PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

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3 - YEAR PROJECT from NSF CRCD Program , EEC Division

National Science Foundation (NSF) CRCD Program, Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Division

$225K in remediation equipment / instrumentation funding

$55K in laboratory renovations by MTU administration

2 years of PhD fellowship support by MTU administration

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT:

CM/GE496 "Fundamentals of Subsurface Remediation"

Co-listed in chemical engineering (CM) and geological engineering (GE)

Fundamental technology science and engineering with design aspects

4 credit class, including laboratory below

CM/GE496 "Subsurface Remediation Laboratory"

Co-listed in CM and GE departments

Hands-on remediation demonstrations on a range of scales

Students design and implement treatability plans

CM/GE497 "Subsurface Remediation Laboratory"

Co-listed in CM and GE departments

3 credit laboratory with more in-depth and hands-on remediation experiments

Senior project where students can choose the project

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH: Multidisciplinary

Each engineering discipline contributes a suite of expertise to the analysis and solution of remediation problems. For example, geological engineering contributes to the understanding of site characterization, subsurface flow and transport, and to subsurface well placement and monitoring. Chemical engineering lends itself well to subsurface system material and energy analysis, process design and cost analysis, and ex-situ separation and reaction technologies. Environmental engineering can contribute to many areas including pollutant partitioning, subsurface chemistry, and ex-situ separation and reaction technologies. In addition, virtually all science and engineering disciplines can contribute to remediation technology research and development. Shown below is the pedagogical approach we use in the conduct of our subsurface remediation class.