A Multimedia Based Laboratory Course for Environmental Engineering Fundamentals and Process Design

全国各地的许多本科环境工程课程都在重新设计，以强调环境工程过程动力学的基础知识，并熟悉获取和确定设计参数的程序，以设计用于水和废水处理和补救的全尺寸系统。本提案的目标是建立在私家侦探之前的课程开发工作的基础上，通过开发和促进多媒体学习工具在本科教育中的使用。具体而言，该提案将侧重于为题为“污染物命运与运输”的课程开发交互式多媒体实验室模块。这些模块将包括实践教程，涵盖过程理论和从实验数据中估计设计参数的方法，一个交互式视频/动画实验室，学生通过采样视频中显示的“实验规模反应器”收集数据，以及一个注释电子表格，用于分析交互式视频中收集的数据。该模块的开发将由一个咨询委员会监督，该委员会由来自提供类似课程的多所大学的高级环境教师组成。该课件的一个独特之处在于，它将允许那些没有时间、金钱或其他资源来开发环境工程实验室的机构，为学生提供一个可视化的、积极的学习体验，而无需花费时间或费用来开发和装备实验室。

Many undergraduate environmental engineering curricula across the nation are being re-designed to emphasize fundamentals of environmental engineering process dynamics and to acquire familiarity with the procedures for obtaining and determining design parameters for design of full scale systems for treatment and remediation of water and wastewater. The objective of this proposal is to build on the P.I.s' previous course development efforts by developing and promoting the use of multi-media learning tools for undergraduate education. Specifically, the proposal will focus on the development of interactive multi-media laboratory modules for a course titled "Pollutant Fate and Transport." The modules will include did actictutorials covering process theory and methods for estimating design parameters from laboratory data, an interactive video/animated laboratory in which students collect data by sampling "bench-scale reactors" displayed in the video, and an annotated spreadsheet for analysis of the data collected in the interactive video. The module development will be overseen by an advisory committee consisting of senior environmental faculty from a number of universities who offer similar courses. One of the unique features of the proposed courseware is that it will allow institutions that do not have the time, money or other resources to develop an environmental engineering laboratory to provide students with a visual, active learning experience without the time or expense associated with developing and equipping a laboratory.