TY - JOUR
T1 - Crystal growth, a research-driven laboratory course
AU - Whelan, Jamie
AU - Koussa, Joseph
AU - Chehade, Ibrahim
AU - Sabanovic, Merima
AU - Chang, Adrienne
AU - Carelli, Daniel
AU - An, Zhihua
AU - Zhang, Lu
AU - Bernstein, Joel
AU - Rabeh, Wael M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors especially express their appreciation to the assistant instructors involved in the teaching of the laboratory course, including Diana Rishmawi and Elizabeth Latham. The authors are also grateful to the Foundation of Science 3 and 4 laboratory sections for data and feedback collected in spring semesters from 2011 to 2015. Special thanks to the following students for contributing their crystal pictures and posters: Liam Kirwan, Keerthana Prakash, Christos Zoukos, JooHee Choi, Hassan Ahmed Mahmoud, Joel Ntwali Rukazambuga, Sharon Qiu, Kyler Meehan, Farzan Ahmad Khan, Yaereen Dho, Prasant Adhikari, Zoha Alvi, James Carrington Gardner, Hassan Nahas, Yumi Gambrill, Anna-Lisa Hennig, Samuel Ridgeway, Rasha Shraim, Ieva Liepuoniute and Ting- Che Lin. We would like to thank James Weston and Liang Li for giving demonstrations and running students’ samples using the following equipment and techniques: optical microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, contact angle measurement and scanning electron microscope. Part of the students’ project was carried out using Core Technology Platform resources at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Union of Crystallography.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - The research-driven laboratory experiment described herein has at its core the individual development of students, combining core subject matter with the opportunity to explore, in a research environment, areas outside of traditional curricula; however, it maintains the pedagogical training for an undergraduate major degree in chemistry and sciences in general. The laboratory can feasibly be implemented in high schools to expose students to an engaging and intellectually fulfilling aspect of chemistry early in their career. This seven-week project is based on the growth and study of crystals and encourages students, from the outset, to conceive, propose, design, plan and carry out their own research on chemicals and conditions of their own choosing. The wide array of laboratory equipment, analytical instrumentation and techniques that the students are potentially exposed to, from micropipettes and optical microscopes to scanning electron microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction, puts these projects on a par with senior capstone research projects. The feedback from the students for the seven years this project has been in operation is almost unanimous in enthusiasm and praise.
AB - The research-driven laboratory experiment described herein has at its core the individual development of students, combining core subject matter with the opportunity to explore, in a research environment, areas outside of traditional curricula; however, it maintains the pedagogical training for an undergraduate major degree in chemistry and sciences in general. The laboratory can feasibly be implemented in high schools to expose students to an engaging and intellectually fulfilling aspect of chemistry early in their career. This seven-week project is based on the growth and study of crystals and encourages students, from the outset, to conceive, propose, design, plan and carry out their own research on chemicals and conditions of their own choosing. The wide array of laboratory equipment, analytical instrumentation and techniques that the students are potentially exposed to, from micropipettes and optical microscopes to scanning electron microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction, puts these projects on a par with senior capstone research projects. The feedback from the students for the seven years this project has been in operation is almost unanimous in enthusiasm and praise.
KW - Crystal growth
KW - Education
KW - Research experience
KW - Science laboratories
KW - X-ray crystallography
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U2 - 10.1107/S1600576718009573
DO - 10.1107/S1600576718009573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054068328
SN - 0021-8898
VL - 51
SP - 1474
EP - 1480
JO - Journal of Applied Crystallography
JF - Journal of Applied Crystallography
IS - 5
ER -