Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience With Innovative LaserFluorescence Spectroscopy

通过创新的激光荧光光谱增强本科生体验

• 批准号: 9750636
• 负责人: Jeanette Rice
• 金额: $ 6.83万
• 依托单位: Georgia Southern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9750636&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancing; Undergraduate; Experience; Innovative; LaserFluorescence

Georgia Southern University requests matching funds to purchase a modern laser-based fluorescence spectrometer. This purchase will enhance middle and upper division elements of our dynamic undergraduate curriculum, and will provide experimental capabilities not currently available at this institution, or in the entire South Georgia region. Several new experiments, as well as some of a more traditional nature, are proposed. This instrument provides a unique opportunity for undergraduates to investigate chemical phenomena on the picosecond timescale in addition to being able to perform standard fluorometric investigations ALL within the same routine, user-friendly environment. Student exposure to the instrument will begin at the sophomore level and continue throughout the chemistry curriculum, allowing for critically needed enhancement of our existing upper-level classes. A new course will be developed as a direct result of a successful proposal. Further, dozens of chemistry students and faculty from area universities will have access, allowing the benefits to reach far beyond the confines of GSU. Finally, our department is committed to local outreach, frequently hosting K-12 students on campus for interactiw demonstrations. Lasers are traditionally excellent captivators of student interest and their presence will further enliven these visits. A successful proposal will bring much needed modern technology to a strong department composed primarily of young and enthusiastic chemistry educators committed not only to the highest quality of chemistry education, but also to innovation and reform in the discipline. *

格鲁吉亚南方大学要求配套资金购买一台现代激光荧光光谱仪。这次购买将加强我们的动态本科课程的中，高年级元素，并将提供实验能力目前在这个机构，或在整个南格鲁吉亚地区。一些新的实验，以及一些更传统的性质，提出。该仪器为本科生提供了一个独特的机会，除了能够在相同的常规，用户友好的环境中进行标准的荧光调查所有的皮秒时间尺度上的化学现象。学生将从大二开始开始接触该仪器，并在整个化学课程中持续接触，从而对我们现有的高年级课程进行急需的增强。一个新的课程将被开发作为一个成功的建议的直接结果。此外，来自地区大学的数十名化学专业的学生和教师将有机会获得，从而使这些好处远远超出GSU的范围。最后，我们的部门致力于当地的推广，经常举办K-12学生在校园内的互动示范。激光是传统上优秀的学生兴趣的吸引力，他们的存在将进一步活跃这些访问。一个成功的建议将带来急需的现代技术，以一个强大的部门主要由年轻和热情的化学教育工作者组成，不仅致力于化学教育的最高质量，而且创新和改革的纪律。 *