Enhancement of Undergraduate Curriculum with FT-NMR

化学(12)这个项目通过一种每年让200多名学生接触现代仪器技术的机制，将FT-核磁共振(核磁共振)光谱学整合到本科科学课程中。STEM学生从介绍普通化学中的核磁共振开始，到物理化学和生物化学中的个别研究项目，在课程中使用FT-核磁共振技术进行互动，多达六门课程。该项目使用Anasazi FT-核磁共振系统，因为它提供了一种经济高效的方法，为学生提供使用一维和二维核磁共振的必要培训。该仪器为学生提供了一种机制，通过要求他们使用核磁共振仪器完成项目和演示文稿，作为他们高级论文的一部分，从而在本科生水平上进行成功的自主科学调查。由于核磁共振是一项基本技术，是高质量本科生科学体验的重要组成部分，该项目的智力优势是显而易见的。该仪器不仅是板凳化学家的研究工具，而且作为MRI(磁共振成像)应用于医学领域的基础，对普通大众具有更广泛的意义。这个项目为学生提供了使用现代技术的基本熟练程度，特别是化学本科生，必须拥有核磁共振的实用知识才能在该领域成功就业或深造。为了扩大其影响，该项目不仅向化学专业的学生展示这一基本技术，还通过让他们参与使用核磁共振来发展批判性思维技能的活动来向生物学和非科学专业的学生展示这一基本技术。通过与当地教育机构和教师的合作，整个社区通过这个项目接触到FT-核磁共振的概念和技术。通过向周围地区的化学教师提供专业发展讲习班，正在进行进一步的传播。

Chemistry (12)This project is integrating FT-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy into the undergraduate science curriculum via a mechanism that exposes over 200 students per year to modern instrumental techniques. Beginning with an introduction to NMR in General Chemistry and culminating in individual research projects in Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry, STEM students are interacting with FT-NMR techniques in as many as six courses within the curriculum. This project is using the Anasazi FT-NMR system because it offers a cost-effective means for providing students with the necessary training in using 1- and 2-dimensional NMR. This instrument provides a mechanism for students to perform successful autonomous scientific investigation at the undergraduate level by requiring them to complete projects and presentations using the NMR instrument as part of their senior thesis.Because NMR is a fundamental technique that is an essential part of a high-quality undergraduate science experience, the project's intellectual merit is evident. This instrumentation is not only a research tool of the bench chemist, but it has broader significance to the general public as the basis for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) used in the medical field. This project is providing students with essential proficiency in the use of modern technology, and undergraduate chemistry students, specifically, must possess a working knowledge of NMR to be successful in employment or further study in the field. To broaden its impact, this project is exposing this fundamental technique not only to chemistry students but also to biology and non-science majors by engaging them in activities using the NMR to develop critical thinking skills. In partnership with local education agencies and teachers, the community at large is gaining exposure to FT-NMR concepts and techniques through this project. Further dissemination is occurring through professional development workshops afforded to chemistry teachers in the surrounding area.