Improvement of an Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum with Gas Chromotography-Mass Spectrometry

气相色谱-质谱法本科化学课程的改进

• 批准号: 9051159
• 负责人: Ching Woo
• 金额: $ 3.17万
• 依托单位: University of Northern Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-04-15 至 1992-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9051159&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Undergraduate; Chemistry; Curriculum; Gas

Recent developments in low cost, benchtop Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer systems offer new approaches to undergraduate education in chemistry. The objective of this project is the enhancement of the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at the institution through the inclusion of extensive laboratory experience in concepts and techniques of GC/MS. The addition of GC/MS has affected a broad range of courses including Instrumental Analysis, Microscale Organic Laboratories and Environmental Chemistry. In addition, students participate in laboratory-based studies, involving independent projects and undergraduate honor's research. The project has been designed to introduce students to new chemical and technological advances in the component or hyphenated technique, while making basic concepts of mass spectrometry clear in a simple, rational and interesting manner. Modern GC/MS methodology, currently used in industrial chemical laboratories is being utilized to solve a variety of problems in analytical and organic laboratory courses. Thus, students are exposed to equipment and techniques that they may reasonably expect to use in their future professional careers. The project also includes featuring the equipment in the departmental sponsored workshops and demonstrations for high school science teachers and senior students. The institution has contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.

低成本台式气相色谱仪/质谱仪系统的最新发展为化学本科教育提供了新方法。 该项目的目标是通过纳入 GC/MS 概念和技术方面的丰富实验室经验来加强该机构的本科化学课程。 GC/MS 的增加影响了广泛的课程，包括仪器分析、微型有机实验室和环境化学。 此外，学生还参加实验室研究，包括独立项目和本科生荣誉研究。 该项目旨在向学生介绍组分或联用技术方面的新化学和技术进步，同时以简单、合理和有趣的方式阐明质谱的基本概念。 目前在工业化学实验室中使用的现代 GC/MS 方法正在被用来解决分析和有机实验室课程中的各种问题。 因此，学生可以接触到他们可能合理期望在未来职业生涯中使用的设备和技术。 该项目还包括在部门主办的研讨会上展示设备以及为高中科学教师和高年级学生进行演示。 该机构为该项目提供的捐款金额相当于美国国家科学基金会 (NSF) 的资金数额。