Improving Undergraduate Instruction Through the Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope and an Energy Dispersive Analysis Facility

通过购买扫描电子显微镜和能量色散分析设备改善本科教学

• 批准号: 8650364
• 负责人: Bruce Selleck
• 金额: $ 4.5万
• 依托单位: Colgate University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1986
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1986-05-15 至 1988-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8650364&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Undergraduate; Instruction; Through; Acquisition

A series of experiments are being developed by the Geology Department at Colgate University to introduce undergraduates to modern analytical methods using the scanning electron microscope and the EDAX X-ray Analysis System. These experiments are being introduced into existing departmental courses with increasing levels of sophistication. The project also involves activities directed at larger audiences consisting of non-science students, faculty and secondary school students. In addition, the instrumentation is being used to enhance the existing program of cooperative student-faculty research, consistent with the departmental philosophy that problem-oriented research efforts are an essential part of undergraduate science education.

科尔盖特大学地质系正在开展一系列实验，向本科生介绍使用扫描电子显微镜和 EDAX X 射线分析系统的现代分析方法。这些实验正在被引入到现有的院系课程中，并且其复杂程度不断提高。 该项目还涉及针对更多受众（包括非理科学生、教师和中学生）的活动。 此外，该仪器还被用来加强现有的师生合作研究项目，这符合以问题为导向的研究工作是本科生科学教育的重要组成部分的院系理念。