Centered around water engineering and the ways communities access clean water, the fast-paced curriculum had students taking quality measurements of local water samples using various instrumentation in the lab. In addition to chemical measurements, students performed experiments to assess contaminants ranging from microbes to microplastics.
Arlington High School junior Elena Wisniewski said she most enjoyed “learning about the chemistry behind water using probes and what properties can make our water dangerous, such as microbes and microplastics.”
Lessons inside the lab were reinforced by a short walk to the banks of the Charles River, where LoRusso and Bryan Yoon, assistant director of undergraduate studies in environmental science and engineering, taught students how to perform field work and sample collection. Students also got a behind-closed-doors tour of the Fresh…
