Professor Marc Anderson (top) and research associate Jean-Pierre Kottelat prepare a photocatalytic reactor for operation. (51K JPG)

The Environmental Engineering and the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory house a complete set of analytical equipment necessary to perform physical, chemical, and biological analyses. Specific instrumentation include atomic absorption spectrophotometers, gas, ion, and liquid chromatography, purge-and-trap sample concentrators, TOC analyzers, liquid scintillation counters, centrifuges, respirometers, fermentors, and other general equipment standard in any environmental laboratory.

The Environmental Engineering Laboratory also has an environmental biotechnology lab, equipped with epifluorescent microscopy and digital image acquisition, a thermal cycler, gel electrophoresis boxes, transilluminator, a fluorescent microplate reader, and all the basic lab equipment necessary for molecular biology preparations. In addition, the UW Biotechnology Center is conveniently located one block from the Environmental Engineering Laboratory and provides the services of primer and probe synthesis, DNA sequencing, and a freezer store for molecular biology supplies.

A pilot scale drinking water treatment plant and model distribution system are permanently operated at the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory. The plant is equipped with surface and groundwater sources and two independent treatment trains for comparative studies.

Two ultra-clean rooms for trace metal analyses in environmental samples are available at the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory along with facilities for the trace analysis of organic contaminants. This facility also houses the air pollution laboratory which has a broad range of air monitoring equipment for the advanced physical and chemical characterization of airborne particulate matter and the emissions from air pollution sources.

Environmental Engineering research is also supported by the Environmental Health Division of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. Capabilities are available at this state-of-the-art laboratory including flow cytometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy, GC/MS, ICPMS, as well as fully integrated facilities for occupational exposure testing, water chemistry, air chemistry, biomonitoring, toxicology, and microbiology.

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