FTNMR Instrumentation and Modeling Software for Undergraduate Instruction in Chemistry

化学(12)智力价值。这个项目将核磁共振仪器和建模软件的使用整合到整个化学课程中，以增强本科生的体验。学生们通过接触到更复杂的工具来说明课堂上遇到的材料，这对他们的智力构成了挑战。他们也在本科生研究项目中使用这些应用程序。除了化学的所有领域外，核磁共振仪器的使用在生物学、生物化学和卫生专业中已经变得必不可少。核磁共振的使用被美国化学学会专业培训委员会认为是本科课程中必不可少的，并被美国国家科学院国家研究委员会生命科学委员会地球和生命研究委员会本科生生物教育委员会引用为为21世纪培养研究科学家所必需的。在这个项目中，Anasazi EFT 60 MHz仪器的使用使核磁共振的有意义的应用得以整合到本科课程中。斯巴达建模软件被用来通过利用其他地方开发的许多成功的应用程序来创建一套适合我们机构的活动，从而将建模整合到整个课程中。更广泛的影响。这个项目的结果将由相关的教师和学生通过在会议上发表演讲、在教育期刊上发表文章和在我们的网站上张贴来传播。我们的学生历来非常积极地在地区和国家会议上展示他们的本科研究项目的结果。此外，来自工业界和学术机构的代表是核磁共振和科学教育方面的专家，他们正在一个咨询委员会任职，为该项目提供专业知识。最后，东得克萨斯州Anasazi用户小组已经成立，该小组正在这些核磁共振用户中建立一个重要的社区，包括四年制和两年制机构。一个不同的学生群体正在受到这个项目的影响。圣托马斯大学的学生群体反映了休斯顿市和德克萨斯州墨西哥湾沿岸在种族/民族、性别、年龄、宗教信仰和社会经济地位方面的多样性。在过去的五年里，拉美裔学生的入学人数增加了30%，现在学生群体中的种族分类包括14%的亚太岛民，6%的非西班牙裔黑人和33%的西班牙裔，使该大学成为一所拉美裔服务机构。此外，在该机构学习化学课程的学生人数在过去几年里一直在增加，目前已有大约100名学生申报了化学和生物专业。

Chemistry (12)Intellectual Merit. This project integrates the use of NMR instrumentation and modeling software throughout the chemistry curriculum in order to enhance the undergraduate experience. Students are being intellectually challenged by being exposed to more sophisticated tools that illustrate the material encountered in the classroom. They also are using these applications in the undergraduate research program. The use of NMR instrumentation has become essential in biology, biochemistry, and the health professions, in addition to all areas of chemistry. Use of NMR has been deemed essential in the undergraduate curriculum by the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training and is cited as necessary by the Committee on Undergraduate Biology Education to Prepare Research Scientists for the 21st Century, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. In this project, use of the Anasazi EFT 60 MHz instrument is allowing meaningful applications of NMR to be integrated into the undergraduate curriculum. Spartan modeling software is being used to integrate modeling throughout the curriculum by taking advantage of the numerous successful applications developed elsewhere to create a set of activities appropriate for our institution. Broader Impact. The results of this project will be disseminated by the involved faculty and students through presentations at conferences, publications in educational journals and posting on our web site. Our students have a history of being very active in presenting the results of their undergraduate research projects at regional and national conferences. In addition, representatives from industry and from academic institutions who are experts in NMR and scientific education are serving on an Advisory Committee to provide expertise for the project. Finally, an East Texas Anasazi Users Group has been formed that is serving to build an important community among these NMR users, including both four-year and two-year institutions. A diverse group of students is being impacted by this project. The student body at the University of St. Thomas reflects the diversity of the City of Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast in race/ethnicity, gender, age, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status. Over the last five years the Hispanic student enrollment has increased by 30%, and the ethnic breakdown of the student body now includes 14% Asian Pacific Islander, 6% Black non-Hispanic, and 33% Hispanic, making the University a Hispanic Serving Institution. In addition, the number of students taking chemistry courses at the institution has been increasing over the last several years with a current level of approximately 100 declared majors in chemistry and biology.