{"652347":{"#nid":"652347","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Fee Funds Next-Level Lab Instruments, Equipment, Resources for College of Sciences Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESome of the instruments in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/o%27mahony\/christy\u0022\u003EChristy O\u0026rsquo;Mahony\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s Analytical Chemistry Lab are split into two groups: The Avengers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe stickers that students and O\u0026rsquo;Mahony, senior academic professional in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, have placed on the equipment are appropriate: \u0026lsquo;Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, and Captain America\u0026rsquo; denote equipment that breaks apart and transforms materials into their chemical and molecular components \u0026mdash; while the \u0026lsquo;Mutant Turtles\u0026rsquo; machines safely look for and analyze possible trace amounts of radioactivity in materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach machine sports a sticker with another popular public figure \u0026mdash; Tech\u0026rsquo;s very own Buzz ringed by a halo saying: \u0026ldquo;Purchased with Technology Fee Funds.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech Fees \u0026ldquo;make a huge difference in putting sophisticated instrumentation into our teaching labs,\u0026rdquo; says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/collard\/\u0022\u003EDavid Collard\u003C\/a\u003E, senior associate dean in the College of Sciences and professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. \u0026ldquo;This allows us to provide our undergraduates with experiences that are far beyond what is available at other institutions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Most curriculum would have an instrumental analysis class, an analytical chemistry class where students are taught the concepts of this in a chemistry curriculum,\u0026rdquo; says O\u0026rsquo;Mahony. \u0026ldquo;But it\u0026rsquo;s unusual for them to have the access to actually do the measurements.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lab\u0026rsquo;s latest Tech Fee-funded purchase, a laser-induced breakdown spectrometer, will provide more accurate measurements of chemical components in materials. 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So, what level did they use it?\u0026rsquo;,\u0026rdquo; she says companies often ask. \u0026ldquo;Well, they sat down and ran the whole thing, and fixed a problem.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHear from a few of O\u0026rsquo;Mahony\u0026rsquo;s students on their experiences with the equipment and instruments:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDhruti Triveti, third-year biochemistry major\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I did not expect being able to use equipment like this. I did not know that the technology would be this high \u0026mdash; that the equipment that we\u0026#39;re able to use is very cutting-edge, I believe \u0026mdash; and some of this is used in industry, which I think is really a good stepping stone to what we want to do in the future.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJack Winn, fourth-year biochemistry major:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This has given me a chance to dive into a different field of chemistry, and see, as I\u0026#39;m preparing to graduate, which field I want to go into.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0026#39;s actually part of the reason I came to Tech. 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