Analyze, Create and Explore (ACE): Modern Real-World Chemistry in the Undergraduate Curriculum

本项目将利用计算机构建一门新型的大一-大二分析化学课程。它将侧重于对有毒废物场地中金属离子和有机物质的痕量分析，这些物质可以由学生“取样”，通过计算机在场地的许多不同位置获得未经解释的分析数据。学生将亲自动手对无毒物质进行痕量分析，以培养他们的实验室技能，并了解如何从“现场”获得分析数据。高端图形工作站在低层实验课程中的应用，包括分析课程，也将是这个项目的核心。其用途将包括设计用于减少污染的隔离剂，探索主客相互作用，以及检查轨道相互作用。

This project will use computers to construct a new type of analytical chemistry course at the freshman-sophomore level. It will focus on trace analysis of metal ions and organic substances in a toxic waste site that can be "sampled" by students to obtain uninterpreted analytical data via computer at many different locations at the site. Students will carry out hands-on trace analyses with non-toxic substances in order to develop their laboratory skills, and to see how the analytical data from the "site" was obtained. Applications of high-end graphics workstations throughout the lower-division laboratory courses, including the analytical course, will also be central to this project. The uses will involve among other things designing sequesterants for pollution abatement, exploring host-guest interactions, and examining orbital interactions.