UAP Professor Yang Zhang Selected to Attend 2013 International Faculty Development Program

Yang Zhang. Ph.D.

Please join us in congratulating UAP Professor Yang Zhang on his selection to attend the 2013 Virginia Tech International Faculty Development Program (IFDP).  The focus of this year's program will be leadership development for managing an international program.  Held in late May, the IFDP will take place in Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia, with hosting by the National University of Singapore and the University of Technology, Malaysia.  

In fall 2012, Dr. Zhang was appointed as the MURP Program Director in Blacksburg. His book, entitled “Sustainability, Hazard Mitigation, and Urban Land Use Planning,” was published by Science Press in China. He is currently working on a NSF funded project titled “Developing an Intergovernmental Management Framework for Sustainable Recovery Following Catastrophic Disasters.”