Mark Brink: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |
| Name | PD Dr. Mark Brink |
| Field | Arbeitspsychologie, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Umweltergonomie |
| Address | Bundesamt für Umwelt Abteilung LäNIS 3003 Bern SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 58 464 51 77 |
| brink@ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://www.bafu.admin.ch |
| Department | Environmental Systems Science |
| Relationship | Privatdozent |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701-0662-00L | Environmental Impacts, Threshold Levels and Health Effects  | 3 credits | 2V | C.‑T. Monn, M. Brink | |
| Abstract | Environmental impacts on human health and well-being will be discussed. Concepts and methods for exposure measurements and assessments will be shown. In the first part of the semester, air pollutants (for example for ozone, and fine particles). In the second part, noise, its effects and control, will be covered. | ||||
| Learning objective | - to understand the basic concepts of an exposure assessment (air, noise) - to know methods used in health effect research - to know criteria and methods for setting threshold levels | ||||
| Content | Air Pollutants - sources of pollutants (indoors and outdoors) - concepts of an exposure assessment - measurement methods for gases and particles - health effect of pollutants (methods, most important pollutants, such as fine particles and ozone) Noise - Introduction to acoustics, Measurement, Hearing - Auditory processing - Exposure assessment of noise - Noise effects, Exposure-effect relationships - Basics of noise control and abatement, exposure limits - Noise abatement policy | ||||
| Lecture notes | Presentations (ppt, pdf) will be sent by email. | ||||
| Literature | see references in the scripts. | ||||