RedVector RV-10314AW

Nanotechnology and Sustainability

Nanotechnology and Sustainability

1 hr. Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Item#: RV-10314AW

SME: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.

This course has been discontinued.

Are you ready for your world to change due to the contributions of nanotechnology? You can be confident in your understanding of nanotechnology, its impacts, and its relationship to sustainability. You can reap the benefits for yourself and your clients.
 
This webcast gives you the potential that nanotechnology, specifically nano-products, brings to sustainability. Topics include new energy creation and storage opportunities, improved product durability, water quality improvement, pollution mitigation, as well as benefits and potential dangers of nanotechnology.
Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Comprehend the basic concept of nanotechnology
  • Discuss the connection between nanotechnology and sustainability
  • Name the areas of sustainability potentially impacted by nanotechnology
  • List some of the potential benefits for using nano-products in support of sustainability
  • Recite the current limitations and potential dangers of nanotechnology processes and products
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.
Rumanda Young, Ph.D. Photo
Dr. Young is a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) in the state of Texas and a Certified Planner (AICP).  She holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture (BLA) from the University of Arkansas, a master’s degree in city and regional planning (MCRP) with environmental planning emphasis from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in urban planning and public policy. Dr. Young also spent time abroad in Cheltenham, England at the University of Gloucestershire focusing on sustainable development practices, environmental planning, and resource management.
Dr. Young has eight years of private practice experience, six of which working with the firm Carter & Burgess, Inc. She was involved in a variety of work including a wide range of park and recreational planning and design projects. Landscape Architectural experience ranges from preparation of detail site design plans, inventory and analysis documents, park, recreation and open space master plans, city-wide comprehensive plans, interpretive prospectus documents, construction document preparation, and preparation of grant applications and rezoning applications for cities throughout Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

Dr. Young currently works as a Military Master Planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Planning, Environmental, and Regulatory Branch.  Dr. Young is involved in a variety of work including a wide range of military planning, programming, and design projects. Project Management experience ranges from installation design guides to campus master plans. Projects also focus on the impacts of development on human health and the environment, and improvements through better siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of military projects.

Dr. Young is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture.  She teaches master’s level landscape architecture design studio course(s).

 

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