Integration of Automated GC-MS Into the Undergraduate Curriculum

该项目获得了一个机器人样品交换器控制的GC/MS设备，用于本科教育和学生研究课程。机器人样品更换器控制的GC/MS可以在夜间和周末无人值守地收集学生样品的数据。气相色谱/质谱正在与一系列现有的数据站联网，允许学生处理、分析数据，并在课堂上使用。GC/MS结果正在与其他光谱（特别是多核核磁共振）和晶体学技术的结果相结合。从大二到大四的实验室学习强调动手，以研究为基础的实验室经验。质谱和GC数据与同一化合物的核磁共振数据一起通过互联网提供给其他用户。高级仪器操作和数据分析技术的暑期课程正在为大学教师开设。

This project obtains a robotic sample changer controlled GC/MS facility directed toward undergraduate education and student research courses. The robotic sample changer controlled GC/MS enables unattended data collection on student samples overnight and on weekends. The GC/MS is being networked to a series of existing data stations, allowing student data processing, analysis, and use in lecture courqes. The GC/MS results are being integrated with the results from other spectroscopic (especially multinuclear NMR) and crystallographic techniques. Laboratory studies in the sophomore through senior years emphasizes hands-on, research-based laboratory experiences. Mass spectra and GC data is being made available to other users via the Internet, in combination with NMR data for the same compound. Summer courses on advanced instrumentation operation and data analysis techniques are being offered to college faculty.