Undergraduate Faculty Workshop on Computer-Aided Spectroscopy

一个为期两周的夏季研讨会正在密西西比州立化学大学举行，由来自密西西比和邻近的阿肯色州、田纳西州、阿拉巴马州和路易斯安那州的本科院校的教员们参加。正在作出特别努力，吸引该区域内的妇女和少数民族参加。计算机辅助光谱学的主题分为三个部分，包括傅里叶变换红外和傅里叶变换核磁共振光谱学以及计算机辅助数据采集和分析。这些主题代表了更现代的化学分析方法，而大多数本科教师可能不太熟悉。工作坊由讲座和实验组成，其中实践经验有助于强调课堂上发展的先进概念。讲习班的主要目标是更新对本科教师的现代光谱分析方法的培训，鼓励加强参与者所在机构的现有课程，并促进讲习班工作人员与参与者之间的持续互动，以便将来的研讨会、咨询或研究合作。正在为每一位与会者编写一本讲习班手册，其中载有所涉及的材料和实验。该手册正在与讲习班一起使用，然后，参加讲习班的教员将把它带到他们本国的机构，以协助制定课程。

A two week summer workshop at Mississippi State University for Chemistry faculty members from undergraduate institutions in Mississippi and the adjoining states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana is being conducted. A special effort is being made to attract women and minority participants from within the region. The topic of computer-aided spectroscopy is being treated in three components involving Fourier transform infrared and Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies and computer-aided data acquisition and analysis. Those topics represent more modern methods of chemical analysis which are likely to be less familiar to most undergraduate faculty. The workshop consists of both lecture and laboratory components in which hands-on experience are helping emphasize the advanced concepts developed in the classroom. The primary goals of the workshop are to up-date the training of the undergraduate faculty on modern methods of spectroscopic analysis, encourage the enhancement of the current curricula at the participants' home institutions, and promote continued interaction between workshop staff and participants for future seminars, consulting, or research collaboration. A workshop handbook containing the materials and experiments covered is being developed for each participant. The handbook is being used in conjunction with the workshop, and afterwards the participating faculty are taking it to their home institutions to aid in curriculum development.