Instrumented Laboratory for Environmental Geophysics

9452167 Wolf正在开发一个仪器化实验室，用于向本科生教授环境调查中使用的地球物理场方法。 受益最多的学生是那些在地质学，地质工程，地球科学和环境科学专业谁是在应用地球物理学和现场方法，土木工程系的地下水文学和测量类的奥本大学地质系注册的学生，以及与这些和地质学和工程学内的其他类相关的实验室。 该设备正在各种地方环境中使用，以展示可用于环境评估的数据获取和实验设计技术。 四件地球物理设备，都用于环境分析，正在纳入课程：1）24通道数字瞬时浮点（DIFP）信号叠加地震仪; 2）直流电阻率单位; 3）质子磁力计，和4）电磁地面电导率仪（EM-3 1）。 该设备直接丰富了本科应用地球物理学课程，同时，通过为这些专业的学生提供用地球物理工具描述环境条件的第一手经验，为三个跨学科的本科课程做出了贡献。 目前的机构计划的审查表明，缺乏，全国范围内，在地球物理学的教育实验室经验，适用于环境调查，尽管地球科学课程的毕业生的就业机会的变化。奥本正在通过培训学生从事环境职业，并为他们领导未来新方法的研究做好准备，来解决这一不足。

9452167 Wolf An instrumented laboratory is being developed for teaching geophysical field methodologies that are used in environmental investigations to undergraduate students. The students benefitting the most are those with majors in geology, geological engineering, earth sciences, and environmental sciences who are enrolled in the Auburn University Department of Geology's classes in applied geophysics and field methods, the Department of Civil Engineering's classes in subsurface hydrology and measurements, and laboratories associated with these and other classes within Geology and Engineering. The equipment is being used in a variety of local settings to demonstrate techniques of data acquisition and experiment design that are useful in environmental assessments. Four pieces of geophysical equipment, all used in environmental analyses, are being integrated into the curriculum: 1) a 24-channel Digital Instantaneous Floating Point (DIFP) Signal Stacking Seismograph; 2) a DC Resistivity unit; 3) a Proton Magnetometer, and 4) an Electromagnetic Ground Conductivity Meter (EM-3 1). The equipment directly enriches the undergraduate applied geophysics class and, at the same time, contributes to three interdisciplinary undergraduate programs by giving students in these majors first-hand experience in characterizing environmental conditions with geophysical tools. A review of current institutional programs shows a lack, nationally, of educational laboratory experiences in geophysics as applied to environmental investigations, despite changes in career opportunities for graduates of earth science programs. Auburn is addressing this deficiency by training students for environmental careers and preparing them to lead research in new approaches for the future.