A Comprehensive Laboratory Program for an Environmental Engineering Curriculum

本实验室强化计画旨在培养四门环境工程课程的教学能力：“环境工程导论”、“环境生物化学”、“环境工程师水生化学”及“地下水保护与修复”。该项目在实验室部分引入了九个新实验，以补充这些课程。这些练习是专门为学生设计的，让他们有机会模拟自然和工程环境中发生的物理、化学和生物过程。在这些实验中收集的定量数据用于解决实际的工程分析和设计问题。总有机碳分析仪和扫描分光光度计是本项目使用的主要设备部件。该仪器还可以进一步使学生了解研究环境实验室中常见的现代设备的功能和局限性，但通常没有本科设施。1993年，该校土木工程系首次开设了环境学位课程。作为这一方案的一部分，1994年初建立了一个环境工程实验室，并投入使用，开设了一门新的水生化学课程。该项目通过为学生提供旨在综合环境课程中提供的概念的练习，进一步提高了实验室的能力。许多新实验是本科环境工程实验室所特有的，并为本科生提供了将其结果直接应用于解决实际工程问题的机会。

This laboratory enhancement project is developing instructional capabilities in four environmental engineering courses: "Introduction to Environmental Engineering," "Environmental Biochemistry," "Aquatic Chemistry for Environmental Engineers," and "Groundwater Protection and Remediation." The project is introducing nine new experiments to the laboratory sections that supplement these courses. These exercises are specifically designed to give students an opportunity to simulate physical, chemical, and biological processes that take place in natural and engineered environments. Quantitative data collected during these experiments are applied toward solving realistic engineering analysis and design problems. A total organic carbon analyzer and a scanning spectrophotometer are the major equipment components used in this project. This instrumentation also serves to further expose students to the capabilities and limitations of modern equipment commonly found in research environmental laboratories but often absent from undergraduate facilities. An environmental degree option was offered for the first time by the school's Department of Civil Engineering in 1993. As part of this program, an environmental engineering laboratory was developed and put to use in early 1994 for a new aquatic chemistry course. This project is further enhancing the capabilities of the laboratory by providing students with exercises designed to synthesize the concepts offered within the environmental curriculum. Many of the new experiments are unique to undergraduate environmental engineering laboratories, and provide undergraduates with the opportunity to apply their results directly toward solving realistic engineering problems.