The goal of this project was to develop a groundwater hydrology education collaboration and improve groundwater hydrology education at three 4-VA universities (Virginia Tech, James Madison University, and Old Dominion University).

• Objective 1: Improve and repair existing hands-on curriculum materials
  • Activity: have the two undergraduate lab assistants improve and repair the existing lab equipment.
• Objective 2: Increase material inventory to accommodate more groups in the laboratory setting
  • Activity: produce additional lab equipment to accommodate for more/smaller groups in the laboratory. Specifically, the undergraduate lab assistants focused their work on permeameters and storage columns.
• Objective 3: Acquire one new hands-on activities to add to the course
  • Activity: acquire one new hands-on activity to add to the course. We proposed to produce 3D printed porosity models, which can be tested by students in classroom/lab activities.