NMR in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

化学（12）该项目的目标是通过开发和引入新的，创新的NMR光谱实验到实验室课程，以现代化和改善化学/生物化学课程。威尔克斯大学与卢泽恩县社区学院（LCCC）一起修订了10个本科实验室课程，并加强了本科研究。威尔克斯大学最近改革的化学/生物化学课程的核心是三个学期的综合实验室序列。NMR光谱实验被纳入所有化学课程与实验室组成部分，包括有机，无机，物理，分析和生物化学课程，和NMR的使用正在扩大到包括新生以及13 C NMR在大二有机实验室。在本科研究项目中，学生现在可以随时使用一种可以产生可重复质量数据的仪器。远程访问能力可以增强讲座课程以及实验室，从而使实验能够在课堂上运行，并在真实的时间预测。这项技术极大地提高了几门课程（包括有机和仪器分析）的讲座部分的学习，并对LCCC有机化学课程的讲座部分产生了强烈的影响。LCCC还利用该仪器，动手，其实验室课程。 通过购买新的高场NMR光谱仪来改善化学/生物化学课程的智力价值在于能够为课程增加更复杂，创新的实验。这一变化不仅影响了化学和生物化学的学生，而且影响了威尔克斯大学几乎所有科学领域的学生。高场仪器的增加加强了教师和学生的研究能力，特别是在生物化学和物理化学领域。 改进化学/生物化学课程的广泛影响在几个领域显而易见。十门化学课程的学生受益于使用高场NMR光谱仪，一门新课程正在加入课程。学生能够使用在这些课程中获得的专业知识为他们的高级顶点研究项目。通常，威尔克斯大学三分之一的学生由第一代大学生组成，今年70%的化学毕业生是女性。这些服务不足的学生正在受益于这种先进的技术。社区大学的学生使用这种仪器为他们的有机化学实验室，高中教师和学生正在接受培训的仪器在两个已经建立的推广计划在夏季提供。

Chemistry (12)The goal of this project is to modernize and improve the chemistry/biochemistry curriculum by developing and introducing new, innovative NMR spectroscopy experiments into laboratory courses. Wilkes University in conjunction with Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) is revising ten undergraduate laboratory courses and enhancing undergraduate research. The centerpiece of the recently overhauled chemistry/biochemistry curriculum at Wilkes University is the three semester Integrated Laboratory sequence. NMR spectroscopy experiments are being incorporated into all chemistry courses with a laboratory component, including organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, and biochemistry courses, and the use of NMR is being extended to include freshmen as well as 13C NMR in the sophomore organic laboratory. In undergraduate research projects students now have ready access to an instrument that can produce data of publishable quality. Remote access capability allows enhancement of the lecture courses as well as the laboratory, thus allowing experiments to be run during class and projected in real time. This technology is greatly enhancing the learning during the lecture portion of several courses (including organic and instrumental analysis) and is having a strong impact on the lecture portion of the organic chemistry courses at LCCC. LCCC also utilizes the instrument, hands on, for its laboratory courses. The intellectual merit of improving the chemistry/biochemistry curriculum by the acquisition of a new high-field NMR spectrometer lies in the ability to add more complex, innovative experiments to the curriculum. This change is impacting not only chemistry and biochemistry students but those in almost all of the sciences at Wilkes University. Addition of a high-field instrument is strengthening the research capabilities of the faculty and students, particularly in the areas of biochemistry and physical chemistry. The broader impact of improving the chemistry/biochemistry curriculum is apparent in several areas. Students in ten chemistry courses are benefitting from using the high field NMR spectrometer and one new course is being added to the curriculum. Students are able to use expertise gained in these courses for their senior capstone research projects. Typically, one-third of Wilkes University student body consists of first generation college students, and this year 70% of chemistry graduates are women. These underserved students are benefitting from access to this advanced technology. Community college students use this instrument for their organic chemistry laboratories, and high school teachers and students are being trained on the instrument during two already-established outreach programs offered in the summer.