INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SAMPLING STRATEGIES

Course Number: OSH 626

Credit Hours: 3

Bassam H. Atieh, Sc.D.

Tel. 809-6652

Title

Industrial Hygiene Sampling Strategies

Catalog Description

Advanced in-depth study of the approaches to workplace sampling.  Emphasis is on sampling

methods, passive sampling, sampling devices, breathing zone, and area sampling strategy.

Course work will include lab. sessions and field experience.  This course is designed for

graduate students only.

Purpose

To prepare students to conduct in-depth and comprehensive air sampling and analysis.

Course Objectives  (a,b,c,d,h,k)

By the end of this course:

- Students will become familiar with different types and methods of sampling.

- Students will be able to analyze results and statistically accept or reject them.

- Students will be able to choose the proper method and equipment to sample different

  types of airborne agents.

- Students will be able to use analytical instruments and microscopes.

- Students will be able to identify, calibrate and use sampling equipment.

- Students will learn how to analyze data and write technical reports.

Content Outline

- Introduction to Air Sampling

- Math. Review and Statistics

- Air Flow Measurement, (Includes Lab. I)

- Particulate Sampling, (Includes Lab. II)

MIDTERM EXAM

- General Gas Properties

- Microscopy, (Includes Lab. III)

- Particulate Sampling II and Particle Sizing

- Stack Sampling

- Sampling Strategies

FINAL EXAM (COMPREHENSIVE)

Instructional Activities

- Lectures

- Labs

- Homework

Field & Laboratory Experiences

Field work and laboratory sessions requires in-depth written reports as directed by instructor.

Lab. reports must be typed and presented on time.  Reasonably late reports will be accepted

but will lose one letter grade.  Unreasonably late reports will not be accepted.

Resources

- Text/s

- Handouts

Grading

- Homework:  10%

- Labs:  30%

- Midterm Exam:  30%

- Final Exam:  30%

Attendance Policy

- Attendance is required.

- Unexcused absences will affect your final grade for the course.

Academic Honesty Policy

Refer to your undergraduate/graduate bulletin.

Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person's material as one's own, or doing work for

another person which will receive academic credit) are all impermissible.  This includes the

use of unauthorized, books, notebooks, or other sources in order to secure or give help during

an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports and term

papers, or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student's own work. 

Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty

member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place.

Recommended Texts & References

- Air Sampling Instruments, ACGIH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Latest Edition.

- The Occupational Environment-Its Evaluation and Control, AIHA Press, Latest Edition.

Prerequisites

- Graduate status

- OSH 420

- PHY 125 or equivalent

- Instructor's approval

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