Instrumentation for Chemistry via Local Area Network (INCLAN)

化学系正在通过最近修订的强调分析化学的课程中的实验室体验来满足大部分非传统的通勤学生的需求。Inclan项目(通过局域网的化学仪器)通过入门和中级课程，每年为60-90名理科专业学生提供实用的、基于仪器的动手解决问题的经验；通过真实世界的实验室实验，为80-100名非理科专业学生探索技术/环境问题；以及最大限度地减少时间/访问限制，这些限制严重限制了四种关键有用的单站技术的有效使用。Inclan项目的特点是购买傅立叶变换核磁共振(FT-核磁共振)和红外(FT-IR)光谱仪器，用于一年级和二年级的有机和分析化学课程，以及为非理科专业设计的自然科学课程。新的仪器正在并入目前正在建设的局域网。一年级和二年级学生在高年级化学导师的帮助下进行了动手实验。仪器输出被输送到局域网系统供学生解释，从而腾出时间在可用的实验室期间分析更多的样品。项目评估的主要焦点包括(1)学生在受影响的课程中使用光谱设备的水平，(2)在联网计算机上用于分析和光谱检索和解释的实时部分，以及(3)化学导师的有效性，因为初级和中级学生被高年级学生帮助获取和解释信息。局域网系统用于记录级别和总结使用模式。正在通过互联网名单服务器/兴趣小组交流的方式与同事交流Inclan项目的进展情况。

The chemistry department is addressing the needs of a mostly non-traditional, commuter student population through laboratory experience in a recently revised curriculum emphasizing analytical chemistry. Project INCLAN (Instrumentation for Chemistry via Local Area Network) provides, in introductory and intermediate courses, practical, instrumentation-based, hands-on problem-solving experiences for 60-90 science majors per year; exploration of technological/environmental issues for 80-100 non-science-majors through real-world laboratory experiments; and minimization of time/access constraints that severely limit effective use of four crucially useful, single-station techniques. Project INCLAN features acquisition of Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FT-NMR) and Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometric instrumentation for use in freshman and sophomore organic and analytical chemistry courses and in Natural Science courses devised for non-science-majors. The new instrumentation is being incorporated into a Local Area Network currently under construction. Hands-on experimentation is being conducted by freshmen and sophomores assisted by upper-class chemistry mentors. Instrument output is funneled into the LAN system for student interpretation, freeing time for analysis of more samples during available lab periods. The major foci for program assessment includes (1) level of student use of spectrometric equipment in affected courses, (2) fraction of real-time devoted to analysis versus spectrum retrieval and interpretation on networked computers, and (3) efficacy of the Chemistry Mentorship as beginning and intermediate students are assisted in acquiring and interpreting information by upper-class students. The LAN system is used to log levels and summarize patterns of use. Progress during Project INCLAN is being communicated with colleagues by means of INTERNET listserv/interest group exchanges.