SBIR PHASE I: Phase Fluorometer for Laboratory Instruction

9561013费尔南德斯目前最普遍和最重要的技术趋势之一是使用光(光子学)来执行以前用电子学完成的功能，或者用旧技术根本不可行的功能；这是提供实验室经验的一个重要领域。这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发一种新的仪器来测量荧光寿命和相关的课件，目标是大学本科水平的物理、化学、生物和工程科学的实验室教学和学习。该仪器是基于Ciencia最近开发的廉价、坚固的相位荧光计。在第一阶段，将开发适用于普通本科生物理课程(理科学生)实验室部分的特定实验的课程模块，以及适合大二水平的光学课程和高级学生研究的课程模块。Ciencia将与康涅狄格大学物理系合作开发教学模块并在课堂上测试该系统。这一仪器将首次为本科生实验室带来一种到目前为止只有高度专业化的研究中心才能使用的能力。潜在的应用范围包括物理、化学、生物和工程实验室课程。潜在的商业应用包括本科实验室研究以及本科理工科课程实验室部分的课堂教学。潜在的市场包括大学的物理、化学、生物和工程系。

9561013 Fernandez One of the most pervasive and important current technological trends is the use of light (photonics) to perform functions that previously were accomplished with electronics, or which simply were not feasible with older technologies; it is an important area within which to provide laboratory experiences. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project will develop a novel instrument to measure fluorescence lifetimes and associated courseware targeted to undergraduate university level laboratory teaching and learning in the physical, chemical, biological and engineering sciences. The instrument is based on an inexpensive, rugged phase fluorometer recently developed at Ciencia. In the Phase I, courseware modules will be developed for specific experiments suitable for the laboratory component of general undergraduate physics courses (for science students), as well as for sophomore level optics courses and senior level student research. Ciencia will collaborate with the University of Connecticut Physics Department in the development of the teaching modules and for testing the system in the classroom. This instrument will make it possible to bring, for the first time, to undergraduate laboratories a capability that until now has only been available at highly specialized research centers. Potential applications span physics, chemistry, biology and engineering laboratory courses. Potential commercial applications include undergraduate laboratory research as well as classroom teaching in the laboratory component of undergraduate science and engineering courses. Potential markets include the physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering departments at colleges and universities.