Practical Undergraduate Training

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Practical Undergraduate Training

• George Lisensky

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Why solids in the foundation?

• Career preparation
• Interdisciplinary connections
• High-tech applications with modern examples
• Three-dimensional visualization
• Merges macroscopic and microscopic views
• Teacher-friendly

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Why are solids under-represented?

• Jargon
• Visualization
• Curricular Gridlock

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Optical
Transform
Kit
Simulating Diffraction Experiments in
Introductory Courses
Second edition
Institute for Chemical Education
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Solid State Model Kit
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Polyhedral Model Kit
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Polyhedral Model Kit
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3dmoleculardesigns.com
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Build a Better CD Player How Can You Get
Blue Light from a Solid?
George C. Lisensky, Beloit College Arthur B.
Ellis, University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbert
Beall, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dean J.
Campbell, Bradley University Joanne Stewart, Hope
College
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