Working toward unattended student access to remote instrumentation

CHED 1757

Fred E Lytle, flytle@purdue.edu, Gabriela C. Weaver, gweaver@purdue.edu, Debora Steffen, dmsteffe@purdue.edu, and Phillip J Wyss. Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084
The Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education is a consortium of schools introducing a research experience into regular curriculum freshman and sophomore undergraduate laboratories. As part of this effort a laboratory has been created with research-quality instrumentation equipped with autosamplers to facilitate high sample throughput. Instruments will be remotely accessed by students to collect their own data. Because of the anticipated high numbers of students, remote control will occur outside normal laboratory hours. The ultimate goal of this effort is to allow student access while instruments are unattended (nights and weekends). This presentation will focus on the challenges associated with restriction of student user rights and protection of sensitive instrument components.
 

Bringing Authentic Research into the Undergraduate Laboratory
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N231, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007