Electrochemistry Education for an Undergraduate Audience

Tuesday, 15 October 2019: 08:40
Room 308 (The Hilton Atlanta)
A. H. Suroviec (Berry College)
In this presentation a discussion of current topics related to teaching electrochemistry to undergraduates will be presented. Methods used to teach electrochemical topics to at the sophomore and junior level with differing academic backgrounds will be covered. In addition teaching labs that introduce cyclic voltammetry and reductive desorption will be described. Another lab that has a lot of student interest is how to build a basic biosensor for the detection of common analyses. Teaching electrochemistry is vital at the undergraduate level to get students excited about a seemingly vague area of chemistry. This presentation will hopefully provide new ideas of how to get students engaged in this area of study.