WWW-based remote FT-NMR operation: A boost to undergraduate chemistry curriculum and research

1. WWW-based remote FT-NMR operation: A boost to undergraduate chemistry curriculum and research 231st ACS Spring National Meeting Atlanta 2006 Salim M. Diab University of St. Francis Joliet, IL 60435 G. A. Moehring Governors State University University Park, IL 60466

2. Purpose: Remote monitoring of complex instrumentation using simple web-based tools. • The web provides a unique environment for providing information in a global context. With a proper web browser, it is possible for an individual from almost any location in the world to view the same content as someone thousands of miles away. Modern transducers, video cameras, and appropriate software allow a researcher to inexpensively monitor (and record if necessary) information that allows the status of an experiment to be readily ascertained whether one is using a workstation adjacent to the instrument, at home in the evening, or on a business trip thousands of miles away.

3. NMR at GSU Circa 1996 • Hitachi Perkin-Elmer R24-B

4. Governors State* U. of St. Francis* Lewis University St. Xavier U. Trinity Christian Olivet Nazarene U. South Suburban* Moraine Valley Joliet Junior Coll. Prairie State Coll. Kankakee CC South Metropolitan Regional Higher Education Consortium

5. Curricular Goals • Organic – Acquisition and Interpretation of 1D 1H and 13C-{1H} NMR Spectra • Quantitative Analysis – Quantitation • Instrumental – Fundamentals of Pulsed NMR Spectroscopy • Physical – Physical Properties • Inorganic and/or Organic Synthesis – Advanced Applications

6. WWW NMR Spectrometer

7. Bruker AVANCE 300

10. NT Workstations and PCAnywhere

11. ICONNMR

12. Web Cam

13. Data Transfer

14. 1D Data Processing on Remote PCs – ACD Labs

15. 2D Data Processing

16. Applications for Organic

17. Quantitative Analysis Application

18. Instrumental Analysis Applications

19. Physical Chemistry Application

20. Advanced Applications

21. Extension of Outreach to Atomic Spectroscopy • Student Environmental Contract Lab • “The Penny Project”

22. Student Environmental Contract Lab • Goal: Acclimate students to an industrial workplace model • Students provide services to clients such as other courses, research projects, etc… • Students fill roles such as chemical analyst, quality assurance analyst, and project manager

23. Penny Project

24. Lessons Learned • Remote Users Want and Need Training • Remote Users Want First-Hand Experience for Their Students • Raw Data and Processing Software Provide Good Benefit for Remote Users • Improved NMR Experience Provides Students with Better Understanding of Modern NMR Spectroscopy

25. Feedback • “With respect to use of the instrument, it seems that most faculty prefer, understandably, a hands-on approach by their students to remote use. I think one of the better improvements that we have made has been the use of second party software to process and plot the NMR data back at their local institutions”

26. “You know that it takes a while for several students to analyze several samples on the instrument and it is difficult, then, to both teach NMR processing and interpretation of NMR spectra while also acquiring all the necessary data.”

27. “The second party software allows remote faculty to work individually with their students on processing and interpreting their data properly. These are just my thoughts for now and I'm sure that we'll have an opportunity to confer about this further.”

28. Acknowledgements • NSF CCLI #9950554 and #0088831 • University of St. Francis • Governor State University

29. Contacts Professor S. M. Diab University of St. Francis Joliet, IL 60435 815-740-3855 sdiab@stfrancis.edu