Materials Working Group
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Funded by the Innovations in Technology and Teaching Congressional Award

Dr. Betty Gulitz, Dean for Academics, Principal Investigator
Dr. Heidi Kay, Project Director
974-6408 hkay@hsc.usf.edu CPH 1112
Sanaa Bennouna, Associate Director

This mobile classroom, called the “EnviroVan” will be used to transport state of the art environmental science instruments and equipment to various sites and schools for field testing, analysis, research and demonstrations. Additionally, students at both undergraduate and graduate levels will use the equipment for analytical training, allowing hands-on experience in authentic work. It will be useful in both education and research.

We have purchased a shuttle bus from USF transportation fleet. The new analytical equipment is mounted on mobile carts and secured into the shuttle during transport. When parked, equipment may be moved with the carts to a designated site or may remain and operate within the shuttle. Each instrument has a unique independent workstation with computer, supplies, etc. efficiently arranged and installed onto the cart.

Current instruments include:
Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
UV/VIS Spectrometer

Facilities include:

• Choice of generator or power-drop operation from an electrical switch box.
  
• Four gas cylinder mounts
  
• Hydraulic lift at door to raise/lower carts
  
• Two storage cabinets
  
• Four sets of clamping supports for four carts simultaneously secured in the Van
  
• Roof-mounted air conditioner for remote deployment
  
• Power strips on interior walls of shuttle of various amperages
  
• Passenger seating for 3 (plus driver)
  
• Four work stations