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CURTIS T.SEARS, JR. Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303
Projects supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
Workshop Opportunities for Faculty Grants made under the Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement (UFE) P r o a a m to s u.~.o o r worksho~s. t . . short courses, and similar activities for groups of faculty members have been announced. The aim of the UFE program is meet the need of faculty members who teach undergraduates to keep abreast of recent advances i n their discipline, . . gain experience with new experimental techniques, and to incorporate these developments into the curriculum. Activities specifically designed for chemists are listed first, followed by those primarily intended for faculty i n other disciolines but likelv to he of interest to manv chemistrv f a k l t y also. ~ d d i t i o n ainformation l about w&kshops a n i a~olicationmaterials should be reauested directlv from t& contact person listed for each The ~ a t i o n aScil ence Foundation cannot provide such assistance. In some instances, workshop dates and application deadlines were not available a t presstime: contact the . oroiect - director for this information. Those interested i n submitting proposals to conduct activities consistent with the aims of the Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement program a r e reminded t h a t the closing date for submission i s will be approximately May 1, 1995, for projects that will operate in 1996. The Program Announcement and Guidelines for Proposal Preoaration is available on the NSF electronic disiemination system (STIS) or by calling (703)306-1669. Carroll College Waukesha, WI 53186
A Real-World Model for lntroductory Chemistry Laboratory Curricula The project provides funds for four workshop sessions to introduce participants to the use of "real-world chemistry" i n their laboratory courses. An existing set of experiments-familiar to and preferred by individual instructors-is placed into real-world context appropriate for the local community. Students become "chemist employees" in the laboratorv of a local organization or industrv and work on these cxperments refomluliucd :I.; current prolects ol that oreanimtion's laborator\: The -transfurm;uion Drocess" describes how science teachers without real-worid experience can search out chemists in their local area and bbtain useful scenarios that can he added to existing introductory experiments. The process has provided an enthusiastic response from students and motivation for further consideration of careers in science. Dates: June 12-14,July 20-22, and August 7-9,1995 Contact Richard E. Bayer
Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, MO 64093
A I-week workshop will be held for undergraduate faculty from 2- and 4-year institutions in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa with little experience in FT-NMR. The workshop will consist of lectures, instrument use, and data analysis and will cover topics ranging from beginning NMR theory to pulse sequences and two-dimensional NMR. Hands-on experience will be gained on a JEOL 270-MHz FT-NMR. A 6orkshop handbook containing a large number of soectra will be orepared for each part;cipanr. Follow-up aEtivities include a meeting a t the Midwest Regional American Chemical Society meeting in November 1995. Reports prepared by participants about their use of the information gained from this workshop will be collected, edited, assembled, bound, and distributed to all institutions of higher education in the six-state region. Date: May 21-26.1995 Contact Robert L. Zey Department of Chemistry Phone: 8161543-8745
FAX: 8161543-8277
Application Deadline: February 15, 1995 Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634.5102 Cooperative Chemistry Laboratories
This project will acquaint faculty, general chemistry coordinators, and lab directors with the theory and practice of coo~erativelearning in the general chemistrv laboratory. &operative modes of instruction with success i n improving student attitudes toward chemistry, persistence and learning have been developed a t Clemson University. These methods use a new set of laboratory software, SuperChemLah, for t h e project-style laboratory exercises, which will be available to participants for their own applications. The workshop assumes t h a t participants will adapt and adopt the cooperative learning mode for their own laboratones, and several features of the program, including hands-on experience, are aimed a t facilitating this process. Instructors' manuals, texts, and background materials will be provided and considered in small groups during the workshop. Date: call contact Contact Melanie M. Cooper Department of Chemistry Phone. 8031656-2573
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Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-5702 Workshops at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
