A comprehensive watershed instrumentation program for multidisciplinary undergraduate education at Lafayette College

与城市/郊区增长有关的多学科环境问题越来越多地在流域综合水平上得到解决。与这一主题相一致，拟议的项目涉及本科生使用自动化水量和水质仪器的综合网络来调查校园附近快速发展的流域（Bushkill Creek watershed）的环境影响。水文和化学数据的收集和分析是现有工程和地球科学课程、本科生研究和荣誉论文练习的一部分。这些练习增强了学生批判性地评估各种可能影响环境质量的相互依存的流域过程的能力。该项目是工程学院和地质科学学院的合作成果；然而，其他教授环境内容课程的教师有兴趣使用该项目产生的设施和数据库。该项目的总体目标是：为科学和工程专业的本科生提供相关的实际数据收集和分析经验，为校园内的各种课程项目建立快速发展的流域评估和管理的中心主题，开发流域土地利用水文影响的详细数字数据库，并通过互联网，会议演讲，学术出版物和当地社区会议传播结果。该项目效仿了美国东北部一些小型学院和大学的类似流域课程项目（Hluchny 1997,1998; Heins and Walker,1998; Woltemade and Blewett, 1999; Salvage and Graney, 1999,2000）。该项目的独特之处在于：(1)全面的监测网络和完整的流域规模（200公里2）；②地质与土地利用对比强烈，盆地内发展迅速；(3)工程地质专业师生之间的合作与协作；(4)加强多学科实践教育，如流域规划与土地利用决策、雨水管理政策等；(5)当地社区和地方政府对流域管理的高度参与。引用文献hluchy， M., 1997。阿尔弗雷德大学的校园水文现场：一种实用、廉价和有趣的水文地质学教学方法，1997年美国地质学会会议摘要与项目29:A22-A23。Hluchy， M., 1998。大学生参与水文地质研究站的建设，1998年美国地质学会学术会议论文集30:A307。海因斯，w.a.和J.R.沃克，1998。[j] .地理科学学报，2011,29(4):444 - 444。Woltemade， C.和W.L. Blewett, 1999。Burd Run跨学科流域研究实验室，国家科学基金奖励摘要#9950652Salvage， K， J. Graney, 1999。美国州立大学宾厄姆顿分校的流域研究和仪器适应本科课程，国家科学基金会奖，摘要#9950491救助，K，和J.格兰尼，2000。基于水文和环境数据的大学生校园实地考察与研究，摘要已提交给J.地球科学教育

Earth Systems Science (40)Multidisciplinary environmental problems associated with urban/suburban growth areincreasingly being addressed at a watershed-integrated level. Consistent with this theme, theproposed project involves undergraduate students using a comprehensive network of automated water quantity and water quality instrumentation to investigate environmental impacts in a rapidly-developing watershed (the Bushkill Creek Watershed) adjacent to campus. Hydrologic and chemical data are collected and analyzed as part of exercises within existing engineering and geoscience courses and undergraduate research and honors theses. These exercises enhance our students' abilities to critically evaluate a variety of interdependent watershed-based processes that may affect environmental quality. The project is a cooperative effort among faculty from engineering and the geological sciences; however, other faculty teaching courses with environmental content have an interest in using the facilities and the databases generated by the project. The general objectives of the project are: to provide relevant hands-on data collectionand analysis experiences for undergraduates in science and engineering, to establish a centraltheme of assessment and management of a rapidly developing watershed for a variety ofcurriculum projects across campus, to develop a detailed digital database on hydrologic impacts of land use in the watershed, and to disseminate results through the internet, conference presentations, scholarly publications, and local community meetings.The project is patterned after similar watershed-based curriculum projects at a number ofsmall colleges and universities in the northeast U.S. (Hluchny 1997, 1998; Heins and Walker,1998; Woltemade and Blewett, 1999; Salvage and Graney, 1999, 2000). Unique to this project are: (1) the comprehensive monitoring network and full watershed scale (200 km 2 ); (2) strong geologic and land use contrasts, and rapid development within the basin; (3) cooperation and collaboration between engineering and geological science students and faculty; (4) emphasis on enhancing undergraduate education in practical multidisciplinary issues such as watershed-based planning and land use decisions, and storm water management policy; and (5) the high level of involvement of the local community and local government in watershed management.References CitedHluchy, M., 1997. Alfred University's On-Campus Field Hydrology Site: A Practical,Inexpensive, and Fun Way to Teach Hydrogeology, 1997 Geological Society of AmericaMeeting Abstracts with Programs 29: A22-A23.Hluchy, M., 1998. Student Involvement in Construction of a Hydrogeological Field Station for Undergraduate Teaching and Research, 1998 Geological Society of America Meeting Abstracts with Programs 30: A307.Heins, W.A., and J.R. Walker, 1998. Using a campus waterway for undergraduate-courseexercises and summer-research experiences, J. of Geoscience Education, 46: 45-50.Woltemade, C., and W.L. Blewett, 1999. Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed ResearchLaboratory, National Science Foundation Award Abstract #9950652Salvage, K., and J. Graney, 1999. Adapting Watershed Research and Instrumentation to theUndergraduate Curriculum at SUNY, Binghamton, National Science Foundation AwardAbstract #9950491.Salvage, K., and J. Graney, 2000. On campus field work and research for undergraduates based on collection of hydrological and environmental data, abstract submitted to J. Geoscience Education