Learn how geologists and hydrologists use field and laboratory data to solve questions that impact society. Topics include climate change, water supply and contamination, resource issues, and geologic hazards. Students will gather and analyze samples and data that will contribute to the completion of a scientific research project. Possibilities for various Earth science careers will be explored. If you would like to know, this course will explain the basics of how to find, drill, and produce oil and natural gas from miles beneath the surface of the Earth.
Scholarships are available to help cover part of the cost of tuition.
Both the wave and particle models are needed to explain experimental results, but wave and particle aspects cannot be observed simultaneously. Learn how to approach this basic problem in physics examining key theories and conducting your own experiments. You'll get to do experiments on hydrogen emission spectra, the photoelectric effect, electron diffraction, and scanning tunneling microscopy. Survey of subject areas of chemical engineering, including heat and mass balances and transport, reactor kinetics and design, and process instrumentation and control, will be covered. Much of the instruction will be hands-on laboratories or demonstrations.