Development of an Instrument-Based Environmental Laboratory Course

一个基于仪器的环境实验室课程，题目是： 环境系统分析将在本项目中开发。 这是一门核心课程，由新成立的 应用科学学士（BAS）环境计划 系统. 这个新的BAS计划为学生提供了一个 对定量描述技术的理解 环境现象，环境技术 控制和环境分析的实验室技能。 拟议的课程将实现 程序. 它将提供给高水平的本科生。 本课程的一个关键要素是要进行的实验， 学生直接涉及的主题，在其他两个 核心课程：一门是处理技术， 环境控制，另一个涉及数学 环境系统建模。 同时，学生将 学习操作现代化的实验室仪器/设备， 课堂讲座（2小时/周）和动手实验练习 （3小时/周）。 这是一个重大的背离， 传统的环境实验室课程，往往只 强调实验室技能，学生将执行八个 实验在这个过程中。 此外，实验室安全 在实验室实验之前将提供一次会议， 学生具备必要的安全防范知识， 危险预防 所涵盖的材料将适用于 一学期课程。 所要求的仪器/设备将适合于 一个班最多可容纳20名学生。 的 所需仪器/设备将允许学生执行 可靠和准确的实验，从而最大限度地提高效益 提供这样的课程。 取得的成果和经验 通过开发本课程，将通过 发表期刊文章和演讲， 两会最后，关于这一主题的专著将在 公开.

An instrument-based environmental laboratory course entitled: ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS will be developed in this project. It is a core course to be offered by the newly established Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) program in Environmental Systems. This new BAS program provided the students with an understanding of the techniques for quantitative description on environmental phenomena, the technologies for environmental control, and the laboratory skill for environmental analysis. The proposed course will achieve the last objective of the program. It will be offered to upper level undergraduates. A key element in the course is the experiments to be performed by students that directly relate to the topics covered in two other core courses: one deals with treatment technologies for environmental control, and the other deals with mathematical modeling of environmental systems. Meanwhile, students will learn to operate modern laboratory instruments/equipment through classroom lectures (2 hrs/week) and hand-on laboratory exercises (3 hrs/week). This represents a significant departure from traditional environmental laboratory courses, which tend to only emphasize laboratory skills, Student will perform eight experiments in this course. In addition, a laboratory safety session will be offered prior to laboratory experiments to equip students with necessary knowledge for safety precaution and hazard prevention. The materials covered will be suitable for a one-semester course. The instruments/equipment requested will be suitable to accommodate for up to 20 students in a class. The instrument/equipment requested will allow student to perform reliable and accurate experiments thereby maximizing the benefits offered by such a course. Results and experience obtained through development of this course will be disseminated via publications of journal articles and presentations at conferences. Ultimately, a monograph on the subject will be published.