OLPC Rochester, NY/Show&Tell
26 March 2008
One Laptop per Child, an education project
The "$100 laptop" that is changing the world
Presented by: Frederick Grose, MPH, CIH and collaborators
Location:
RIT Building 70 Room 2400 (B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences)
5:00pm – 6:30pm. Networking before the meeting, 5:00pm – 5:30pm.
Park in Lot J. See campus map at http://inside.rit.edu/maps/
Abstract
About the Speaker
Frederick Grose is a volunteer to the OLPC project. He served in a variety of health and safety roles at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, NY for 27 years as an industrial hygienist, asbestos hygiene manager, workplace epidemiology assistant, health, safety, & chemical information systems architect and programmer, and ergonomics associate. Over his career at Kodak he was responsible for hygiene for significant terms in the Synthetic Chemicals Division, Chemical Manufacturing Organization, Construction, Maintenance, & Facilities Organizations, Roll Coating Division, Photochemicals Division, Manufacturing Research & Engineering Organization, and Research and Development Divisions. He help developed Kodak's asbestos control program, occupational exposure tracking system, exposure monitoring and analysis systems for historical and active cohorts of workers exposed to methylene chloride, developed and delivered health education sessions for thousands of people working with asbestos and other hazardous physical, chemical, biologic, or mechanical agents. Frederick is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, earned a Master of Public Health degree at the University of California, Berkeley and Bachelor of Science in chemistry at the University of California, Riverside. He had been working most of his final 6 years at Kodak as an ergonomics associate, helping industrial clients to understand and implement ergonomic solutions that improve jobs and workplaces.
COST: Members & Students – no cost; Non-members - $5 payable at the door
RSVP: Contact Jennifer Dyck by February 19, 716-673-3828, Jennifer.Dyck at fredonia.edu