Undergraduate Faculty Workshop on Computer-Aided Spectroscopy

为期两周的夏季研讨会在密西西比州立大学， 2004年本科院校化学系教师 密西西比和邻近的阿肯色州、田纳西州、亚拉巴马州， 路易斯安那州正在进行。 正在作出特别努力， 吸引该区域内的妇女和少数民族参与者。 的 计算机辅助光谱学的主题正在处理三个 涉及傅里叶变换红外和傅里叶变换 核磁共振波谱学和计算机辅助数据 采集和分析。 这些主题代表了更现代的方法 大多数人可能不太熟悉的化学分析 本科教员。 研讨会包括讲座和 实验室的组成部分，其中动手经验是帮助 强调在课堂上形成的先进理念。 的 讲习班的主要目标是更新培训， 现代光谱分析方法的本科教师， 鼓励加强参与者的现有课程， 促进讲习班之间持续互动 未来研讨会、咨询或研究的工作人员和参与者 协作 一本讲习班手册，其中载有材料， 正在为每个参与者制定所涵盖的实验。 的 手册将与讲习班一起使用， 参与的教师将把它带到他们的家乡机构， 协助课程开发。

A two week summer workshop at Mississippi State University for Chemistry faculty members from undergraduate institutions in Mississippi and the adjoining states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana is being conducted. A special effort is being made to attract women and minority participants from within the region. The topic of computer-aided spectroscopy is being treated in three components involving Fourier transform infrared and Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies and computer-aided data acquisition and analysis. Those topics represent more modern methods of chemical analysis which are likely to be less familiar to most undergraduate faculty. The workshop consists of both lecture and laboratory components in which hands-on experience are helping emphasize the advanced concepts developed in the classroom. The primary goals of the workshop are to up-date the training of the undergraduate faculty on modern methods of spectroscopic analysis, encourage the enhancement of the current curricula at the participants' home institutions, and promote continued interaction between workshop staff and participants for future seminars, consulting, or research collaboration. A workshop handbook containing the materials and experiments covered is being developed for each participant. The handbook is being used in conjunction with the workshop, and afterwards the participating faculty are taking it to their home institutions to aid in curriculum development.