MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentations for Studying Complex Contaminants in Water

麻省大学洛厄尔分校（UMass Lowell）的土木与环境工程系（CEE）将使用这项MRI提案的资金购买两台互补的分析仪器来研究水中的复杂污染物。该仪器集群由高灵敏度气相色谱-质谱（GC/MS）系统和离子色谱（IC）系统组成。所要求的GC/MS系统是Agilent Technologies 5975C系列系统，IC系统是Dionex Corporation ICS-1000系统。所要求的仪器也将用于若干本科和研究生教育活动。麻省大学洛厄尔分校的CEE教师将使用要求的仪器进行学生培训，并研究各种复杂的有机和无机环境污染物，包括但不限于以下研究项目：(a)替代燃料（如E85燃料和煤衍生液体燃料）对水质和环境的影响；(b)煤焦油污染地下水；(c)铁活化过硫酸钠用于地下水污染物的原位化学氧化；(d)水中的微量化合物，如药品、化妆品、激素和其他个人护理产品；(e)在改造后的废水二级处理系统中除磷。麻省大学洛厄尔分校位于马萨诸塞州洛厄尔市，距波士顿市中心西北约25英里。麻省大学洛厄尔分校为来自马萨诸塞州以及其他州和国家的不同群体的学生提供教育需求。土木与环境工程系致力于实现大学吸引少数民族和代表性不足群体学生的目标。所要求的仪器将有助于培训和准备下一代麻省大学洛厄尔分校工程专业的学生，特别是中东欧学生，为就业和深造做准备。

CBET-0820983LeeThe Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) will use the funding from this MRI proposal toward the acquisition of two complementary analytical instrumentations to study complex contaminants in water. The instrumentation cluster consists of a highly sensitive Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC/MS) system and an Ion Chromatography (IC) system. The requested GC/MS system is the Agilent Technologies 5975C Series system and the IC system is the Dionex Corporation ICS-1000 system. The requested instrumentations will also be used for several undergraduate and graduate educational activities.The UMass Lowell CEE faculty will use the requested instrumentations for student training, and to study a variety of complex organic and inorganic environmental contaminants including, but not limiting to, research projects on (a) water quality and environmental impacts from alternative fuels such as the E85 fuel and coal-derived liquid fuels; (b) groundwater contamination from coal tars; (c) iron activated sodium persulfate for in situ chemical oxidation of groundwater contaminants; (d) trace compounds in water such as medicines, cosmetic products, hormones, and other personal care products; (e) phosphorus removal in retrofitted wastewater secondary treatment systems. UMass Lowell is located in Lowell Massachusetts, approximately 25 miles northwest from downtown Boston. UMass Lowell serves the educational needs for a diverse group of students from Massachusetts as well as from other states and nations. The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is committed to the University's goal of attracting students from minority and underrepresented groups. The requested instrumentations will be instrumental in training and preparing the next generation of UMass Lowell engineering students, particularly CEE students, for employment and advanced studies.