Modern Product Research and Engineering 
How Fundamental Sciences Are Used To Make New Products for All of Us

 

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General Studies 197a - W, 2006

Coordinator: Professor René M. Overney

245 Benson, E-mail the instructor

206-543-4353, FAX 206-543-3778

Meets Monday, 1:30-2:20, BNS 203

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Course Description

This Freshman Seminar Series will introduce students to modern engineering of new and current technologies involving chemistry, biology and physics. Faculty and researchers from the University of Washington will talk about modern sciences that lead to new products. The students get the opportunity to visit UW research laboratories, meet with graduate students and/or undergraduate researchers, and discuss fundamental challenges and technological advancements.

Course Credit

Course credit will be based on reasonable attendance, a two-page theme on one of the subjects, including interviews with graduate students and/or undergraduate researchers working with one of the faculty speakers.

Required Readings

Reading assignments will be assigned prior to the faculty presentation each week.

Faculty Presentations

January

 

Jan. 9         A historical review on mankind’s ingenuity in material and process engineering.  Overney, Ch.E.  [PDF]

 

Jan. 16       Holiday

 

Jan. 18       When oil production peaks, will we be ready?

                  Finlayson, Ch.E.  (at 3 p.m./ Location: PAC AE 108)

 

Jan. 23       Electrochemical Engineering: Creating technologies based on charged chemical species.  Schwartz, Ch.E. [PDF]

 

Jan. 30       Bioengineering: Where Biology meets Engineering.

                  Castner, Ch.E./Bio.E. [PDF]

 

February

 

Feb. 6        Energy - What are the technical, economical, and political implications of meeting our basic needs?

                  Stuve, Ch.E. [PDF]

 

Feb. 13      Products from Biomass  -  from Paper to Biofuel.

                   McKean, CFR [PDF]

 

Feb. 20      Holiday

 

Feb. 27      Innovation: Front End Innovation Concepts.

                   Halabisky,  Weyerhaeuser [PDF]

 

March

 

Mar. 6        What if the world was all solid? A journey into the universe of Cellular Materials. Kumar, Mech. Eng.