Instrumentation to Improve Student Research and Water Analysis Courses

位于奇科的加州州立大学正在购买仪器，以提高本科生研究的质量，并更新水污染分析课程的实验室部分。购买的仪器是带有电子捕获检测器的气相色谱仪，能够分析水样中的农药、多氯联苯和卤代烃。该项目使学生能够参与研究的所有阶段，从项目设计到在研讨会或期刊上展示结果。他们正在与加州水资源部合作进行监测地下水污染的研究。新设备使学生能够利用现有的最佳技术来研究当代水污染问题。这所大学将提供相当于奖金的金额。

California State University at Chico is acquiring instrumentation which improves the quality of undergraduate research and updates the laboratory portion of water pollution analysis courses. The instrument being purchased is a gas chromatograph with an electron capture detector capable of analyzing water samples for pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and halogenated hydrocarbons. The project enable students to participate in all phases of research from project design to presentation of results at a symposium or in a journal. Their study of monitoring groundwater pollution is being done in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources. The new equipment allows the students to use the best available technology in their study of contemporary water pollution problems. The university will contribute an amount equal to the award.