Instrumentation Enhancement for Science, Technology, and Communications

芝加哥哥伦比亚学院在培养未来的通信专业人员方面有着重要的传统，其中包括相当大比例的女性和少数族裔学生。科学与数学系将这一传统融入到化学课程中，开设了一些课程，研究化学对环境、药物和药物测试以及消费品质量等社会关注领域的影响，学生在这些领域和其他领域的研究项目的成果通过录像带、电影、艺术作品和其他创意展示等报告，与学生的交流专业相结合。学生的项目出现在当地的有线电视上，并在国内和国际上许多科学博物馆、科学中心、会议、专题讨论会和特别讲座上展示。实验室经验是整个课程的重点，具有分析技术的许多应用，包括气相色谱法。通过该项目获得的高压液相色谱仪扩展了该机构实验室计划的分析方法组成部分，作为其色谱能力的逻辑延伸。原子吸收光谱仪允许在各种环境下分析金属。这些仪器使学生能够调查和报告各种各样的现实问题，并将化学应用于社会的关注和需求。该机构为该项目提供的资金与美国国家科学基金会的资金相等。

Columbia College Chicago has a significant tradition of training future communications professionals, including a substantial proportion of women and minority students. The Science and Mathematics Department incorporates this tradition into the chemistry curriculum by offering courses which examine the impact of chemistry on areas of social concern like the environment, drugs and drug testing, and consumer product quality Results of student research projects in these and other areas are integrated with the students' communications specialties through the presentation of reports such as videotapes, films, artwork and other creative presentations. Student projects have appeared on local cable television, and have been presented nationally and internationally at numerous science museums, science centers, conferences, symposia and special lectures. Laboratory experience, which is a strong emphasis throughout the curriculum, features numerous applications of analytical technique, including gas chromatography. The acquisition of the high pressure liquid chromatograph through this project expanded the analytical methods component of the institution's laboratory program as a logical extension of their chromatography capability. The Atomic Absorption Spectrometer permitted analysis of metals in a variety of settings. The instrumentation allowed students to investigate and report on a wide variety of realistic problems in the application of chemistry to the concerns and needs of society. The institution contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.