NME321 Assignment
NME
321 students have fulfill the following assignment:
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Write a paper on the impact of
Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering on our Society and our Ethical Standards
(due May 18, 2018) (see
details below)
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Evaluate NME 421 Poster/Oral
presentations (see link for
specifics)
NME 321 –
Paper Assignment
Impact of Nanoscience
and Molecular Engineering on our Society and our Ethical Standards
Deadline: May 18, 2018
Submission: Electronically to nanolab@u.washington.edu
with only the student ID in the subject field
On time submission is required for obtaining course credit. Late
submissions are not accepted.
Paper Content and
Guidelines
This
is an individual assignment that is composed of two parts:
Part A: Based on the open literature write a
minimum of four pages total on three of the following aspects:
- Is
ethics unique to nanotechnology?
- Hazard
assessment of nanomaterials
- Safety,
patients and patents
- The
ethics of synthetic biology
You can use the publications that are
linked to these aspects, but you might also want to check the open literate
(e.g., WEB of Science, through the UW library portal).
You need to reference a minimum of 5 publications (but not more than 10).
Format style (example): D.B. Knorr, R.M. Overney, Cooperative and submolecular dissipation
mechanisms of sliding friction in complex organic systems, J. Chem. Phys. 129,
074504 (2008).
Illustrations are welcome but should not
exceed half a page in total.
Part B: Discuss within two pages the following linked case studies on
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Ethics in Nanotechnology – Case Studies (download)
Additional document that might be of use to
you:
Control of Nanoscale Materials under the
Toxic Substances Control Act (download)
Document
and type setting requirements:
Single line-spaced PDF document, top/left margins 1”. Type setting: 12 pts
Times Roman.