Targeted Infusion: Acquisition of a 90-MHz FT-NMR Spectrometer to Enhance Current Curriculum and Research in Order to Achieve ACS Accreditation in the Chemistry Program at AAMU

亚拉巴马A M大学寻求获得一个90 MHz傅里叶变换核磁共振（FT-NMR）光谱仪的化学程序，以开发和加强本科生的研究，以及开发和传播NMR模块，以加强化学课程。化学计划旨在获得美国化学学会-专业培训委员会的批准。为了获得ACS-CPT批准，大学化学课程必须有一个功能正常的NMR光谱仪，本科生在教学和研究中使用。有了这种仪器，亚拉巴马A M的STEM学生将拥有强大的研究仪器的实践经验，并将更好地准备进入研究生院或进入科学和技术劳动力市场。该项目旨在增加少数民族化学毕业生的数量，从而将成为亨茨维尔和北方亚拉巴马周边科学和研究社区的资产。拟议的活动将改善本科生的研究计划，并提供课程的增强和实验室实验，以前没有。这些努力将有助于生物柴油分析，臭氧化不饱和脂肪酸的结构和反应性。此外，将开发新的教学范式，可应用于所有学术STEM课程。

Alabama A&M University seeks to acquire a 90-MHz Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FT-NMR) Spectrometer for the program in Chemistry to develop and enhance undergraduate student research, as well as develop and disseminate NMR modules to enhance chemistry program curricula. The Chemistry program seeks to gain approval from the American Chemical Society - Committee on Professional Training. To gain ACS-CPT approval, university chemistry programs must have a functioning NMR spectrometer that undergraduates use in instruction and research. With this instrumentation, STEM students at Alabama A&M will have hands-on experience with a powerful research instrument and will be better equipped to matriculate to graduate school or to enter the scientific and technological workforce. This project seeks to increase the number of minority Chemistry graduates and thus will be an asset to the surrounding scientific and research communities in Huntsville and northern Alabama. The proposed activity will improve the undergraduate research program, and offer course enhancements and laboratory experiments that previously were not available. These efforts will result in contributions to biodiesel analysis, and the structure and reactivity of ozonized unsaturated fatty acids. Additionally, new teaching paradigms will be developed that can be applied to all academic STEM programs.