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This course examines the safety requirements for non-ionizing radiation and how to address safe use of non-ionizing radiation producing devices. This includes tanning beds, ultra-violet light curing of materials, lasers used in entertainment, medicine and industry, and radiofrequency sources such as WiFi networks, cell phones and industrial heat sealers.
The class is designed for students who have little or no experience in evaluating these hazards, and will provide background on how these devices work, the associated biological effects and the basics of protection of workers and the public.
As non-ionizing radiation sources become more prevalent, especially laser and radiofrequency based devices, it is critical that we understand how they work, what the biological hazards are, and how to use them safely.
Class presentations will be streamed over the web and can be viewed live or at any time after the presentation by students using Windows Media Player.
Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to:
Courses which relate directly to this one:
This course is also available as a noncredit option. See the EDLL 2006 course page if you want the content, but don’t need the college credits.
CHEM 107 (Fundamentals of Chemistry) or CHEM 113 (General Chemistry II); MATH 118 (College Algebra in Context II) or MATH 127 (Precalculus (GT-MA1)); PH 122 (General Physics II (GT-SC1)) or PH 142 (Physics for Scientists and Engineers II (GT-SC1))
This course is also available as a noncredit option. See EDLL 2006.
thomas.e.johnson@colostate.edu
Thomas Johnson began his career at Colorado State University in 2005 after spending 8 years as a faculty member at Uniformed Services University. He served for 14 years as a reservist in the United States Air Force in addition to his regular teaching and research activities, and prior to that was an Engineering Laboratory Technician on a submarine in the US Navy. His current research focuses on environmental radioactivity and protecting humans, animals and the environment from the deleterious effects of radiation while allowing productive use of radioactivity. Along with his colleagues and graduate students, Dr. Johnson has published more than 50 peer reviewed papers, several textbooks, and hundreds of presentations and posters on environmental radioactivity and other health physics topics. He has taught and/or given lectures at Fukushima University, University of Tsukuba and Hirosaki University.