City University of New York (CUNY), The City College, Division of Science, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2016)

Standards-Based Enhanced Academic and Professional Training for Geoscientists

To develop teaching materials for integration into four courses encompassing topics such as building standards for earthquakes; mold standards following hurricanes; counterterrorism standards for first responders regarding chemical and biological substances; the effects of international trade agreements on safety standards; mining standards; environmental site assessments; geographic information metadata standards; and environmental management standards.

A paper was published about this award in the SES Journal and is available here:  On the Pursuit of Relevance in Standards-based Curriculum Development: The CCNY Approach, Angelo Lampousis, City College of New York (Jul/Aug 2017). 

The contact for this award is Angelo Lampousis, alampousis [at] ccny.cuny.edu (alampousis[at]ccny[dot]cuny[dot]edu). 

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