Environmental Engineering Laboratory
The Civil and Environmental Engineering uses this lab to train future engineers on the accepted methodologies used to analyze water and wastewater quality.
Key Capabilities:
Water Analyses
- Color testing
- Breakpoint chlorination
- Alkalinity and hardness
- Turbidity, jar tests
Wastewater Analyses
- Solids testing
- Microbial identification
- BOD assessments
- Dissolved oxygen
Key Equipment:
- Spectronic 20
- Nephelometers
- Jar test apparatus
- Nikon microscopes
- Spectophotomer – Hach 4000U
Ancillary Equipment:
- Drying oven
- Incubator
- Analytical balance
- Vacuum system
Contact:
Julia B. Avera, Ph.D. javera@tntech.edu
