CHED 1809 |
| Historically, laboratory sessions in analytical chemistry and other disciplines relied heavily on using volumetric, gravimetric and other wet-chemistry based techniques. These methods, while still useful in many circumstances, are frequently being replaced in the industrial and regulatory settings by instrumental (often automated) methods. As a result, upper-level teaching laboratories in the academic setting have followed suit. This has required a shift in curricula, new emphasis on intramural and extramural support for instrument acquisition, and requires faculty and administrators to deal with issues related to short and long-term instrument support and maintenance. In making this change at SUNY Oneonta, it has become obvious that one reaches a point where they need to ask “Is this change too much?”, and to assess how much of laboratory curriculum should be shifted from classical methods to instrumental methods, even in the traditional “quant” lab. Experiences in making this change, and some of the growing pains associated with it will be discussed. |
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Modernizing the Undergraduate Laboratory with Research and Instrumentation
1:00 PM-4:05 PM, Thursday, March 29, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N227A, Level 2, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |