Establishment of a Forefront Progam in Crystallographic Education at the Undergraduate Level: Purchase of an Automated Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer

结构结晶学为化学家在原子水平上确定固体和分子结构提供了一种强有力的方法。然而，这项技术在几乎所有本科化学课程中都被忽视了。针对这一需要，威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校化学系将设立一门新的本科实验室课程，每个本科专业都将参与动手X射线晶体结构测定。该计划的基石将是单晶X射线衍射仪，由项目主任编写的软件驱动的PC/AT兼容计算机实现自动化。这项来自化学共享仪器计划的ILI奖将帮助教育部获得X射线和计算机仪器，这些仪器将用于加强本科生的实验室教学，并帮助制定化学课程。

Structural crystallography gives the chemist a powerful method for determining the structure of solids and molecules at the atomic level. However, the technique is ignored in virtually all undergraduate chemistry curricula. In response to this need, a new undergraduate laboratory course in which each undergraduate major will participate in hands-on X-ray crystal structure determination will be established in the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The cornerstone of this program will be single crystal X-ray diffractometer, automated with a PC/AT compatible computer driven by software written by the project director. This ILI award from the Chemistry Shared Instrumentation Program will help the Department to acquire X-ray and computer instrumentation that will be used to enhance undergraduate laboratory instruction and aid in chemistry curriculum development.