Laboratory Facilities
Environmental
Engineering Pilot Lab
The Environmental Engineering Pilot Laboratory is located in Coolbaugh
Hall. This facility provides 2400 ft2 of high-bay laboratory space
with an underdrain floor system for secondary containment of any
spillage. The Pilot Laboratory houses larger scale apparatus and
associated equipment and instrumentation for conducting experimentation
regarding water treatment, wastewater reclamation, contaminant transport
processes, and site remediation technologies. The main floor of
the Pilot Lab provides open space, benches, and wall-mounted rack
systems which enable research with a variety of test apparatus.
Pilot-scale test units are available to study nanofiltration/reverse
osmosis, electrodialysis, chemical oxidation, soil-aquifer treatment,
and biotreatment technologies. The Lab includes four adjoining rooms,
which provide space for instrumentation and analytical measurements
of water, soil and gas composition. The Lab is currently equipped
with two gas chromatographs, a flow-through hydrocarbon analyzer,
a UV/VIS spectrophotometer, wet chemistry instruments, and multi-channel
computerized dataloggers.
Environmental
Microbiology Lab
The Microbiology Lab is a multi-disciplinary, multi-user facility
designated for microbiological studies. Research ranges from fundamental
studies of environmentally relevant virus, bacteria and protozoa
to more engineered, microbially enriched soil systems. Access to
this Biosafety Level 2 facility may be obtained by contacting Dr.
Junko Munakata Marr.