Course: Environmental Analysis Sampling

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Course title Environmental Analysis Sampling
Course code TUIOZP/TP2VE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šenkárová Lenka, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vinter Štěpán, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. General and basic terms of sampling. Sampling documentations. 2. Preliminary investigations of contaminated site. Standard operating procedures at sampling, QC/QA management. 3. Sampling planning - sampling plans/protocols, work safety. 4. Technical devices for sampling. Active and passive sampling devices. 5. Monitoring systems. Surface- and Groundwater sampling. 6. Sampling of municipal and industrial wastes. 7. Soil, soil atmosphere, sludge and sediment sampling. 8. Terrain sample adjustment - transportation - storage. 9. Undesirable sample changes. 10. Laboratory sample adjustment, analytical method validation. 11. Sample matrices specific analysis - analysis evaluation - final report. 12. Basic separation and concentration methods. 13. New trends in analytical chemistry of the environment. 14. Sampling legislation and case studies.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
  • Home preparation for classes - 16 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 16 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
from general and basic concepts of sampling
from general and basic concepts of sampling
from the basics of procurement legislation
from the basics of procurement legislation
Skills
plan sampling and complete sampling protocols
plan sampling and complete sampling protocols
propose collection and treatment of soil sampling
propose collection and treatment of soil sampling
to propose the collection and treatment of water sampling
to propose the collection and treatment of water sampling
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written examination
Oral examination
Oral examination
Grade (Using a grade system)
Grade (Using a grade system)
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Center for Environmental Research Information, US EPA. Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Pocket Guide. Cincinnati, 1991.
  • Helán V. (Ed.). Odběry vzorků. Český Těšín, 2006. ISBN 8086380335.
  • Horálek V. a kol. Vzorkování I. Český Těšín, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86380-53-7.
  • Schwartz, F. W. Fundamentals of ground water. New York : Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-471-13785-5.
  • Suthersan, Suthan S. Remediation Engineering : Design Concepts. 1st ed. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1997. ISBN 1566701376.
  • Ševčík J. G. K. Měření a výsledky v analytické chemii. Praha, 2009. ISBN 9788090310346.
  • Šráček O., Datel J., Mls J. Kontaminační hydrogeologie. Praha, 2002. ISBN 802460521X.
  • Thompson, Steven K. Sampling. 2nd ed. New York : Wiley, 2002. ISBN 0-471-29116-1.
  • Weight W. D., Sonderegger J. L. Manual of Applied Field Hydrogeology. New York, 2000. ISBN 007069639X.


Study plans that include the course
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