Implementation of a Materials Synthesis and CharacterizationLaboratory Component Across the Undergraduate Science and Engineering Curriculum

该项目通过化学系引入材料合成和加工程序。 该计划的核心是一个新的实验室课程，题为材料合成和表征。 该课程包括四个同时进行的，为期一学期的，基于探究的实验室实验，这些实验来自工业相互作用和材料合成的当前研究。 学生们轮流参加四个实验中的每一个，这需要从一个组到下一个组的信息传递。 该项目中有13个实验。 学生们被要求制定长期的研究目标，并在同行、教授和工业顾问的监督下捍卫这些目标。 从化学，物理，化学工程和机械工程的跨学科招生是通过积极的招聘确保。 在这种环境中解决问题模仿复杂的研究和开发是如何进行的，并教学生如何与来自其他学科的同事互动。 除了上述课程外，新的表征工具的获得通过启用新的实验每年影响15个材料相关课程和100多名学生。 该项目还涉及购买一台热重分析仪、一台热机械分析仪、一台动态机械分析仪、一台差示扫描量热仪、一台气相色谱质谱仪、一台凝胶渗透色谱仪、一台带薄膜光学器件的衍射仪，以及升级一台能够沉积多层薄膜的溅射系统。 *

This project is introducing a materials synthesis and processing program through the Department of Chemistry. The centerpiece of the program is a new laboratory course entitled, Materials Synthesis and Characterization. The course features four concurrent, semester-long, inquiry-based laboratory experiments drawn from both industrial interactions and current research in materials synthesis. Students are participating in each of the four experiments in a rotation that requires information transfer from one group to the next. Thirteen experiments are featured in the project. Students are being required to formulate long-term research objectives and defend them under scrutiny from their peers, the professors, and the industrial advisors. An interdisciplinary enrollment from chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering is ensured by aggressive recruitment. Problemsolving in this environment mimics how complex research and development is performed and teaches the students how to interact with colleagues from other disciplines. In addition to the aforementioned course, the acquisition of the new characterization tools are impacting 15 materials-related courses and more than 100 students per year by enabling new experiments. The project also involves the purchase of a thermogravimetric analyzer, a thermomechanical analyzer, a dynamic mechanical analyzer, a differential scanning calorimeter, a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, a gel permeation chromatography apparatus, a diffractometer with thin film optics, and an upgrade to a sputtering system that enables the deposition of multilayer films. *