X-Ray Crystallography for Transforming Undergraduate Instruction at PUIs in the Pacific Northwest

Information

• NSF Award
• 1140940

Owner

• Lewis and Clark College

• Award Id

  1140940

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/2012 - 12 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  8/31/2016 - 8 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 200,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This project provides general and organic chemistry students with hands-on education using single crystal X-ray crystallography (SC-XRD) at Lewis and Clark College and a consortium of three other campuses - George Fox University, Willamette University and the University of Portland. Curricular materials using SC-XRD to analyze samples and determine accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles, are designed, implemented, evaluated and diseminated. SC-XRD is an emerging topic in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum and this projects helps to fill a gap in available curricular materials. Faculty members from participating campuses participate in workshops where they both refine their skills using the instrumentation and develop the new teaching materials. Structural information is available to other institutions through online data sharing. Curricular materials and evaluation outcomes are disseminated through a sponsored regional meeting, project web site and publications. Evaluation of the technical component of developed materials is performed by an experienced crystallographer, while evaluation of the faculty professional development and the project's impact on student attitudes and learning outcomes, is performed by a faculty member from the Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

• Program Officer

  Dawn Rickey

• Min Amd Letter Date

  7/30/2012 - 12 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  7/30/2012 - 12 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Lewis and Clark College

• City

  Portland

• State

  OR

• Country

  United States

• Address

  0615 S W Palatine Hill Rd

• Postal Code

  972197879

• Phone Number

  5037687680

• First Name

  Edward

• Last Name

  Valente

• Email Address

  valentee@up.edu

• Start Date

  7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Louis

• Last Name

  Kuo

• Email Address

  kuo@lclark.edu

• Start Date

  7/30/2012 12:00:00 AM

• Text

  TUES-Type 1 Project

• Code

  7513

• Text

  S-STEM:SCHLR SCI TECH ENG&MATH

• Code

  1536

• Text

  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Code

  9178

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION