Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement in Chemistry: A Series of Regional Workshops

佐治亚州立大学(GSU)和佐治亚理工学院(GIT)将为佐治亚州和美国东南部周边州开展一个本科生化学教师强化项目。该项目将提高公立和私立两年制和四年制院校的教师教授现代化学课程的能力。该项目的主要活动是15个为期一周的讲习班和6个为期2天的小型研讨会。研讨会的主题是：(1)分子建模；(2)质谱学；(3)微型计算机-仪器接口；(4)傅立叶变换核磁共振；(5)色谱学；(6)分子轨道理论在有机化学和无机化学中的应用。迷你研讨会是迷你课程，内容包括：(1)金属有机化学和均相催化；(2)固态化学和超导；(3)DNA化学及其在生物技术中的应用。研讨会和小型研讨会将由格拉斯哥州立大学和git教职员工讲授。此外，来自其他机构的知名专家将担任主旨演讲人。在过去12个月中，还将举行所有参与者的年度聚会，以交流在课程中实施新方法的经验。在三年期间，安排了1710个参与日。项目所产生的本科院校课程的所有创新成果的汇编将发送给所有项目参与者。除了国家科学基金会的赠款外，参与者的机构将为该项目的运营贡献约5%的旅行资金。

Georgia State University (GSU) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) will operate an Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement project in chemistry for Georgia and surrounding Southeastern U.S. states. The project will improve the ability of faculty at two- and four-year, public and private, institutions to teach a modern program in chemistry. The major activities of the project are 15 one-week workshops and six 2-day mini-symposia. Workshop topics are: (1) molecular modeling; (2) mass spectrometry; (3) microcomputer-instrument interfacing; (4) FT NMR; (5) chromatography; (6) application of molecular orbital theory to organic and inorganic chemistry. Mini-symposia are mini-courses in: (1) organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis; (2) solid state chemistry and superconductivity; (3) DNA chemistry and its application to biotechnology. The workshops and mini-symposia will be taught by GSU and GIT faculty. Additionally, prominent specialists from other institutions will serve as keynote speakers. Annual reunions of all participants during the preceding 12 months will also be held to exchange experiences in implementing new methods in the curriculum. Over a 3 year period 1710 participant days are scheduled. A compilation of all innovations in the coursework at undergraduate colleges resulting from the project will be sent to all project participants. In addition to NSF grant, participants' institutions will contribute about 5% in travel funds toward the operation of the project.