Incorporating Thermal Analysis and Polymeric Principles into the Undergraduate Curriculum

通过这个项目，该机构获得了热分析 包括差示扫描量热法（DSC）的设备 模块、热重分析（TGA）模块、模块 操作任一装置的控制器，机械冷却 允许程序冷却的附件和各种附件。 这次收购大大加强了本科生的研究 化学课程的组成部分，提供的手段， 三个教员，表现出兴趣和技能，在热 分析，让学生参与这样的研究项目。 一部分 在发展计划中，学生被允许参加 本科研究早在他们的第一个夏天 年 利用聚合物材料的DSC和TGA实验已经被公开。 被纳入分析和物理实验室。 这允许在热分析和聚合物 课程中的原则。 热分析实验 基于食品，饮料或药品的产品包括 在健康科学专业的分析实验室，因此， 将这一组暴露于广泛使用的热分析方法。 该项目的长期目标包括潜在的 聚合物化学实验室，以增加现有的讲座 聚合物课程和提高对聚合物的认识/兴趣 系里其他教员的科学知识。 该机构为该项目提供了相当于 NSF基金

Through this project, the institution acquired thermal analysis equipment including a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) module, a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) module, a module controller which operates either device, a mechanical cooling accessory to allow programmed cooling, and various accessories. The acquisition greatly strengthened the undergraduate research component of the chemistry curriculum by providing the means for three faculty, with demonstrated interest and skill in thermal analysis, to involve students in such research projects. As part of the development plan, students were allowed to participate in undergraduate research as early as the summer of their first year. DSC and TGA experiments utilizing polymeric materials have been incorporated into both analytical and physical laboratories. This allows training in both thermal analysis and polymeric principles in the curriculum. A thermal analysis experiment based on food, beverage, or pharmaceutical products is included in an analytical laboratory for health science majors, thus exposing this group to widely used thermal analytical methods. Longer term goals of the project include potential offering of a polymer chemistry laboratory to augment the existing lecture course in polymers and heightened awareness/interest in polymer science from the rest of the departmental faculty. The institution contributed to this project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.