ENGT 397: Environmental Laboratory Operations

Course Description

This course explores both the principles and practice of environmental laboratory operations. This is a hands-on course that takes place primarily onsite in a laboratory operating as a commercial contract testing and research and development laboratory. The course will discuss the requirements for laboratory accreditation, QA/QC requirements for certified analysis, standard operating procedures, field sampling techniques, common chemical and biological analysis techniques, water analysis methods, pilot study evaluations, report writing, and data review. Prerequisite: Instructor consent.