Development of a Course in Environmental Engineering Fundamentals and Process Design for the Undergraduate Curriculum

该项目开发了一门在大多数环境工程过程中使用的反应堆概念的本科课程，并使用先进的实验室方法演示了这些原理。环境工程领域目前对具有设计处理过程和实施现场补救策略的复杂技术的工程师的需求急剧增加。这些增加是因为颁布了修复受污染地点的联邦标准和从供水中去除微量有害化合物的标准。为了应对这些挑战，环境工程教育的改进已经落后于环境工程技术的日益成熟。这个项目的目标是通过课程及其实验部分的开发，为学生提供更多样化的环境工程背景。具体地说，正在将离子色谱系统、pH/离子选择电极计和原子吸收光谱仪纳入实验室，以解决这一问题。

This project develops an undergraduate course in reactor concepts utilized in most environmental engineering processes, and demonstrates these principles using advanced laboratory methods. The environmental engineering field is currently undergoing dramatic increases in the demand for engineers with the sophistication to design treatment processes and implement site remediation strategies. These increases have resulted from the promulgation of federal standards for the remediation of contaminated sites and the removal of trace concentrations of hazardous compounds from water supplies. Improvements in environmental engineering education to meet these challenges has lagged behind the increased sophistication in environmental engineering technology. The objective of this project is to provide students with a more diverse environmental engineering background through the development of the course and its laboratory component. Specifically, an Ion Chromatography System, pH/Ion Selective Electrode Meters and an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer are being incorporated into the laboratory to address this issue.