Six workshops, 2-3 days' duration each, will be held in Aueust 1996. a t Clemson Universitv on the weekend ~ r i o r to the 14th ~ i e n n i a lConference ' on Chemical Educition, also to he held a t Clemson. A total of 108 facultv will have the opportunity to attend the followmg workshops Chemlcal Educat~onIlesearch ( D ~ a n Runce, e Cathol~cUniversitv and Dorothy Gabel, 1ndiana university), ~ a b o r a t o r y Teaching and Assessment (Melanie Cooper, Clemson University and Robert Silberman, SUNY a t Cortland), Highfield NMR Spectroscopy (Wendall Jennings, Montana State University and Aleksandr Kitaygorodskiy, Clemson University), X-Ray Crystallography (Wallace Cordes, Universitv of Arkansas and Clinton B ~ a n Cameron . UniverSpectrometry (Kenneth M ~ ~ C U SClemson , Unisity), versitv). or Polvmers and Polvmer Processine (Michael ~ r e w i~, i c h a e i ~ l l i s oand n ~ i r Lickfield, y ~ l e k s o Uniu versity). Date: August 24,1995 Contact I ! Penningtan William ' Department of Chemistry Phone: 8031656-4200 FAX: 8031656-6613;E-mail:
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niques in chemistry, and optimal experimental design and statistical analysis. The minicourses include oxygen chemistry and organometallic chemistry or biocatalysis. Recruitment of participants is to be on a national basis. Dates Mini Course in Biocatalysis: March 24-26, 1995 Multimedia Techniques: June 11-16,1995 Environmental Chemistry: June 11-16,1995 Advanced Materials Chemistry: TBA Molecular Modeling: TBA Molecular Orbital Theory: December 34,1995 Multidimensional NMR: December 3-8, 1995 1994 Reunion: June 23-25,1995 Contact Jeny C. Smith Department of Chemistry Phone: 404651-3873 FAX: 4041651-1416;E-mail:
[email protected]~u.edu Application Deadline: call contact 0 Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 19530 LlMSporl Workshops: Promoting Cost-Effective lm~lementationof Cornouter Data Amuisition and Reduction in Chemistry' Laboratories '
The workshop will introduce participants to the LIMSport program, a cost-effect implementation of computer data acauisition and reduction in the lahoratorv LIMSonrt allows direct data acquisition into a spreadiheet. Since standard hardware and software (Lotus 1-2-31 are used. both the program and the individual student experiment$ can be easily shared. Facultv will have hands-on e x ~ e r i ence with inierfaclng and an-opportunity to adapt laboratory. experiments to the 1.IMSport format. . Dates: May 2Wune 3 and July 2349,1995 Contact Edward W. Vitz Department of Physical Science Phone: 6101683.4443 FAX: 6101683-1352;E-mail:
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Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH 45402 Instrumentation Workshops for 2-Year College Chemistry Faculty
Faculty from 2-year colleges across the United States will be trained on the theory. techniques and laboratow use of state-of-the-art chemical inst-entation in a series of 1-week workshops. For each of two summers, 11 workshops will be offered: one on the East Coast, sponsored by Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University; four in the Midwest, sponsored by Sinclair Community College and the University of Dayton; and three on the West Coast. soonsored bv Shoreline Community College and western kshington.L'nwersity. Atotal of 141 2-vear college farultv will be mvolved a s oarticioants. They &I select k r u c t i k from among atomi'c absorption, flame emission, nuclear magnetic resonance, Fouriertransform infrared, ultraviolet/visible diode array, and gas chromatography maid spcciroscopies; vapor phase and high-perlbrmancr liquid c h r o m a t o ~ ~ a p hcomputerned y; data acquisition and treatment; and electrochemical methods. Date: call contact Contact Richard F. Jones Department of Chemistry Phone: 5131226-7907 FAX: 513144915164;E-mail:
[email protected] Application Deadline: call contact Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303 A Series of Workshops in Chemistry for Undergraduate Faculty
Workshop topics include advanced materials in chemistry, chemistry of nucleic acids, environmental chemistry, molecular modeling, molecular orbital theory, multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance, multimedia tech-
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 Molecular Modeling
A summer workshop in molecular modeling will be conducted for faculty in New England and eastern New York. No prior knowledge of molecular modeling is needed and assistance will beprovided to pa~tlci~ants-in establishir~g a molecular modelinfi prokvam at their home institutions. Participants will be introduced to molecular mechanics, semi-empirical computation, and a b initio methods, with emohasis on how to use these technioues to teach undergraduate chemistry The strengths an2 limitations of each s have hundsmethod will be discusjed and ~ a n i c i o a n t will on experience with a variety &software packages. In addition, a symposium for workshop participants and local educators will be held in January 1996 to facilitate discussion of experiences with computational chemistry in undergraduate courses. Date: call contact Contact Beatrice H. Botch Phone: 413/545-4257
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Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry
This project, which will be offered i n 1995,1996 and 1997, consists of a Bweek workshon that eives 20 nersons eachvear hands-on experience in using modern nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry. It is now widely accepted that these two techniques are so powerful and central to chemist~ that manv institutions instruct in^- underaaduates in chemistry have acquired this instrumentation or are planning to do so. Since the techniques are complementary, they are taught in tandem in this workshop; however, attendees can emphasize one or the other if they wish. Participants will attend lectures, work in groups, conduct experiments and devise exercises. Eminent scientists and major vendors of the instrumentation will visit the course and discuss academic and industrial uses of the techniques with participants. Participants will develop instructional modules for use a t their home institutions and will share them with one another a t the course and by e-mail. The experience will be reinforced through research groups and post-workshop instrument time a t the host institution. Date: July 10-28, 1995 Contact Edwin H. Abbot Deoartment of Chemistrv ~hbne:4061994-3163 FAX: 4061994-5407 Application Deadline: call contact
