Welcome to the Electron Microscopy Facility, hosted in the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia.

We are a research and teaching shared facility that operates and supports a number of electron microscopes, an X-ray diffractometer, and a sample preparation laboratory. We are based in Frank Forward 419, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. We provide access and training for researchers, as well operating on a ‘fee for service’ characterization for our academic and commercial clients.

We focus on materials characterization. Academically, we are used by individuals from all across UBC as well as commercial clients. We support teaching within the Materials Engineering Undergraduate program, and train researchers (typically graduate students and postdoctoral researchers) in the Department of Materials Engineering and across UBC.

Academic leadership is provided by Dr Ben Britton and technical support is provided by Heli Eunike. There are also a wider number of other academic users who benefit from our facility and help support our mission.