Targeted Infusion: Acquisition of a 90-MHz FT-NMR Spectrometer to Enhance Current Curriculum and Research in Order to Achieve ACS Accreditation in the Chemistry Program at AAMU

阿拉巴马州农工大学寻求获得一台90 MHz傅里叶变换核磁共振(FT-核磁共振)光谱仪，用于化学课程，以发展和加强本科生研究，以及开发和传播核磁共振模块，以加强化学课程。该化学项目寻求获得美国化学协会-专业培训委员会的批准。为了获得ACS-CPT的批准，大学化学专业必须有一台功能正常的核磁共振光谱仪，供本科生在教学和研究中使用。有了这种仪器，阿拉巴马农工大学的STEM学生将拥有使用强大研究仪器的实践经验，并将为进入研究生院或进入科技大军做好更好的准备。该项目旨在增加少数民族化学毕业生的数量，因此将成为亨茨维尔和阿拉巴马州北部周围的科学和研究社区的一笔财富。拟议的活动将改善本科生的研究计划，并提供以前没有的课程增强和实验室实验。这些努力将有助于生物柴油的分析，以及臭氧不饱和脂肪酸的结构和反应活性。此外，还将开发可应用于所有学术STEM项目的新教学模式。

Alabama A&M University seeks to acquire a 90-MHz Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FT-NMR) Spectrometer for the program in Chemistry to develop and enhance undergraduate student research, as well as develop and disseminate NMR modules to enhance chemistry program curricula. The Chemistry program seeks to gain approval from the American Chemical Society - Committee on Professional Training. To gain ACS-CPT approval, university chemistry programs must have a functioning NMR spectrometer that undergraduates use in instruction and research. With this instrumentation, STEM students at Alabama A&M will have hands-on experience with a powerful research instrument and will be better equipped to matriculate to graduate school or to enter the scientific and technological workforce. This project seeks to increase the number of minority Chemistry graduates and thus will be an asset to the surrounding scientific and research communities in Huntsville and northern Alabama. The proposed activity will improve the undergraduate research program, and offer course enhancements and laboratory experiments that previously were not available. These efforts will result in contributions to biodiesel analysis, and the structure and reactivity of ozonized unsaturated fatty acids. Additionally, new teaching paradigms will be developed that can be applied to all academic STEM programs.