Collaborative NMR Training in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York State

化学（12）本项目为纽约州立大学新帕尔茨校区的两所社区学院提供300 MHz核磁共振光谱仪。社区大学的学生现在在二年级的有机化学课上被介绍核磁共振技术。在这一阶段学到的技术在转入四年制大学的高级化学课程中得到扩展。合作院校达奇斯县社区学院和阿尔斯特县社区学院的学生以前没有机会使用核磁共振光谱仪，社区学院也不太可能有资源购买和维护高场仪器。因此，在这些机构学习有机化学的学生在他们的课程中没有接触到实验核磁共振波谱，这给他们转到学士课程时带来了额外的障碍。本项目改编自詹姆斯麦迪逊大学、莱德大学和印第安纳大学的合作项目。在纽约州立大学新帕尔茨分校的300 MHz核磁共振光谱仪上安装了一个自动进样器。硅图形工作站配备了兼容的核磁共振操作软件安装在社区大学校园。样品被运送到新帕尔茨，装入核磁共振自动进样器，然后社区大学的学生就可以通过互联网实时控制核磁共振光谱仪。该项目还包括由项目协调员对社区学院的学生和教师进行核磁共振理论和光谱仪操作方面的初步和持续培训。

Chemistry (12)This project is providing access for two community colleges to the 300 MHz NMR spectrometer on the campus of the State University of New York New Paltz. Students in the community colleges are now being introduced to NMR techniques in their sophomore-level organic chemistry class. The techniques learned at this level are then expanded in advanced chemistry courses when they transfer to a four-year institution. Students at the collaborating institutions, Dutchess County Community College and Ulster County Community College, did not previously have access to an NMR spectrometer and the community colleges were not likely to have the resources to purchase and maintain a high-field instrument. Thus, students taking organic chemistry at these institutions were not exposed to experimental NMR spectroscopy in their curriculum and this presented an additional barrier for them to overcome when they transferred into a Bachelor program. This project is adapted from the collaborative programs at James Madison University, Rider University, and Indiana University. An autosampler is installed on the 300 MHz NMR spectrometer at SUNY New Paltz. Silicon Graphics Workstations equipped with the compatible NMR operating software is installed on the community college campuses. Samples are transported to New Paltz, loaded into the NMR autosampler, and students at the community colleges are then be able to control the NMR spectrometer in real time over the internet. The project also includes initial and ongoing training by the Project Coordinator of the students and faculty at the community colleges in NMR theory and the operation of the spectrometer.