Polymer Chemistry: Cross-linking the Curriculum (PC3)

高分子化学：课程交联（PC3）

• 批准号: 1611988
• 负责人: Brandon Quillian
• 金额: $ 27.93万
• 依托单位: Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundation, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-15 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1611988&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Polymer; Chemistry; Cross; linking; Curriculum

The Department of Chemistry at Armstrong Atlantic State University will develop "Polymer Chemistry: Crosslinking the Curriculum" (PC3). Natural and synthetic polymers are important materials found in almost all biological systems and durable products, and approximately half of all professional chemists work with polymers at some point in their career. This project will allow students to experience the interconnectedness of chemistry in the context of studying polymers. It will develop new polymer-themed materials for existing courses and laboratories, and develop new introductory and advanced polymer courses for chemistry majors. Together, these efforts will intertwine a polymer paradigm across multiple chemistry sub-disciplines and strengthen students' foundations in polymer chemistry. PC3 will promote faculty collaboration and facilitate team teaching by having multiple faculty members coordinate their instruction to address a complicated topic in a coherent manner. The project will offer a comprehensive curricular approach to meet the recently revised ACS Guidelines and Evaluation Procedures for Bachelor's Degree Programs.PC3 will focus on two polymeric systems, polyaspartic acid and ring opening metathesis. In these contexts, students will be introduced to historically and industrially relevant polymer synthetic procedures, and will learn modern polymer characterization techniques using gel permeation chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. Incorporating problem based learning in the laboratory is expected to improve students' competency in understanding the primary chemistry literature, better prepare students for careers in local polymer-specialized chemical industries, and increase student interest in and engagement with chemistry. Working with a project evaluator, the investigators will study how integration of polymer chemistry across the curriculum increases student understanding of fundamental chemical principles, and how curriculum-wide teaching reforms influence non-cognitive student outcomes.

阿姆斯特朗大西洋州立大学化学系将开发“高分子化学：交联课程”（PC3）。天然和合成聚合物是几乎所有生物系统和耐用产品中发现的重要材料，大约一半的专业化学家在其职业生涯的某个阶段与聚合物打交道。这个项目将让学生体验化学在研究聚合物的背景下的相互联系。它将为现有课程和实验室开发新的聚合物主题材料，并为化学专业开发新的入门和高级聚合物课程。总之，这些努力将在多个化学子学科中建立一个聚合物范例，并加强学生在聚合物化学方面的基础。PC3将促进教师合作，并通过多名教师协调他们的教学，以连贯的方式解决一个复杂的主题，促进团队教学。该项目将提供一个全面的课程方法，以满足最近修订的ACS指导方针和评估程序的学士学位课程。PC 3将集中在两个聚合物系统，聚天冬氨酸和开环易位。在这些背景下，学生将被介绍到历史和工业相关的聚合物合成程序，并将学习现代聚合物表征技术，使用凝胶渗透色谱法，核磁共振光谱法和红外光谱法。在实验室中进行基于问题的学习，预计将提高学生理解主要化学文献的能力，更好地为学生在当地聚合物专业化学工业的职业生涯做好准备，并提高学生对化学的兴趣和参与度。与项目评估人员合作，研究人员将研究如何将高分子化学整合到整个课程中，以提高学生对基本化学原理的理解，以及全大学的教学改革如何影响非认知学生的成绩。