Li appointed to committees
in two national organizations

Ming-Han Li, associate professor of landscape architecture at Texas A&M, has been appointed to leadership posts in two national organizations.

Li will be serving a two-year term as second vice president of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, which advocates for landscape architecture programs, provides a forum for dialogue about landscape architectural education and fosters and disseminates landscape architectural scholarship.

He’ll be coordinating surveys of members conducted by CELA’s regional directors, communicating with regional directors to assist with regional meetings and other duties.

Li has also been appointed to a landscape and environmental design committee that’s part of the National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution that provides expertise in science and technology to the government, the public and the scientific and engineering communities.

The NRC is jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

Li’s committee will focus on design parameters that relate to protection,
conservation, restoration and enhancement of transportation systems, facilities and their associated environments.

The committee promotes research to advance design principles and practices that enhance:

• safety and traveler experiences;
• scenic, aesthetic and visual quality;
• harmonious integration of facilities within their natural, cultural, and social environments;
• sustainable solutions and systems, and
• the quality of life for transportation system users and surrounding communities.

- Posted: April. 28, 2010 -