Polymer Chemistry In The Undergraduate Curriculum

9350863 Bottomley化学和生物化学学院的教师一直在将聚合物化学纳入其本科课程的过程中。 目前正在进行四项课程改革：（1）开设新的高分子化学课程;（2）为化学专业开设高分子选项;（3）将有关高分子合成、表征和加工原理的讲座和实验纳入本科化学课程;（4）为东南部小型学院和大学的教师提供高分子化学讲习班。 每个讲座和研讨会的重点是分子结构与聚合物的反应性，性质和加工条件之间的关系。 正在开发的每个实验的目的是展示分析技术在真实的世界中的应用，以及这些分析如何用于设计具有特定应用的有用特性的新材料。 一个新的TGA-DSC-FTIR现在被用来为学生提供在实验室中聚合物的合成，表征和加工的经验。 ***

9350863 Bottomley The faculty in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been in the process of incorporating polymer chemistry into its undergraduate curriculum. Four curriculum changes are underway: (1) offering new courses in polymer chemistry; (2) creating a polymer option for chemistry majors; (3) incorporating lectures dealing with and experiments demonstrating the principles of polymer synthesis, characterization and processing into the undergraduate chemistry courses; (4) offering workshops in polymer chemistry to faculty in small colleges and universities in the Southeast. The focus of each lecture and the workshops is the relationship between molecular structure and the reactivity, properties and processing conditions of the polymer. The intent of each of the experiments which are being developed is to demonstrate real world applications of analytical techniques and how these analyses are used in the design of new materials with useful properties for specific applications. A new TGA-DSC-FTIR is now being used to provide students with experience in the synthesis, characterization and processing of polymers in the laboratory. ***