Presidential Faculty Fellow: Metal-Organic and Metal-Surface Interactions Influencing Mobility of Metal Contaminants of Water and Their Removal in Water Treatment

9553208该奖项旨在为研究天然水和土壤中痕量金属的流动性和活性，以及通过水处理过程去除痕量无机污染物提供支持。这项研究是她在国家科学基金会青年研究人员奖第92-58431号下进行的工作的继续。该奖项的教学部分涉及她的观察，即在对学生进行化学教育以及将这种接触融入本科土木和环境工程课程方面存在严重不足。她的计划包括开发一门为期一年的化学入门课程，向学生介绍适用于环境工程实践的物理化学、无机化学和有机化学的概念。这是一项奖励的初始增量，以支持这位总统研究员，他是通过国家科学基金会进行的评估程序并根据NSF 94-134中包含的提名指南、审查程序和奖励条件而选出的。控制污染物在水系统中的运移和去向的因素之所以令人感兴趣，是因为它们在控制污染物在含水层、处理过程和自然系统中的运移和去向方面发挥了作用。本研究成果可望应用于给水、水处理和污染治理系统的工程设计。

9553208 Hering This is an award to provide support for research on the mobility and reactivity of trace metals in natural waters and soils and the removal of trace inorganic contaminants by water treatment processes. This research is a continuation of work she has been conducting under National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award No. 92-58431. The teaching component of this award addresses her observation that a serious deficiency exists in education of students in chemistry and integration of this exposure into undergraduate civil and environmental engineering courses. Her plan includes development of a one-year introductory chemistry course that introduces students to concepts from physical, inorganic and organic chemistry that have applicability to environmental engineering practice. This is the initial increment of an award to provide support for this Presidential Faculty Fellow who was selected through evaluation procedures conducted by the National Science Foundation and based on criteria contained in NSF 94-134 which contains the nomination guidelines, review procedures and award conditions. Factors that control the transport and fate of pollutants in aqueous systems are of interest because of the role they play in controlling the movement and fate of pollutants through aquifers, in treatment processes and natural systems. Results of this research are expected to be applied in engineering design of water supply, water treatment and pollution abatement systems.