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University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO 80639 Development and Dissemination of Innovative Physical Chemistry Experiments
This project involves developing modern physical chemistry laboratory experiments. Each participant will be asked to present a n outstanding experiment from their home institution, provisions having been made in advance for needed materials and apparatuses. Participants, in nairs of two. will then develon new exoeriments with write-ups for use in their home institutions, which will be nresented to and tested bv the whole eroun. * I t is exoected that experiments involving modern instrumentation (e.g., lasers and computers), experiments that are easily transported, and experiments involving biochemical materials and fast kinetics will be developed. These laboratory exercises will be field tested during the following academic year by a t least four of the participants' institutions and presented a t a symposium organized by the project director a t a national American Chemical Society meeting. Commercial publication of the products will also be explored. Date: June 18-July 7.1995 Contact Richard W. Schwenze Department of Chemistry Phone: 3031351-1287 FAX:3031351-1269 E-mail: rschwenz~goldng8.univnorthca.edu Application Deadline: March 17, 1995
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NMR Concepts Kingston, RI 02881 Workshops in NMR Spectroscopy
NMR Concepts will hold workshops that will improve the ability of faculty to conduct research and teach NMR courses to undergraduates. Each workshop will be 10 days 160
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i n length and will consist of NMR lectures, laboratory and problem-solving sessions, keynote speakers, and round table discussions to aid the faculty i n incorporating new knowledge into their research efforts and into courses. The first workshop will focus on the physics of NMR experiments and how raw data are received and processed. The second workshop deals with the interpretation of one-dimensional information received from the instrument, with emphasis on chemical applications. The last workshop covers the most advanced two-dimensional experiments currently being used to solve chemical problems in industry and in academia. An annual reunion will be held for narticipants in these workshops to exchange successes, failures, and ideas for imnrovinrr the imnlementation of these NMR methods in the ~nder~aduate~curriculum. Dates: June 20-30, July 11-21, July 25-August 3, and August 7-10.1995 Contact Daniel D. Trafieante PO.Bax1577 Phone: 4011792-2876 FAX: 4011792-2104: E-mail: 100331,704 Application Deadline: March 20, 1995 Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666-4616 Polymer Chemistry
This project is designed to enhance the ability of experienced faculty members in teaching polymer chemistry, a n area which has become a n integral factor in electronics, space exploration, and medical applications. The 2-year project includes a 2-week intensive residential seminar a t Southwest Texas State University for 20 faculty members selected firm nJlege.: throughout-central ~exss.anda 2-sernrstw inrwnship at B~uthwcst'kxas State University for four of those faculty members, selected on the basis of interest and aptitude. The project also includes trips to national and regional meetings for u p to 14 participants and a n ongoing advisory group for continued support. Date: March 31, 1995 Contact Patrick E. Cassidy
Application Deadline: March 20, 1995
Other Workshops of Interest to Chemists independent Colleges Office Washington, DC 20036 Project Kaleidoscope Workshops: Programs that Work for Faculty Enrichment
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) will offer a series of workshops for undergraduate faculty i n t h e sciences a n d mathematics during 1995 and 1996. The objectives for these PKAL Worksho~sare (1)to disseminate information on current reform efforts in teaching undergraduate science and mathematics. reforms that have created svstemic change within an institution as well a s improving acourse; (2) to encourage the formation of regional and national networks of faculty concerned with cuniculum reform; and (3) to foster a national environment supports improvements i n undergraduate science and mathematics. The workshops will focus on revitalizing introductory courses i n biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics; science as a liberal art; interdisciplinary programs; research-based curriculum; and programs for minority student success.
Date: call contact Contact Jeame L.Namm Phone: 2021232-1300 FAX: 2021331-1283;E-mail:
[email protected] Application Deadline: call contact University of North Carolina-Ashevllle Asheville, NC 28804 UNCA Workstation Workshop
The UNCA Workstation Workshop is a 2-week'introduction to workstation use in science, engmeering, and mathematics education. The workshops are desiwed for facultv in smaller departments who "se works
