live tissue so things like cross contamination, and deadly bacteria isn't a concern to our project. Nevertheless, this project in return helps improve the quality of what we drink everyday and not even realize it!