Water Chemistry Program

<HEAD> <BASE TARGET="_top"> <STYLE TYPE="text/css">  </STYLE> </HEAD> <MAP NAME="corner"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="0,0,124,119" HREF="" ALT="Annual Report Contents"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="125,0,169,84" HREF="" ALT="Annual Report Contents"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="170,0,199,59" HREF="" ALT="Annual Report Contents"> </MAP> <BODY BACKGROUND="pics/background.jpg" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#996666" VLINK="#666633"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%"> <TR VALIGN="top"><TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><IMG SRC="pics/corner.jpg" WIDTH=225 HEIGHT=150 BORDER=0 VSPACE=0 HSPACE=0 ALT="IMAGINE - Annual Report 1999" ISMAP USEMAP="#corner"></FONT></TD> <TD ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><FONT COLOR="#996633" FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <H5>College of Engineering -- University of Wisconsin-Madison</H5><BR><H2><BIG>W</BIG>ATER <BIG>C</BIG>HEMISTRY <BIG>P</BIG>ROGRAM</H2></FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR VALIGN="top"> <TD WIDTH=80><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><IMG SRC="/graphics/icons/blank.gif" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=1 BORDER=0></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=5 BORDER=0 WIDTH=277 ALIGN="right"> <TR><TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"> <A HREF="/graphics/photos/research-outside/p29_water_chem.jpg"><IMG SRC="/news/ar/1999/pics/p29_water_chem.jpg" WIDTH=245 HEIGHT=305 BORDER=0 ALT="Collecting water samples"></A> <P CLASS="caption">To analyze trace metals, researchers collect water samples using clean sampling techniques. <SMALL> <NOBR>(<A HREF="/graphics/photos/research-outside/p29_water_chem.jpg">27K JPG</A>)</NOBR></SMALL> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> <P><FONT COLOR="#996633" FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><BIG><B><I>Applying chemistry to water-related problems</I></B></BIG></FONT><P CLASS="underhead"> The Water Chemistry Program is an interdepartmental graduate program offering the MS and PhD in water chemistry. Participating departments include <A HREF="/cee/">civil and environmental engineering</A> (primary department), <A HREF="/che/">chemical and biological engineering</A>, <A HREF="http://www.chem.wisc.edu/">chemistry</A>, <A HREF="http://www.soils.wisc.edu/">soil science</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.geology.wisc.edu/">geology and geophysics</A>. Program activities are centered in the <A HREF="/centers/wse/">Water Science and Engineering Laboratory</A> on Lake Mendota, where graduate students, faculty, postdoctoral fellows and staff researchers examine the applications of chemistry to problems in environmental and engineering systems. Many of the students work on interdisciplinary research problems with groups from other programs and departments. <P><FONT COLOR="#996633" FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><BIG><B><I>Areas of emphasis</I></B></BIG></FONT><P CLASS="underhead"> One emphasis involves the chemistry of lakes, streams, groundwater and air. Problems studied include the sources and fate of metals and organic chemical contaminants in lakes, rivers and groundwater, causes of mercury accumulation in fish, control of nuisance algae and macrophyte growth in lakes, the transfer of contaminants across the air-water interface, and the sources and properties of fine particulate matter in air. <P> Another area deals with new technologies for engineering processes and pollution control. Projects include development of ceramic membranes for use in chemical synthesis and water quality control; use of photocatalysis, chemical oxidation and super-critical fluids in treatment of chemical wastes; and applications of treatment technologies to remediation of contaminated sediments. <P> Still another focus is on environmentally friendly energy storage systems which employ novel thin-film barriers, ultra-capacitors, and newly developed proton exchange membrane fuel cells. <P> Graduates are prepared to enter a variety of careers, including teaching and research at major universities, research in public and private institutions, industrial research & development, as well as pollution control and resource management. <P> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <TABLE> <TR><TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"><B> <A HREF="/cee/faculty/armstrong_david.html">David E. Armstrong</A> (Chair) <BR>Room 122 <BR> 680 North Park Street <BR> Madison, WI 53706-1481 <P> Tel: 608/263-3264 <BR> Fax: 608/262-0454 <BR> E-mail: <A HREF="mailto:mpossin@wisc.edu">mpossin@wisc.edu</A> <BR> <A HREF="http://limnology.wisc.edu/grad/ec&tcover.htm">limnology.wisc.edu/grad/ec&tcover.htm</A> <BR> </B></FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> </DIV> <BR CLEAR="all"> <P> <HR SIZE=2 NOSHADE> <SMALL> <B>Copyright © 1999 University System Board of Regents</B> <P>Content by <A HREF="mailto:perspective@engr.wisc.edu">perspective@engr.wisc.edu</A> <BR>Markup by <A HREF="/cgi/bin/mailto?webmaster@engr.wisc.edu">webmaster@engr.wisc.edu</A> <BR>Date last modified: Monday, 27-Sep-1999 16:00:00 CDT <BR>Date created: 27-Sep-1999 <P><B><A HREF="">Annual Report 1999 Contents</A></B> </SMALL> </FONT></TD> <TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif"> </FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>