Undergraduate Faculty Workshop on Computer-Aided Spectroscopy

密西西比州立大学化学教员正在密西西比州以及邻近的阿肯色州、田纳西州、阿拉巴马州和路易斯安那州的本科生机构举办为期两周的暑期研讨会。正在作出特别努力，以吸引该区域内的妇女和少数群体参与者。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仪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，而大多数本科生教师可能不太熟悉这些方法。研讨会由讲课和实验两部分组成，其中的实践经验有助于强调课堂上形成的先进概念。研讨会的主要目标是更新对本科生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，并促进研讨会工作人员与参与者之间的持续互动，以供未来的研讨会、咨询或研究合作。正在为每个参与者编写一本讲习班手册，其中包括所涵盖的材料和实验。这本手册将与研讨会一起使用，之后参与的教职员工将把它带到他们的家乡机构，以帮助课程开发。

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.