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Highlights SUSAN H. HIXSON

National Science Foundation Washington, DC 20550

~.~ Geo~ia State University

Atlanta, GA 30303

Projects supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education

Workshop Opportunities for Faculty Grants made under the Undergraduate Faculty En-

hancement (UFE) Program to support workshops, short courses, and similar activities for groups of faculty mem- bers have been announced. The aim of the UFE program is meet the need of faculty members who teach undergradu- ates to keep abreast of recent advances in their discipline, gain experience with new experimental techniques, and to incorpo;atc thcsc devclopm~& into the curr ic&n. Activ- ities specifically designed for chemists arc listed first, fol- lowed bv those ortmarilv intended for facultv in other did- ciplines but lidely to dk of interest to mahy chemistry faculty also. Additional information about workshops and application materials should he requested directly from the contact person listed for each project. The National Sci- ence 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 ac- tivities 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.

Chemistry Workshops

Bucknell University Lewishurg, PA

Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshops Following the 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education

Five workshops, each lasting two to three days, will be given at the end ofthe 13th Biennial Conference on Chem- ical Education in the summer of 1994. The topics to be cov- ered and the workshop directors are:

(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.

Date: August 46,1994

Contact Margaret E. Kastner Department of Chemistry Lewishurg, PA 17837 Phone: (717) 524-1141: E-mail: BCCE@BUCKNELL.EDU

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 as 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, eomputa- tional 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

Contact Arlene A. Russell Deaartment of Chemistrv and Biochemistm university of ~alifornia,ios Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90024-1569 Phone: (310) 825-7570; Fax: (310) 206-4038:

E-mail: russeU@uclach.chem.ucla.edu

Application Deadline: April 15, 1994

Georgia State University Atlanta, GA30303

A Series of Workshops in Chemistry

Georgia State University (GSU) and the Georgia Insti- tute of Technology (GIT) will present an Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement project in chemistry in which the major activities of the proposed project are one-week work- shops, 3-day mini-courses, and annual reunions of the pre- vious year's participants. Workshop topics are: (1) Ad- vanced Materials Chemistry, (2) Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, (3) Environmental Chemistry, (4) Molecular Model- ing, ( 5 ) Molecular Orbital Theory, (6) Multidimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, (7) Multimedia Techniques

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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 de- velop and teach a modern program in chemistry.

Date: June, August, and December 1994

Contact Jerry C. Smith De~artment of Chemistw Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303 Phane: (404) 651-3873: Fax: (404) 651-1416;

E-mail: chejes@gsusgil.gsu.edu

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 ex- isting set of experiments-familiar to and preferred by in- dividual instructors-are placed into a real-world context appropriate for the local community. Students become "chemist employees" in the laboratory of a local organiza- tion or industry and work on these experiments reformu- lated as current projects of that organization's lahoratory. The "transformation process" describes how science teach- ers 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 an 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 Lab- oratorfes

Two slx-dav workshops for undergraduate gcneral chem- istry teachers will introduce parttctpanti to thc LlMSport

a cost-effective impfernentation of computer data acquisition and reduction in the laboratory. LIMSport al- lows direct data acquisition into a spreadsheet. Since stan- dard 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 an oooortunitv to adaot laboratorv ex~eriments to the

Contact Edward W. Vitz Department of Physical Science Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 19530

Phone: (215) 683-4443: Fan: (215) 683-1352; E-mail: vitz@acad.esv.kutztom.edu

Application Deadline: April 15, 1994

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA01845

Microscaie Inorganic Chemistry Workshops for Undergraduate Faculty

Microscale techniques can he applied to such important areas as organometallic chemistry and bioinorganic syn- thesis. 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 an experiment, and amount of waste produced. Air quality is often sharply improved. The workshops on microscale offer an opportunity for involvement in the on- going revitalization effort in the critical field of inorganic chemistry at 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. ,5081 837-5222.

E-mad PIKE@MERRIMACK EDU

Application Deadline: TEA

Montana State University

Bozeman, MT 59717

Summer Course in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectros- copy and Mass Spectrometry Experhnenrs and Applications

A short course in nuclear magnetic resonance spectrom- etry and mass spectrometry will be offered to 20 under- graduate faculty. Participants will be chosen from institn- tions 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 curricu- lum. This course is desimed to orovide the oarticioants wrth in-depth knowledge'bt'the flndamentals bnd applica- tions of this instrumentation. The ~ a r t i c i ~ n n t s will been- couraged to utiliae their experience through the develop- ment of curricnlar modules. The curricular modules may be used to enhance undergraduate education a t their home institutions in these two important chemical instrumenta- tion techniques.

