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SUSAN H. HIXSON National Science Foundation Washington, DC 20550
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~.~ Geo~iaState 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) Program to support workshops, 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 in their discipline, gain experience with new experimental techniques, and to incorpo;atc thcsc devclopm~& into the c u r r i c & n . Activities specifically designed for chemists arc listed first, followed bv those ortmarilv intended for facultv in other didof interest to mahy chemistry ciplines but lidely to faculty also. Additional information about workshops and application materials should he requested directly from the contact person listed for each project. The National Science Foundation cannot provide such assistance. In some instances, workshop dates and application deadlines were not available a t presstime. These cases are denoted as TBA; contact the project director for this information. Those interested in submitting proposals to conduct activities consistent with the aims of the Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement program are reminded that the closing date for submissionis May 2,1994, for projects that will operate in 1995. The Program Announcement and Guidelines for Proposal Preparation is available on the NSF electronic dissemination system (STIS) or by calling (703) 306-1669 and requesting publication 93-164.
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Date: August 46,1994 Contact
Margaret E. Kastner Department of Chemistry Lewishurg, PA 17837 Phone: (717)524-1141:E-mail:
[email protected] Application Deadline: April 15,1994
University of California Los Angeles
Modern Chemistry Tools: Theory, Practice, and General Chemistry Experiments
The project will address the needs of community college faculty in learning the latest chemistry methods through a workshop involving exposure to modern instrumental methods as well a s computer simulation techniques to allow instructional experience on equipment not readily available to their students. Senior research faculty a t UCLA will give lectures on molecular modeling, eomputational chemistry, multinuclear NMR, GC-MS, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning tunneling microscopy. The workshop participants will solve typical student problems in these areas; they will learn to use the instruments, and they will adapt to their own settings the existing UCLA freshman chemistry instructional modules that use these techniques. Date: July 17-24, 1994
Chemistry Workshops Bucknell University Lewishurg, PA
Contact
Arlene A. Russell Deaartment of Chemistrv and Biochemistm university of ~alifornia,iosAngeles Los Angeles, CA 90024-1569 Phone: (310)825-7570;Fax: (310)206-4038: E-mail:
[email protected] Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshops Following the 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
Application Deadline: April 15,1994
Five workshops, each lasting two to three days, will be given at the end ofthe 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in the summer of 1994. The topics to be covered and the workshop directors are:
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA30303
(1)Interfacing Computers with Chemical Instrumentation, Ken Ratulafi (2)Spreadsheets in Chemistry Education, Pat Flath; (3)Mathematical SaRware for Chemical Education, Allan Smith;
(4)X-ray Crystallography, Jenny Glusker and Miriam Rossi; and ( 5 ) Materials Chemistry, Gary Wnek.
Participants will communicate with each other following the workshops and will attend a follow-up session during the 14th Biennial Conference in the summer of 1996.
A Series of Workshops in Chemistry
Georgia State University (GSU) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) will present an Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement project in chemistry in which the major activities of the proposed project are one-week workshops, 3-day mini-courses, and annual reunions of the previous year's participants. Workshop topics are: (1)Advanced Materials Chemistry, (2) Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, (3) Environmental Chemistry, (4) Molecular Modeling, ( 5 ) Molecular Orbital Theory, (6) Multidimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, (7) Multimedia Techniques Volume 71
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in Chemistry, and (8) Optimal Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis. The mini-courses are: (1) Oxygen Chemistry, (2) Organometallic Chemistry or Biocatalysis. The project is designed to improve the ability of faculty a t two- and four-year, public and private, institutions to develop and teach a modern program in chemistry. Date: June, August, and December 1994
Phone: (215)683-4443:Fan: (215)683-1352; E-mail:
[email protected] Application Deadline: April 15,1994
Merrimack College North Andover, MA01845
Contact
Jerry C. Smith De~artmentof Chemistw Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303 Phane: (404)651-3873:Fax: (404)651-1416; E-mail:
[email protected] Application Date: March. May, and October 1994
Hope College Holland, MI 49422-9000 A Real World Model for introductory Chemistry Laboratory Curricula
