NME221 Assignment

NME 221 students have to fulfill two assignments to receive course credit:

(1) Visit a NME research laboratory at UW campus and interview a research member (graduate student, senior researcher or professor)

(2) Compose a two-page essay that describes the research discussed in the visited laboratory.

Suggested Timeline:

· Week 1-3: Make contact with research group (see suggested list-link below with contact info).

· Week 3-7: Visit laboratory. Of course you can already visit a research group from the first week on. Research group visits, and the seminar course schedule are unrelated.

· Week 7-10: Compose essay and submit.

Essay Submission Deadline: May 31, 2019

Submission: Electronically as PDF file to nanolab@u.washington.edu

Subject line should contain exactly the following: your student ID_NME221 (Example: 7777777_NME221)

Essay requirement:

- In the header of your document list the full name of the person you interviewed with the e-mail address, the date of the interview, and the name of the professor the laboratory belongs to.

- The essay is limited to two pages. Format: Single line spacing, 12 pts Times Roman, 1” margins (left, right, top, bottom), can include 1 figure not exceeding 2.5” in height, containing a description about the research objective, motivation and approach, and the research goals. Please use references (about 5) from research papers preferably form the research group interviewed, but can also be from other groups.

Suggested Laboratories: (Link to list)

The link above connects you to faculty at the UW with research relevant to Molecular Engineering and/or NanoScience/Nanotechnology. View the lab pages of faculty in your area of interest, then reach out to them requesting a lab visit.

(Hint: Introduce yourself (your major and that you are enrolled in the NanoScience and Molecular Engineering (NME) Option program), make a positive comment about the research of the faculty you are interested in writing a research paper about.)

Please be aware that we told them that in average not more than three students visit them. Thus, some labs might turn you down because too many of you contacted them. The recommendation is to start contacting labs as early as possible. If you do not hear back from a lab, move on to the next one.

In the case that you have asked at least five faculty repeatedly, without being invited to a visit by May 3, please contact Paul Neubert (MolES Advising Office, pneubert@uw.edu) explaining your difficulty. Paul Neubert will then work with you finding a lab you can visit.