Integration of Electrochemistry into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

尽管通过电化学技术可以获得许多类型的动力学和热力学信息，但很少有大学生有机会进行这样的实验。本项目旨在通过购买计算机控制的恒电位仪来解决这一缺陷。该仪器的使用正在整个化学课程中实施，从有机化学开始，在本科研究中达到高潮。该项目借鉴了阿巴拉契亚州立大学的保持器开发的模型，并改编了研究文献中的实验。选择的实验补充了特定课程中所涵盖的材料，并说明了电化学技术对理解分子性质的有用性。该项目特别有利于第一代大学生，他们约占Coe入学班级的40%。一个由电化学专业人员（来自爱荷华州大学、康奈尔学院和柯林斯印刷电路公司）组成的咨询委员会已经成立，以协助评估和开发适用于本科实验室的新实验。咨询委员会包括来自工业、生物化学、材料科学和环境工程的专家;正在开发的新实验包括这些跨学科领域。学生有望获得广泛的了解使用电化学解决化学问题。传播工作将包括在区域和国家会议上作专题介绍，在化学教育文献和研究文献中发表，以及建立电化学教育网页。

Chemistry (12)In spite of the many types of kinetic and thermodynamic information available through electrochemical techniques, few undergraduates have the opportunity to carry out such experiments. This project seeks to address this deficiency through the acquisition of a computer controlled potentiostat. Use of the instrument is being implemented throughout the chemistry curriculum beginning with Organic Chemistry and culminating in undergraduate research. The project draws from a model developed by Holder at Appalachian State University and adapts experiments from the research literature. Experiments are selected which complement the material being covered in a particular course, and which illustrate the usefulness of electrochemical techniques for understanding molecular properties. The project is particularly benefiting first generation college students, who comprise approximately 40% of Coe's entering classes. An advisory committee of electrochemistry professionals (from the University of Iowa, Cornell College, and Collins Printed Circuits) has been formed to assist in evaluation and in the development of new experiments suitable for use in undergraduate laboratories. The advisory committee includes expertise from industry, biochemistry, material science, and environmental engineering; the new experiments being developed include these interdisciplinary areas. Students are expected to gain a broad understanding of the use of electrochemistry to solve chemical problems. Dissemination will include presentations at regional and national meetings, publication in the chemical education literature and research literature, and creation of an electrochemical education Web page.