The course familiarizes the student with calibration and operation of equipment for sampling, monitoring, and analysis of air pollutants. E.S. 321B Scientific and Technical Writing 2. Three formal reports require the use of a word processing program as well as a spreadsheet program. The meteorological equipment laboratory requires the use of Procomm for data collection. Each topic listed above is introduced during lecture period.
Students perform laboratory and field work during assigned lab periods.
Six laboratory assignments are required during the semester. Students perform independent sampling of PM10, Industrial Hygiene, and Indoor Air Quality. A formal report is required for each. Major equipment used in this lab include an atmospheric data acquisition system, PM10 samplers and indoor air quality monitors. See laboratory equipment section of this document for additional laboratory equipment information.