The project workshop introduces participants to the use of "real world chemistry in their laboratory courses. An existing set of experiments-familiar to and preferred by individual instructors-are placed into a real-world context appropriate for the local community. Students become "chemist employees" in the laboratory of a local organization or industry and work on these experiments reformulated a s current projects of that organization's lahoratory. The "transformation process" describes how science teachers without real-world experience can search out chemists in their local area and extract useful scenarios that can be added to existing introductory experiments. The process has provided a n enthusiastic response from students and motivation for further consideration of a science career. Date:July 21-23,1994 Contact
Michael Sevmaur Department of Chemistry Hope College Holland, MI 49422-9000 Phane: (616)394-7680;Fax: (616)394-7923 Application Deadline: May 1994
Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 19530 LlMSport Computer Data Acquisition and Reduction in Laboratorfes
Two slx-dav workshops for undergraduate gcneral chemistry teachers will introduce parttctpanti to thc LlMSport a cost-effective impfernentation of computer data acquisition and reduction in the laboratory. LIMSport allows direct data acquisition into a spreadsheet. Since standard hardware and software are used, both the program and the individual student exneriments are easilv shared. Faculty will have hands-on experience with interfacing and a n oooortunitv to adaot laboratorv ex~erimentsto the
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Edward W. Vitz Department of Physical Science Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 19530
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Microscaie Inorganic Chemistry Workshops for Undergraduate Faculty
Microscale techniques can he applied to such important areas a s organometallic chemistry and bioinorganic synthesis. This offers many advantages over the traditional offering in these fields, most notably reductions in the quantities of chemicals used, safety hazards, time required to perform a n experiment, and amount of waste produced. Air quality is often sharply improved. The workshops on microscale offer a n opportunity for involvement in the ongoing revitalization effort in the critical field of inorganic chemistry a t the undergraduate level. Date: July 2529,1994 Contact
Ranald M. Pike Department of Chemistry Memmack College North Andover, MA01845 Phone ,508 837-5000~4381:Fax. ,5081837-5222. E-mad PIKE@MERRIMACKEDU Application Deadline: TEA
Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Summer Course in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Experhnenrs and Applications
A short course in nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry and mass spectrometry will be offered to 20 undergraduate faculty. Participants will be chosen from institntions which have recently purchased, or are in the proeess of purchasing, this instrumentation. These techniques are the most widely used methods for determining molecular structure in the modern laboratory. ORen the faculty have inadequate experience with the techniques and are unable to take full advantage of the instruments in their curriculum. This course is desimed to orovide the oarticioants wrth in-depth knowledge'bt'the flndamentals bnd applications of this instrumentation. The ~ a r t i c i ~ n nwill t s beencouraged to utiliae their experience through the development of curricnlar modules. The curricular modules may be used to enhance undergraduate education a t their home institutions in these two important chemical instrumentation techniques. Date: TEA Contact
Paul W. Jennings Department of Chemistry Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Phone: (406)994-4801 Application Deadllne: TEA
NMR Concepts Kingston, RI 02881
Southwest Texas State University San Marcos. TX 78666-4616
NMR Spectroscopy
Faculty Enhancement in Polymer Chemistry
NMR Conccpts will hold three workshops for faculty who teach NMR courses and conduct research with undermaduates. Each workshop will be 10 days in length and will consist of NMR lectures, laboratory and problem-solving sessions, keynote speakers, and round-table discussions to aid the faculty in incorporating the new knowledge into their research efforts and into their courses. The first workshop will focus on the physics of NMR experiments and how raw data is received and processed. The second workshop deals with the interpretation of onedimensional information received from the instrument, with emphasis on chemical applications. The last workshop covers the most advanced two-dimensional experiments that are presently being used to solve current chemical problems in industry and in academia. An annual reunion will be held for participants in these workshops to exchange successes, failures, and ideas for improving the implementation of these NMR methods in the undergraduate c u ~ c u l u m .
This project is designed to enhance the ability of experienced faculty members to teach polymer chemistry, a n area which has become a n integral factor in electronics, space exploration and medical applications. The two-year project includes (1)a two-week intensive residential seminar at Southwest Texas State for twenty faculty members selected from colleges throughout central Texas, (2)a twosemester internship at Southwest Texas State for four of those faculty members, selected on the basis of interest and aptitude, and (3) trips to national and regional meetings for as many as 14 participants.
