Dr. Williams takes graduate level education to the next level in her Advanced Analytical Chemistry course by integrating real world problems into the classroom. Students were asked to write a research proposal for a novel analytical method for determining the quantity of gluten in beer. Holidaily brewery sells gluten free beer to accommodate people with Celiac’s disease and gluten intolerance. They regularly test the gluten content of their beer by traditional methods but still received complaints from customers who experienced adverse reactions to the beer. The class was presented with this problem and tasked with writing a proposal to the fictional Williams’ Foundation who would judge the merit of each proposal and award one with ‘grant’ money. You can read more about it in The Denver Post article linked below.