Development of Undergraduate Courses in Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification of Air Quality Principles

建立了一门典型的本科实验课程来教授空气质量原理。跨学科课程将基本概念与数值模拟和实验测量相结合。本课程将为学生提供严格的课堂教学，参与实验的设计和操作，并培养对模型和实验结果比较的鉴赏能力。悬浮在大气中的颗粒的大小、性质和去除机制将通过气溶胶颗粒大小、过滤器采样和气溶胶产生系统进行研究。气体污染物将由气体监测器测量。学生将通过将污染物数据与气象仪器的测量结果相结合，探索污染物浓度与气象之间的联系。计算机工作站将用于收集、存储、分析和绘制数据。计算机还将用于污染物排放、扩散、转化和运输的数值模拟和图形说明。这门最先进的空气质量原理课程也将成为跨学科教学的典范。参加本课程的本科生将接受有关空气质量原理、数值模拟和实验室技术的独特教育，这些将为他们提供研究生院和未来职业所需的技能。

A model undergraduate laboratory course is developed to teach the principles of air quality. The interdisciplinary course will integrate fundamental concepts with numerical simulations and experimental measurements. Students in the course will be provided with rigorous classroom instruction, participate in the design and operation of experiments, and develop an appreciation for the comparison of modeled and experimental results. The sizes, properties, and removal mechanisms of particles suspended in the atmosphere will be investigated with aerosol particle sizing, filter sampling, and aerosol generation systems. Gaseous pollutants will be measured by gas monitors. Students will explore the link between pollutant concentrations and meteorology by coupling pollutant data with measurements from meteorological instruments. A computer workstation will be used to collect, store, analyze, and graph data. The computer will also be used for numerical simulation and graphical illustrations of pollutant emission, dispersion, transformations, and transport. This state-of-the-art air quality principles course will also be a model for interdisciplinary teaching. Undergraduates participating in the course will receive a unique education in air quality principles, numerical simulations, and laboratory techniques that will provide them with the skills needed in graduate school and in their future careers.