A major upgrade in environmental engineering research and associated teaching lab equipment and space has occurred. Analytical equipment provides the capability for analysis and investigation of a wide variety of industrial processes, treatment processes, and polluted environments. This equipment gives students experience and expertise in treatability and toxicity studies, design and operation of bench-scale treatment systems, and investigation of a wide range of water quality parameters.
Metals analyses by atomic absorption spectrophotometry is also available.
Computational capabilities are widely accessible not only throughout the campus, but in research laboratories, as well. The recent award by the National Science Foundation for major research instrumentation will be used to equip a laboratory dedicated to the study and characterization of the continuum of environmental colloids and particles in natural and engineered aqueous systems. A critical reactor facility for operational training and core physics studies is also available for student use in conjunction with modern nuclear radiation detection and characterization systems. Within the health physics laboratory are a whole-body counter and systems for the analysis of beta, gamma, and alpha spectra from radionuclides. Also included are a calibration laboratory, a radiochemistry laboratory, and a computer laboratory.