Incorporating a Meaningful Research Experience into the General Chemistry Laboratory Curriculum Through Implementation of Equipment for Materials Characterization

Information

• NSF Award
• 0737302

Owner

• Youngstown State University

• Award Id

  0737302

• Award Effective Date

  7/15/2008 - 15 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  6/30/2011 - 13 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 149,499.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

Chemistry (12)<br/><br/>This project is enabling students in the second semester general chemistry laboratory course to participate in an authentic research experience involving the synthesis and characterization of novel fluoride perovskites as potential pigment materials. The project stems from university's participation in the REEL (Research Experiences to Enhance Learning)consortium which includes 15 Ohio colleges and universities dedicated to introducing laboratory based research into first and second year courses. Whereas previously students analyzed X-ray and spectroscopy data collected by others now they are collecting their own data. So far, about 100 (mostly unreported) perovskite fluoride-related compositions have been prepared by students. In preparing these materials, the general chemistry students are providing a combinatorial approach to synthesis and characterization. This project also involves a component in which the funded equipment is enabling integration of hands-on experiments in undergraduate courses in the Geology Department.

• Program Officer

  Joseph Grabowski

• Min Amd Letter Date

  7/1/2008 - 15 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  7/1/2008 - 15 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Youngstown State University

• City

  Youngstown

• State

  OH

• Country

  United States

• Address

  One University Plaza

• Postal Code

  445550001

• Phone Number

  3309412377

• First Name

  Matthias

• Last Name

  Zeller

• Email Address

  zeller4@purdue.edu

• Start Date

  7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Timothy

• Last Name

  Wagner

• Email Address

  trwagner@ysu.edu

• Start Date

  7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Raymond

• Last Name

  Beiersdorfer

• Email Address

  rebeiersdorfer@ysu.edu

• Start Date

  7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Human Subjects

• Code

  116000

• Text

  S-STEM:SCHLR SCI TECH ENG&MATH

• Code

  1536

• Text

  CCLI-Type 1 (Exploratory)

• Code

  7494

• Text

  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Code

  9178

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION