Seminar Series in Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering (NME) - a NSF Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Program (NSF 0938558
NME Option Programs – Seminar Series – NME 221/321/421 Nanoscience & Molecular Engineering Spring 2012 - Thursdays, 8:30 – 9:20 a.m., EEB 105
Courses Lab Modules Partners GEMSEC CNT Contact Us Supporting Labs Nanolab MEMS Laboratory Heteroepitaxal Growth Lab Non Linear Optical Lab Molecular Biomimetics Lab NUE Programs	Coordinator: Professor René M. Overney 245 Benson, E-mail the coordinator 206-543-4353, FAX 206-543-3778 Syllabus Course Description and Requirements - NME 221 – This seminar will offer students an introduction to nanoscale science and molecular engineering, familiarize them with research and educational opportunities in nanotechnology on campus, and provide an initial intellectual forum where they can share their interests in NME. NME 221 students are required in addition to attending the seminars to visit a research laboratory and compose a report on the research (or an aspect of it) conducted in the visited lab. - NME 321 – Having already obtained an appreciation for Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering, and getting started in conducting research themselves, students will learn on how to plan and tackle research challenges by example (i.e. seminars), put their work into the framework of others, and to present and interpret data. NME 321 students are required in addition to attending the seminars to compose essays on contemporary societal and ethical issues. - NME 421 – Students will present orally an aspect of their research experience, emphasizing research objectives and motivation, and address the research hypothesis and how it was tested. Findings shall be discussed within the framework of the open literature. Course Credit Course credit will be based on reasonable attendance (a minimum of 8 out of 10), plus for - NME 221 students see: NME 221 Assignments to obtain course credit - NME 321 students see: NME 321 Assignments to obtain course credit - NME 421 students see: NME 421 Research Presentation Details Required Reading Seminar handouts. Seminar Presentations (Downloads) Mar. 29: Introduction to Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering Prof. René Overney (ChemE) Apr. 5: Computational Modeling of Solvent Effects in Biocatalysis Prof. Jim Pfaendtner (ChemE) Apr. 12: Pre-Cancer Detection and Diagnosis involving Fluorescence-Peptides and Laser Scanning Endoscopes Prof. Eric Seibel (ME) Apr. 19: Design of Anti-Amyloid Compounds to Counteract Protein Aggregation, the Origin for Multiple Pathological Diseases, such as Alzheimer Prof. Valerie Daggett (BioE) Apr. 26: Nanowires: Basic Electronic and Optoelectronic Properties Prof. Anant Anantram (EE) May 3: Biomedical Nanomagnetics: Translating Science and Technology to Clinical Applications Prof. Kannan Krishnan (MSE) May 10: Molecular Tribology – Energy Dissipation in Frictional Contacts Prof. René Overney (ChemE) May 17: Student Research Presentations Starts already at 8:25. Please be on time! May 24: Student Research Presentations May 31: Student Research Presentations