Improvement of an Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum with Gas Chromotography-Mass Spectrometry

低成本台式气相色谱仪/质谱仪系统的最新发展为化学本科教育提供了新的途径。该项目的目标是通过在GC/MS的概念和技术方面的丰富的实验室经验来加强该机构的本科化学课程。GC/MS的加入影响了广泛的课程，包括仪器分析、微型有机实验室和环境化学。此外，学生还参与以实验室为基础的研究，包括独立项目和本科生荣誉研究。该项目旨在向学生介绍新的化学和技术进展的组成或连字技术，同时使质谱的基本概念以简单，合理和有趣的方式清晰。现代气相色谱/质谱方法，目前应用于工业化学实验室，被用来解决分析和有机实验课程中的各种问题。因此，学生接触到的设备和技术，他们可能合理地期望在他们未来的职业生涯中使用。该项目还包括在部门赞助的研讨会和为高中科学教师和高年级学生的演示中展示设备。该机构已为该项目提供了相当于国家科学基金会基金的金额。

Recent developments in low cost, benchtop Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer systems offer new approaches to undergraduate education in chemistry. The objective of this project is the enhancement of the undergraduate chemistry curriculum at the institution through the inclusion of extensive laboratory experience in concepts and techniques of GC/MS. The addition of GC/MS has affected a broad range of courses including Instrumental Analysis, Microscale Organic Laboratories and Environmental Chemistry. In addition, students participate in laboratory-based studies, involving independent projects and undergraduate honor's research. The project has been designed to introduce students to new chemical and technological advances in the component or hyphenated technique, while making basic concepts of mass spectrometry clear in a simple, rational and interesting manner. Modern GC/MS methodology, currently used in industrial chemical laboratories is being utilized to solve a variety of problems in analytical and organic laboratory courses. Thus, students are exposed to equipment and techniques that they may reasonably expect to use in their future professional careers. The project also includes featuring the equipment in the departmental sponsored workshops and demonstrations for high school science teachers and senior students. The institution has contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.