Development of Hands-On Powder X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory Modules for use in Chemistry, Forensic Science and Pharmacy Curricula

化学(12)这一跨学科项目正在调整和开发用于化学、法医学和药剂学课程的粉末X射线衍射实验室模块。新的粉末X射线衍射仪比目前可用的过时仪器更安全、更通用、更容易使用，允许它集成到几个本科生实验室。这一新仪器允许将实用的PXRD培训整合到目前使用该技术的两门课程中，并在未来三年内将该技术纳入化学、法医学和药学方案的其他五门实验室课程。本科生暑期研究学生在教师的指导下，通过执行实验室练习和编写书面实验程序，帮助开发几个拟议的实验室实验。正在进行以学生学习评估为基础的积极主动的早期课程开发。正在准备将从该项目中获得的知识传播给科学界。在这些实验模块中进行实验的本科生毕业时将对PXRD及其众多应用有更好的理解。

Chemistry (12)This interdisciplinary project is adapting and developing powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) laboratory modules for use in chemistry, forensic science and pharmacy curricula. The new powder X-ray diffractometer is safer, more versatile, and easier to use than the outmoded instrument that is currently available, allowing its incorporation into several undergraduate laboratories. This new instrument allows the integration of practical PXRD training into two courses in which the technique is currently utilized, as well as incorporation of the technique into five other laboratory courses in the chemistry, forensic science and pharmacy programs over the next three years. Undergraduate summer research students under faculty supervision are helping to develop several of the proposed laboratory experiments outlined by performing the laboratory exercises and composing written experimental procedures. Proactive early-stage course development based on evaluation of student learning is being conducted. The knowledge gained from this project is being prepared for dissemination to the scientific community. Undergraduate students who are conducting experiments in these laboratory modules are graduating with a greater understanding of PXRD and its numerous applications.