After Last Year's Success, We Had to Do it Again

Join Us in Beautiful Dunedin, FL for Dr. Q's Spectroscopy101 Workshop
 

 

 


Dunedin, Florida - Home of Ocean Optics World Headquarters

Your Instructors
Monde Qhobosheane, Ph.D.
Director of Educational Systems - Ocean Optics, Inc.

Dr. Q leads the educational division at Ocean Optics, Inc. Prior to joining Ocean Optics, Dr. Q worked with the National Institute of Health on the design of handheld apparatus for HIV detection, while serving as an adjunct professor of chemistry at St. Petersburg College. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Florida in Bio-Analytical Chemistry.

Jack Randall
Chemistry Education Specialist - Vernier

Jack Randall is a Chemistry Education Specialist with Vernier Software & Technology. Prior to joining Vernier, Jack spent 25 years as a teacher - 17 of those years involved teaching chemistry and AP Chemistry at the high school level. Earlier in his professional career, Jack worked as a technical services and development chemist with the Dow Chemical Company, where he specialized in the pharmaceutical applications of cellulose-based polymers.
 
Registration Fees

Regular Registration
$99

  • Full Conference Registration
  • Spectroscopy 101 Manual
  • 10% Discount on Spectrometer Purchase
  • Software Site License
  • Register Online

Level 2 Registration
$1,380

  • Full Conference Registration
  • Spectroscopy 101 Manual
  • 10% Discount on Spectrometer Purchase
  • Software  Site License
  • ChemPack: USB650 VIS/NIR Spectrometer
  • 4 Curricula
  • Register Online

Level 3 Registration
$1,465

  • Full Conference Registration
  • Spectroscopy 101 Manual
  • 10% Discount on Spectrometer Purchase
  • Software Site License
  • ChemPack: USB650 VIS/NIR Spectrometer
  • 4 Curricula
  • Fiber Optic Cable
  • Register Online


Monde Qhobosheane (Dr. Q) with Spectroscopy 101 Attendees

Be sure to join us June 9-10, 2010 for a 2-day hands-on learning workshop just for educators. Spectroscopy 101 guides teachers through the use of Ocean Optics spectrometers by conducting lab experiments in chemistry, physics and biology.

Learn to operate spectrometers with PCs & Vernier's Logger Pro 3 Software.

Experience a demonstration of Vernier's LabQuest Technology.

Scientific Principles Investigated

  • pH measurement using different methodologies
  • Kinetic measurements and determination of rate laws
  • Beer's Law labs conducted with a spectrometer vs. a colorimeter
  • Spectral measurement of absorbance, transmittance, and intensity of emitted light
  • Qualitative spectral measurement of fluorescence, luminescence, reflectance & refractance
  • Practical application of spectroscopy for geology, marine biology & astronomy

Benefits of Attending

  • First 20 Registrants receive a FREE SpectraSuite site license + 10% discount on any OOI purchase
  • FREE Spectroscopy101 Manual with experiments, SpectraSuite & Logger Pro instructions
  • Satisfy a prerequisite for enrollment in Portland State University course on Data Collection

Contact Dr. Q for Registration Details

 
     
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