Biological Equipment for Teaching Instrumental Methods to Undergraduates

生物科学系正在改进其课程，引入跨学科的小组授课课程——生物学家的仪器方法。本课程纠正了生物学家在复杂仪器的理论和应用方面的本科培训中存在的明显缺陷。通过综合利用现有设施和通过该项目获得的额外设备（以及化学系的宝贵帮助），生物学院正在为其专业带来有关电子学原理、现代数据管理、分析技术和生理监测方法的新见解。这门名为“生物学家的仪器方法”的新课程是针对二、三年级生物专业的学生开设的，同时也邀请化学和物理专业的学生选修。将本课程纳入生物学课程，为学生提供了分析和评估技术的基础，这些技术是他们研究领域的重点，从而加速他们向有能力的专业人士的过渡。这门课程促进了这所大学热情的、懂仪器的科学家的发展。受资助机构将从非联邦来源获得等额的NSF奖励。

The Department of Biological Sciences is improving its curriculum by introducing an interdisciplinary team-taught course, Instrumental Methods for Biologists. This course corrects a perceived deficiency in the undergraduate training of biologists with regard to the theory and application of sophisticated instrumentation. Through the combined use of its existing facilities and the additional equipment acquired through this project, (and with valued assistance from the Department of Chemistry), the Biology faculty is bringing to its majors fresh insights into the principles of electronics, modern data management, analytical techniques, and physiological monitoring methods. While the new course, "Instrumental Methods for Biologists" is targeted for second- or third-year biology majors, chemistry and physics majors also are invited to enroll in it. Inclusion of this course in the Biology curriculum provides students with a foundation in the analytical and evaluative techniques that are focal to their fields of inquiry, thus accelerating their transition into competent professionals. This course is facilitating the development of enthusiastic, instrumentation-literate scientists at this university. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.