HPLC and ICP Spectrometer Workstations for an Environmental Science Laboratory

9451534为了向本科生提供实践实验室体验，并改善实验室仪器设备，以便更好地在环境科学领域开展本科生教育，我们将把电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱分析(电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱分析)纳入课程，并为本科生提供研究机会。对于EPA和OSHA规定的大多数无机污染物，电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱仪是进行元素分析的理想选择。该工作站将大大增强本科生学习仪器方法、环境化学、重金属毒理学和环境中污染物的去向的实验室体验。将进行具体的实验，以最大限度地利用这些工作站，并使用合作学习小组和轮换工作站等新的教学方法来提高教学效率。课程将涵盖大气、土壤、水和沉积物中污染物的分析，因此电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱分析可以作为研究的调查工具，并与本科生合著者一起完成学术工作。由于化学、生物和环境科学专业的学生将使用这些工作站学习实验室课程，该项目将影响到相当数量的学生。

9451534 Chen To offer undergraduate students hands-on laboratory experience and to improve laboratory instrumentation for better undergraduate education in the field of Environmental Science, we will incorporate Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) into curricula and offer research opportunities to undergraduate students. ICP-AES is the ideal choice for elemental analysis for the majority of inorganic pollutants regulated by EPA and OSHA. The ICP-AES workstation will greatly enhance the undergraduate laboratory experience for students learning instrumental methods, environmental chemistry, toxicology of heavy metals and fate of pollutants in the environment. Specific experiments will be conducted to maximize the use of these workstations and to increase instruction efficiency using new teaching methods like cooperative learning groups and rotating workstations. Analysis of pollutants in the atmosphere, soils, waters and sediments will be covered, so ICP-AES may be used as an investigative tool in research and result in scholarly works with undergraduate coauthors. Since chemistry, biology and environmental science students will take laboratory courses using these workstations, the project will impact a significant number of students.