Micro-Courses
Professional Education at Rutgers University offers free Micro-Courses, which provide one-hour learning opportunities on timely and emerging topics across a range of disciplines. Led by distinguished faculty and subject matter experts, these sessions deliver focused insights that enhance professional knowledge and foster intellectual engagement. Ideal for learners seeking to remain current in their field, Micro-Courses combine academic rigor with practical relevance in a highly accessible format.
Product Design: Designing the Product Experience
Featuring Dr. Rupa Misra
Rupananda Misra, Ed.D., is a faculty member and director of MBS’s User Experience Design (UXD) concentration. A skilled educator with special expertise in health informatics and educational technology, Dr. Misra shapes curriculum and advises students within in MBS’s Computer & Information Sciences track, particularly within User Experience Design, Information Technology, and the Social Media & Networking concentrations.
Product Design: Opportunity Identification
Featuring Dr. Raj Kohli, hosted by Dr. Rupa Misra
Dr. Raj Kohli, brings over forty years of experience in consumer products R&D. He recently retired from Colgate-Palmolive as Executive Vice President of Global R&D, where he led global teams and programs across multiple product categories, including Oral Care, Personal Care, Skin Health, and Home Care.
Product Design: Product Architecture
Featuring Dr. Andrew Braverman, hosted by Dr. Rupa Misra
Dr. Braverman leads Systems Engineering for Worldwide Strategic Accounts at Pure Storage. He brings more than twenty years of diverse solutions engineering and leadership experience across computing, application, networking, and storage. He earned his Doctor of Management in Strategic Leadership from Thomas Jefferson University, where he studied with renowned experts in the fields of systems thinking, complexity, and complex systems, and a Master of Business and Science in Information Technology from Rutgers University.
Sustainability: Powering A Sustainable Future, ESG Frameworks and the Electrical Grid
Featuring Ahmed Mousa
Ahmed Mousa is a two-time CEO/Founder of international consulting firms with a proven entrepreneurial record, strategic vision, & deep market research capabilities. Extensive technical & business development acumen in AI, energy efficiency, renewable integration, T&D reliability/resilience, load forecasting/relief, smart grid, & cybersecurity.
Sustainability: Government Role in Promoting Sustainability
Featuring Edward Linky
Edward J. Linky, Esq., is a retired EPA attorney with 50 years of experience in environmental and energy policy at the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and New Jersey state agencies. He has lectured at institutions including West Point, Columbia, and Cornell, and teaches in Rutgers University’s Master of Science in Business and School of Business programs. A licensed attorney in Pennsylvania and D.C., he has advised on environmental issues across the U.S. and internationally. He is also a U.S. Army Infantry veteran.
AI: The AI Challenge
Featuring Laura Protzmann and Ron Levine
Laura J. Protzmann is an attorney with BBB National Programs’ NAD & AI, where she monitors AI-related advertising claims and advances self-regulatory initiatives in the AI space. She has extensive experience in advertising, IP, privacy, and consumer protection law, having served as General Counsel at KIND Snacks and Senior Counsel at Unilever and Danone.
Ronald J. Levine is a litigation attorney with 45 years of experience representing consumer products companies in complex and class action cases. He teaches at Rutgers University and writes on food regulation and artificial intelligence. A former chair of legal education and food institute committees, he holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law School.
AI: AI Best Practices
Featuring Laura Protzmann and Ron Levine
Laura J. Protzmann is an attorney with BBB National Programs’ NAD & AI, where she monitors AI-related advertising claims and advances self-regulatory initiatives in the AI space. She has extensive experience in advertising, IP, privacy, and consumer protection law, having served as General Counsel at KIND Snacks and Senior Counsel at Unilever and Danone.
Ronald J. Levine is a litigation attorney with 45 years of experience representing consumer products companies in complex and class action cases. He teaches at Rutgers University and writes on food regulation and artificial intelligence. A former chair of legal education and food institute committees, he holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law School.
