NSF Award Abstract - #0316181| NSF Award Abstract - #0316181 |
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| NSF Org | CHE |
| Latest Amendment Date | July 11, 2003 |
| Award Number | 0316181 |
| Award Instrument | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
Richard D. Foust CHE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY MPS DIRECT FOR MATHEMATICAL & PHYSICAL SCIEN |
| Start Date | July 15, 2003 |
| Expires | June 30, 2006 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $190062 (Estimated) |
| Investigator | Julian F. Tyson tyson@chem.umass.edu (Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
U of Massachusetts Amherst 408 Goodell Building Amherst, MA 010033285 413/545-0698 |
| NSF Program | 1990 CHEMISTRY EDUCATION |
| Field Application | |
| Program Reference Code | 9156,9177,SMET, |
PI: Tyson Institution: U of MassachusettsThis award supports a research and education project at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) under the direction of Julian Tyson. He will investigate procedures to determine the arsenic content in soils and water with the goal of devising one that middle and high school students can use to investigate arsenic leaching from pressure treated wood into the environment. The first phase of the project will involve research towards developing a low cost field test using spectrophotometric detection techniques. This will result in an analysis procedure and apparatus suitable for use by K-12 students. In the second phase, the test procedure will be field tested in middle and high school classrooms in Springfield MA. It will also be incorporated into the UMass undergraduate analytical chemistry laboratory classes. The research team aims to create curricular materials for use both at the middle school-high school level and the undergraduate level.
