Earlier Collaborative Initiatives:
Geographic Information Systems
Collaboration through Appalachian Watershed Studies (CAWS)
GreenLab:Upgrading Experiential Chemistry Education through Technology
Consortium for Astronomy Research and Teaching (CART)
New and Continuing Collaborative Projects:
A Hands-On Short Course on Buckyballs, Nanotubes, and Other Nanomaterials [NSF Funded-sought training for all ACA Instiutions- lead by James Copenhaver, -Emory and Henry and Harry Dorn of Virginia Tech]
CAWS [8 Colleges - continues under ACA and National Scientific Foundation Grant-lead by Bob Pohlad and Carolyn Thomas-Ferrum]
CART [5 Colleges - continues under the leadership of Ray Bloomer - King College] Appalachian Institute for Undergraduate Research (AIUR)
[4 Colleges -leadership of Jason Powell - Ferrum] Cross-Curricular Models for Teaching in Biology
Laboratories [4 Colleges-in development] The APA-SEM Project - Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM) Training, Curriculum, and Research APA-SEM
[Accelerated Professional Advancement for Students / Faculty in SEM]
[4 Colleges and Zeiss SMT-leadership of Mark Lassiter - Montreat] Liquid chromatograph coupled to a triple quadrupole
mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) - Purchase, Training, and Student/Faculty
Research [Waiting Funding decision-seeking training for select ACA Instiutions
over three years- leadership of John Brock-Warren Wilson ] |
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