Instrumented Laboratory for Environmental Geophysics

9452167 Wolf正在开发一个仪器实验室，用于向本科生教授环境调查中使用的地球物理现场方法。受益最大的学生是那些主修地质学、地质工程、地球科学和环境科学的学生，他们参加了奥本大学地质系的应用地球物理和现场方法课程，土木工程系的地下水文和测量课程，以及与这些课程和其他地质学和工程课程相关的实验室。该设备正在各种地方环境中使用，以演示数据获取技术和实验设计，这些技术在环境评估中是有用的。四件地球物理设备，全部用于环境分析，正在整合到课程中：1)24通道数字瞬时浮点（DIFP）信号叠加地震仪；2)直流电阻率单元；3)质子磁强计和4)电磁接地电导率计（em - 31）。该设备直接丰富了本科应用地球物理课程的内容，同时，通过为这些专业的学生提供使用地球物理工具表征环境条件的第一手经验，为三个跨学科本科课程做出了贡献。尽管地球科学专业毕业生的就业机会发生了变化，但对当前机构项目的回顾表明，在全国范围内，缺乏应用于环境调查的地球物理学教育实验室经验。奥本大学正在通过培养学生从事环境职业，并为他们在未来的新方法中领导研究做好准备，来解决这一不足。

9452167 Wolf An instrumented laboratory is being developed for teaching geophysical field methodologies that are used in environmental investigations to undergraduate students. The students benefitting the most are those with majors in geology, geological engineering, earth sciences, and environmental sciences who are enrolled in the Auburn University Department of Geology's classes in applied geophysics and field methods, the Department of Civil Engineering's classes in subsurface hydrology and measurements, and laboratories associated with these and other classes within Geology and Engineering. The equipment is being used in a variety of local settings to demonstrate techniques of data acquisition and experiment design that are useful in environmental assessments. Four pieces of geophysical equipment, all used in environmental analyses, are being integrated into the curriculum: 1) a 24-channel Digital Instantaneous Floating Point (DIFP) Signal Stacking Seismograph; 2) a DC Resistivity unit; 3) a Proton Magnetometer, and 4) an Electromagnetic Ground Conductivity Meter (EM-3 1). The equipment directly enriches the undergraduate applied geophysics class and, at the same time, contributes to three interdisciplinary undergraduate programs by giving students in these majors first-hand experience in characterizing environmental conditions with geophysical tools. A review of current institutional programs shows a lack, nationally, of educational laboratory experiences in geophysics as applied to environmental investigations, despite changes in career opportunities for graduates of earth science programs. Auburn is addressing this deficiency by training students for environmental careers and preparing them to lead research in new approaches for the future.