This course integrates knowledge of physical, hydrological, and environmental processes with management issues and challenges in water resources and environmental management. Topics include aspects of water quantity and quality, water use and treatment, and basin management issues related to forestry, agriculture, urbanization, floods, and droughts. This course examines theory, operation, and application of transmission electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis for students planning to use these techniques in their research. Topics include specimen preparation procedures, electron optics of the transmission electron microscope, image formation, x-ray spectral analysis and thin film microanalysis techniques, slide preparation and presentation of results. This paper should be 10-20 pages including any figures and tables.
Students read journal articles and other literature about topics and present a summary to the class.
One of the talks is a formal presentation, as though the student is giving a paper at a meeting. The purpose of the talks is to inform the class about the chosen topic and to learn to present scientific information orally in a formal way. The talks should be about a half-hour long, leaving time for discussion. A second presentation is similar to a poster paper at a meeting. Students prepare some illustrative materials and present them to the class in an informal discussion mode, involving interaction between class members.