Undergraduate Instruction in Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

过去几年的技术进步在实验室仪器方面产生了一些显著的变化。理科本科生必须对现代计算机控制/计算机接口仪器的理论和实践方面有透彻的理解。分离和鉴定复杂混合物组分的最有效的仪器方法之一是气相色谱/质谱仪(GC/MS)。化学、生物和其他科学的学生正在接受这项强大技术的理论、操作、实践和能力方面的教育。分析和有机化学课程将在二年级引入GC/MS。六门高级课程正在改进中，以使学生有充分的机会熟练掌握这项技术。当年轻科学家不再需要在研究生院和工业实验室消除由于缺乏最先进的教学科学设备而在本科生时期积累的缺陷时，科学的基础设施正在得到加强。受赠人匹配来自非联邦来源的奖励。

Technological advances over the past few years have produced some remarkable changes in laboratory instrumentation. It is essential that undergraduate science students develop a thorough understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of modern computer- controlled/computer-interfaced instrumentation. One of the most powerful instrumental methods for separating and identifying the components of a complicated mixture is Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). Students of chemistry, biology and other sciences are being educated in the theory, operation, practices and capabilities of this powerful technique. GC/MS is being introduced into analytical and organic chemistry during the sophomore year. Six upper-level courses are being improved to give the student ample opportunity to gain proficiency in the technique. The infrastructure of science is being strengthened when young scientists no longer have to remove, in graduate schools and in industrial laboratories, deficiencies accumulated as undergraduates because of the lack of the state-of-the-art instructional scientific equipment. The grantee is matching the award from non-Federal sources.