Date: TEA

Contact Paul W. Jennings Department of Chemistry Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Phone: (406) 994-4801

Application Deadllne: TEA

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NMR Concepts Kingston, RI 02881

Southwest Texas State University San Marcos. TX 78666-4616

NMR Spectroscopy

NMR Conccpts will hold three workshops for faculty who teach NMR courses and conduct research with undermad- uates. 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 ex- periments and how raw data is 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 work- shop covers the most advanced two-dimensional experi- ments that are presently being used to solve current chem- ical 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 .

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

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 in- formation on recent advances in the separations sciences and hands-on experiences with state-of-the-art separa- tions techniques that have been or are becoming widely used in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry. Experi- ments 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 trans- ferred to the classrooms of the participants.

Date: June 20-24 and June 27-July 1,1994

Contact Thomas R. Gilbert Department of Chemistry Northeaptern University Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (373) 437-4505; Fax: (373) 437-2855

Faculty Enhancement in Polymer Chemistry

This project is designed to enhance the ability of experi- enced faculty members to teach polymer chemistry, an area which has become an integral factor in electronics, space exploration and medical applications. The two-year project includes (1) a two-week intensive residential semi- nar at Southwest Texas State for twenty faculty members selected from colleges throughout central Texas, (2) a two- semester 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 meet- ings for as many as 14 participants.

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

Washington Center Interdisciplinary Science Faculty Development Project

The project supports a coalition of two- and four-year in- stitutions (The Washington Center Coalition) that are in- terested 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 interdiscipli- nary summer institutes will be offered over two years. Each Institute will be residential and have 30 faculty par- ticipants. Follow-up activities after the institutes include a two-day retreat, involvement in on-going Washington Cen- ter activities, and communication among the participants via InterNet and written publications. The Summer Insti- tutes, which are the core of the project design, are minia- ture versions of some of the most successful interdiscipli- nary programs in the state.

Date: June 2C-27, 1994, "Reflections of Nature" September 5-12, 1994, "Rethinking Introductory Biology"

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:

smithb@elwha.evergreen.edu

Application Deadline: May 27, 1994 Application Deadline: March 15, 1994

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University of North Carolina - Asheville Ashevine, NC 28804-3209

UNCA Workstation Workshop

The UNCA Workstation Workshop is a two-week intro- duction 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 de- partments 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. In oarticular. uartici~ants learn how to use Unix . s file utilities; write simple programs and command proce- dures; 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 lab- oratory in whieh each &dent has hidher own workstation or X-terminal.

Date: June 13-24 &July 18-29,1994

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: hroek@cs.unca.edu

Application Deadline: April 15, 1994

' University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260

National Chautauqua Workshop Program

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 un- dergraduate college science and engineering faculty. These workshops are providing an opportunity for invited schol- ars to communicate new knowledge, concepts, and tech- niques directly to college faculty i n ways that are im- mediately beneficial to their teaching. The primary aim is to enable undergraduate faculty in the sciences and engi- neering to keep their teaching current and relevant.

Date: JanuaryJuly 1994

Contact Nicholas G. Eror Department of Materials Science & Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phane: (412) 624-1256

Application Deadline: Various

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 an 18-month multidis- ciplinary project for faculty enhancement. In each of two summers there will be several week-long workshops de- siened to: (1) enhance content knowledee. (2) enhance crit- ical thinking skills through the use or &odeling, and (3) develou instructional strateeies to uromote effective teach- ing. ~ b n t e n t areas include: modeling theory, molecular modeling, modeling in environmental science, recombi- nant DNA, revised college algebra, chromosome mapping, Maple V, chaos and fractal geometry, and classroom as- sessment.

Participants will develop and adopt curricular materials and assessment skills appropriate-for their institutions. Academic year activities will provide continuity and par- ticipant support.

Dates: May 23-27, May 3Wune 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~ence Faculty

This project establishes a coalition between science fac- ulty at thcUniversity of Wisconsin Centers, which are two- yrar institutions, and other L'nlversity of Wisconsin Sys- tem institutions. An in te rd i sc i~ l inarv workshon i n environmental science will be heid .June 6-10, 199i, at UW-Green Bay, with academic year follow-up activities. Participants will include science faculty from the UW Cen- ters and the four-vear camuuses. The eoals are to helu uar- - . . ticipants learn ofadvances in their disciplines as they re- late to environmental science, incorporate these advances into their classes, and plan interinstitutional research.

Date: TEA

Contact 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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