Student Case Study Projects
All students will be required to prepare a case study report
(maximum total of 20 pages, double spaced; 1 inch margins; 12 pt
font; 10 references minimum). Your case study will examine a
chemical in a specific contaminated site or media. The case
study will examine sources, pathways, receptors and controls for
your target chemical in the target environment. Your paper will
be submitted according to a required format and will reference
major peer reviewed work and reviews. You will review major
sources of the chemical, natural or manmade, fate and transport
in the environment, toxicological endpoints in animals or humans
and what environmental (natural or engineered) or regulatory
controls aid in the mitigation of the exposure. An outline of
your case study is due 10/7 and the full paper is due 11/30.
Project Details
The format of this case study report will follow the typical
components of a short report:
Title
Page,
Abstract or Summary,
Introduction,
Background,
Discussion,
Conclusion,
Recommendations (optional), References,
Attachments (if any). A style guide for this type of report
can be found at the
University of Toronto Engineering Writing Center-Short Reports.
Potential subjects for this case study can be found by
reviewing regulatory science Web sites (such as EPA and the
regional offices), the ASTDR site as well as many others.
Superfund sites and NPDES discharge permits, typically have very
large numbers of primary and secondary documents available on
the Web. Alternately, you may have an interest in a particular
chemical or site and wish to examine this in more detail. The
UI Library is a Government Documents Repository, hence you can
find a large amount of primary documentation from this resource.
Examples:
- Tributyl Tin in the sediments of Puget Sound.
- Arsenic at the Triumph Idaho Mine Site.
- VOC Emissions in furniture manufacturing facilities.
- TNT contamination at military firing ranges.
- Parathion use in agricultural insect pest control.
Please use the University of Toronto Engineering Writing
Center Web site for style guidance including citation
formatting. Your writing should be crisp, clear and to the
point.
Technical Writing Style Guides:
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