180.656.11
Risk Analysis of Engineered Nanomaterials
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Saturday, June 14, 2014
End Date
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Saturday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy or equivalent academic training or professional experience.
Students apply environmental health risk analysis techniques (risk assessment, risk management, risk communication) to the use of engineered nanomaterials in nanotechnology and products. Discusses how nanomaterials are used in consumer, industrial and medical products and their potential health risks. Explores the current and emerging approaches for nanotoxicology, and examines nanomaterial fate and transport in the environment. Assesses the determination of nanomaterial exposures and explores various approaches to the management and communication of nanotechnology risks and benefits.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe how fundamental principles of risk assessment, risk management and risk communication interrelate with the use of engineered nanomaterials in products and technologies in a societal context
- Identify key issues and approaches to assessing and managing the health impacts of engineered nanomaterials in technologies and products
- Analyze and articulate the application of risk analysis approaches to engineered nanomaterials in technology and products, including potential risk-risk and risk-benefit trade-off issues