DaterJuly 10-19, July 2&29, August 1-10, 1994 Contact Daniel D. Trafieante or Linda Magee NMR Concepts Department of Chemistry Kingston, RI 02881 Phone: (401)792-2876;Fax: (401)792-2104 Application Deadline: April 29, 1994
Date: August 1994 Contact Patrick E. Cassidy Department of Chemistry Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 786664616 Phone: (512) 245-3632; Fax: (512) 245-2374; E-mail: pc03@swtexas Appllcation DeadIIne: June I , 1994
Other Workshops of Interest to Chemists Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA98505 Northeastern University
Boston. MA02115 Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry:A Proposal for Faculty Enhancement and Course Restructuring
Aseries of five-day regional workshops will be held. Each will provide 30 faculty who teach introductory analytical chemistry courses a t two- and four-year colleges with information on recent advances in the separations sciences and hands-on experiences with state-of-the-art separations techniques that have been or are becoming widely used in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry. Experiments emphasizing biological applications will include the separation of enantiomeric mixtures of pharmaceuticals; peptide mapping; separations of serum ions by capillary electrophoresis; and the detection of DNA adducts. The final day will include a round-table discussion of how the information presented during the workshops can be transferred to the classrooms of the participants. Date: June 20-24 and June 27-July 1,1994
Washington Center Interdisciplinary Science Faculty Development Project
The project supports a coalition of two- and four-year institutions (The Washington Center Coalition) that are interested in helping faculty learn about new advances in their disciplines and new ways to incorporate these into their classes. The project emphasis is on interdisciplinary science curricular designs. Four, eight-day interdisciplinary summer institutes will be offered over two years. Each Institute will be residential and have 30 faculty participants. Follow-up activities after the institutes include a two-day retreat, involvement in on-going Washington Center activities, and communication among the participants via InterNet and written publications. The Summer Institutes, which are the core of the project design, are miniature versions of some of the most successful interdisciplinary programs in the state. Date: June 2C-27, 1994,"Reflectionsof Nature" September 5-12, 1994,"RethinkingIntroductory Biology"
Contact Thomas R. Gilbert Department of Chemistry Northeaptern University Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (373)437-4505;Fax: (373)437-2855
Contact Barbara L. Smith Washington Center for Undergraduate Ed. Evergreen State College Olympia, WA98505 Phone: (206) 866-6000 ~6863;Fax: (206) 866-6794; E-mail:
[email protected] Application Deadline: May 27, 1994
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University of North Carolina Ashevine, NC 28804-3209
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UNCA Workstation Workshop
The UNCA Workstation Workshop is a two-week introduction to the use of workstations in science, engineering, and mathematics education. Each summer two workshops are held on the UNCA campus. Participants attend one workshop. The workshops are designed for faculty in smaller departments who are starting to use workstations in their teaching and must provide much of their own computer support. The goal of the workshop is to show participants how to effectively utilize a workstation connected to the NSFnet. I n oarticular.. uartici~antslearn how to use Unix file utilities; write simple programs and command procedures; navigate the Internet; install programs obtained over the Internet; solve classroom problems using symbolic computation; assemble a reliable local area network; and manage a small workstation lahoratory. The workshou is taueht in a networked workstation laboratory in whieh each &dent has hidher own workstation or X-terminal. s
Date: June 13-24 &July18-29,1994 Contact
J. Dean Brock Department of Computer Science University of North Carolina -Asheville Asheville, NC 28804-3209 Phone: (704) 251-6446; Fax: (704) 251-6041; E-mail:
[email protected] Application Deadline: April 15, 1994
' University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 National Chautauqua Workshop Program
Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS 66762 Enhancement of Science/Mathematics Faculty Through Modeling: A Path Toward Critical Thinking
A coalition of six two-year and one four-year colleges in southeastern Kansas has designed a n 18-month multidisciplinary project for faculty enhancement. In each of two summers there will be several week-long workshops desiened to: (1) enhance content knowledee. (2) enhance critical thinking skills through the use o r &odeling, and (3) develou instructional strateeies to uromote effective teaching. ~ b n t e n tareas include: modeling theory, molecular modeling, modeling in environmental science, recombinant DNA, revised college algebra, chromosome mapping, Maple V, chaos and fractal geometry, and classroom assessment. Participants will develop and adopt curricular materials and assessment skills appropriate-for their institutions. Academic year activities will provide continuity and participant support. Dates: May 23-27, May 3 W u n e 3, August 1-5, and August 8-1 2,1994 Contact Khamis 5.Siam
Department of Chemistry Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS 66762 Phane: (316) 235-4754: Fax:(316) 232-7515; E-mail: siam@ukanvm Application Dead1ine:TBA
University of Wisconsin - Madision Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Improving Science Education in the UW Centers: Workshops for Sc~enceFaculty
The Chautauqua Program is providing a n annual series of workshous in which scholars a t the frontiers of various sciences &d engineering meet for several days with undergraduate college science and engineering faculty. These workshops are providing a n opportunity for invited scholars to communicate new knowledge, concepts, and techniques directly to college faculty i n ways t h a t are immediately beneficial to their teaching. The primary aim is to enable undergraduate faculty in the sciences and engineering to keep their teaching current and relevant.
This project establishes a coalition between science faculty at thcUniversity of Wisconsin Centers, which are twoyrar institutions, and other L'nlversity of Wisconsin Syst e m institutions. An i n t e r d i s c i ~ l i n a r vworkshon i n environmental science will be heid .June 6-10, 199i, a t UW-Green Bay, with academic year follow-up activities. Participants will include science faculty from the UW Centers and the four-vear camuuses. The eoals are to helu uarticipants learn ofadvances in their disciplines as they relate to environmental science, incorporate these advances into their classes, and plan interinstitutional research.
Date: JanuaryJuly 1994
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Nicholas G. Eror Department of Materials Science & Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phane: (412) 624-1256 Application Deadline: Various
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Janice Alexander University of Wisconsin -Madision Madison, Wisconsin 53706 Phone: (414) 832-2693; Fax: (414) 832-2674: E-mail:janalexa@uwcmail.~~c.edu, Application Deadline: TEA
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