Masters of Architecture and Health - Clemson

Masters of Architecture and Health - Clemson
Architecture + Health Concentration: Within the framework of the Master of Architecture degree, the Architecture + Health concentration includes seminar courses and studio work appropriate for both a general professional degree and a concentration in architecture + health. The intent is to develop the generalist-specialist, graduates that can creatively work in both modes. The curriculum concentration includes both the study of health facility design, and the study of relationships between architectural settings and their impact on human health and well-being. The primary purpose of the concentration is to study [1] how architectural environments impact health, and [2] how to create architectural settings that support health and well-being of individuals and larger populations.

Studio design projects and seminar courses examine these relationships for architectural settings and conditions ranging from entire communities and health care systems to specific projects and individual interior or exterior spaces. The emphasis in the studio is on design excellence within the framework of rigorous and complex demands found in the practice of healthcare architecture. Student work is expected to stand up critically at all levels of architectural consideration.

The Architecture + Health concentration is demanding in the scope of its professional studies, with most of the course work designated for specific areas of learning. Students may take advantage of the same off-campus programs available to students in the architecture concentration during their 1st semester of study. Given the number of required courses, students may elect to opt for a five-semester plan of study beginning in the spring semester. The thesis, developed during the final year of study, normally deals with particular architectural topics as they relate to health and/or health facility design.

Clemson's Architecture and Health program is one of only a handful such programs in the nation. With over thirty years in existence, the program has gained wide national recognition for the high caliber of its graduates and the extensive track record of public service projects over the years for local and state health agencies. Many of its graduates have reached prominent positions in the largest and most important firms specializing in architecture for health through the country

MercuryNews.com | 02/18/2005 | Inventor of crash test dummies dead at 90

MercuryNews.com | 02/18/2005 | Inventor of crash test dummies dead at 90: "Inventor of crash test dummies dead at 90


MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (AP) - Samuel W. Alderson, the inventor of crash test dummies such as those used to test auto safety, has died. He was 90.
Alderson died Feb. 11 at home of complications from myelofibrosis, his son Jeremy said."

Bangladesh - "10m waste management project uncertain" due to RED TAPE.

: "$ 10m waste management project uncertain


Sunday February 13 2005 14:18:21 PM BDT


AGENCIES, Dhaka :A waste management project for the production of organic fertiliser, gas and electricity from garbage has become uncertain because of the negligence of the Dhaka City Corporation.

The project, claimed to be the first under the Clean Development Mechanism, will also bring in 10 million dollars in foreign direct investments and provide a source of revenue for the corporation."

Herb Used To Treat Diabetes Works Like Modern-Day Prescription Drugs, Study Suggests

Herb Used To Treat Diabetes Works Like Modern-Day Prescription Drugs, Study Suggests

Researchers gave extracts of the herb Salacia oblonga to 39 healthy adults, and the results were promising. The largest dose of the herb extract – 1,000 milligrams – decreased insulin and blood glucose levels by 29 and 23 percent, respectively.

BUT THEY HAVE YET TO TEST IT ON Diabetics for Blood Glucose control...

EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program

ETV Verified Technologies: "Environmental Technology Verification Program "

Methane Hydrate!!! in Ireland - Potential Irish gas source identified

Business World, live news from Ireland, plus Irish archive, lists, companies information: "Potential Irish gas source identified
Thursday, February 03 14:39:42
(BizWorld)
Ireland could have another source of local natural gas if research into methane hydrate reserves off the West Coast of Ireland is successful.
Scientists at NUI Galway's Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS), with support from two key industry players, have begin examining the reserves.
The project partners and sponsors are Providence Resources, a publicly quoted Irish oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Ireland, the UK and West Africa, and UK-based Sosina Exploration Limited which has activities in the UK and Ireland.
If the project is successful, it could help to solve Ireland's growing difficulty in meeting local natural gas demand at competitive rates into the next decade. "