Polymer Chemistry In The Undergraduate Curriculum

9350863伯托姆利，化学和生物化学学院的教员一直在将聚合物化学纳入其本科课程。目前正在进行四项课程改革：(1)开设新的聚合物化学课程；(2)为化学专业开设聚合物选修课；(3)将涉及聚合物合成、表征和加工原理的讲座和实验纳入本科化学课程；(4)为东南部小型高校的教职员工提供聚合物化学研讨会。每次讲座和研讨会的重点是分子结构与聚合物的反应性、性能和加工条件之间的关系。正在开发的每个实验的目的都是展示分析技术在现实世界中的应用，以及这些分析如何用于设计具有特定应用有用特性的新材料。一种新的TGA-DSC-FTIR现在被用来为学生提供在实验室中合成、表征和加工聚合物的经验。***

9350863 Bottomley The faculty in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been in the process of incorporating polymer chemistry into its undergraduate curriculum. Four curriculum changes are underway: (1) offering new courses in polymer chemistry; (2) creating a polymer option for chemistry majors; (3) incorporating lectures dealing with and experiments demonstrating the principles of polymer synthesis, characterization and processing into the undergraduate chemistry courses; (4) offering workshops in polymer chemistry to faculty in small colleges and universities in the Southeast. The focus of each lecture and the workshops is the relationship between molecular structure and the reactivity, properties and processing conditions of the polymer. The intent of each of the experiments which are being developed is to demonstrate real world applications of analytical techniques and how these analyses are used in the design of new materials with useful properties for specific applications. A new TGA-DSC-FTIR is now being used to provide students with experience in the synthesis, characterization and processing of polymers in the laboratory. ***