A Proposal for the Purchase of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter for Use in Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction

位于费耶特维尔的阿肯色大学化学工程系正在使用差示扫描量热计在两门本科实验课程中建立第一个材料科学实验，并在聚合物讲座课程中创建一个实验室组件。目前，与该领域的重要性相比，课程中材料科学课程的提供不足，而这些实验的建立是该部门目前扩展到材料科学教育计划的一个组成部分。它旨在向学生介绍这个普遍的领域，以便他们可能意识到他们在相关领域的机会，如聚合物、微电子、催化和其他固态分支学科。之所以选择差示扫描量热计，是因为它在单个可扩展的系统中提供了材料科学一般领域中最大量的有用实验。所有本科生在大二和大四的实验课程中都会接触到它，在聚合物课程中也会用到它。

The Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, is using a differential scanning calorimeter to establish the first material science experiments in two undergraduate lab courses and to create a laboratory component in a polymers lecture course. Currently, the curriculum is deficient in materials science offerings relative to the importance of this area and the establishment of these experiments is an integral part of the department's current plans for expansion into material science education. It is intended to introduce students to this pervasive area so that they may be aware of their opportunities in related fields such as polymers, microelectronics, catalysis and other solid-state subdisciplines. The differential scanning calorimeter was selected because it provides the largest number of useful experiments in the general area of materials science available in a single, expandable system. All undergraduates are exposed to it in the sophomore and senior level lab courses, and it is also used in a polymers course.