Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) in Curriculum Improvement of Undergraduates

由于大多数化学和环境科学的学生通过接受化学工业或研究生院的职位进入化学专业，该部门正在通过包括工业，生物化学和环境样品分析的最新发展来改善其化学/生物化学课程。 学生在整个课程中使用GC/MS进行新的实验，包括教学理论原理和GC/MS的应用。正在开发一种新的实验方案，将化学课程与常见的饮料，蛋白质和污染物等熟悉的环境联系起来。 该仪器也被用于在学年和夏季的本科生研究项目。 正在为高中学生、教师和职前教师举办的大学讲习班上举办GC/MS技术研讨会。

Since a majority of chemistry and environmental science students enter the profession of chemistry by accepting positions in the chemical industry or in graduate school, the department is improving its chemistry/biochemistry courses by including recent developments in the analysis of industrial, biochemical and environmental samples. Students are using a GC/MS throughout the curriculum in new experiments that include teaching both theoretical principles and applications of GC/MS. A new scheme of experiments is being developed to connect the chemistry courses to familiar contexts such as common beverages, proteins, and pollutants. The instrument also is being used for undergraduate research projects during the academic school year and in the summer. Seminars on GC/MS techniques are being conducted in the ongoing university workshops for high school students, teachers, and pre-service teachers.