What is MICA?
MICA — Microscopy Instruction, Consultation and Analysis — was founded by Peter M. Cooke in 1999. Since that time, the firm has delivered educational, consulting and analytical services to independent laboratories, corporations, military and governmental bodies in the United States and abroad.
Instruction
Teaching is a personal and professional passion for MICA’s founder. Each MICA course offers customized microscopy content and hands-on instruction, with individual microscopes for each and every student. Based on an understanding of the wide range of challenges laboratories face, MICA instruction delivers a practical approach to sample analysis while remaining grounded in underlying microscopical theories. Students can expect to learn the methodologies, techniques and instrumentation that promote accurate analyses.
Consultation
MICA offers consulting services to laboratories, microscopy educational facilities and government agencies. A national expert in asbestos identification, Peter M. Cooke has served as a Technical Assessor for the NVLAP/NIST Asbestos Bulk PLM program since 1988, assessing approximately 300 member laboratories.
Analysis
Select sample analysis is performed for independent laboratories and government agencies.
Partial Client List
United States
AeroTech
ALCOA
American Electric Power
Duke Energy
Florida Light & Power
Forensic Analytical
NASA
New Century Energies
OSHA
U.S. Army and Navy Medical Units
Canada
Manitoba Hydro
Nova Scotia Power
Ontario Power Generation
Pinchin Environmental, Ltd.
Saskatchewan Power
International
Labtox, Bienne, Switzerland
National Institute of Environmental Research/Ministry of the Environment, South Korea
U.S. Army Medical Units in Germany and Japan
U.S. Navy NEPMUs and Naval Hospitals in the U.S. and Okinawa
