Written Assignments and Due Dates

At the end of the course, students will have the following written products.  For details, see here.

• Class Participation (details)
  
• short questions on WebQ based on each class period
  
[due within a week of each presentation; submitted on web-based form through the syllabus web page]
• Class Presentation (details) 
            [Presentations on June 2 and June 4; topic chosen Tuesday, April 28]
  
• one-page summary or abstract of the presentation, to be posted in the web page, submitted as a group.  The summary should include the main references used for the presentation and readings the class should complete before the presentation
  
[due one week before the presentation; DropBox or GoPost submission]
• copy of powerpoint file, viewgraphs or other materials used in presentation, submitted as a group
[due Monday after the presentation; DropBox or GoPost submission]
• Short Reports (details) (each ≤ 3 pages in length)  Each should cover a different area of nanoscale science and technology (e.g., medicine, materials, electronics, consumer goods, environment, nanofabrication, nanocharacterization, etc.)
  
• report on seminar presentation (details)
  
[due one week after seminar, no later than June 5;  DropBox submission]
• report on current literature publication (details)
[due April 30;  DropBox submission]
• report on nanotechnology product (details)
  [due May 19;  DropBox submission]

• Students will also participate in a class presentation during the last week of classes.
  

Submission Format:

• Electronic submissions may be uploaded to the Catalyst CollectIt Dropbox [preferred], or emailed to Prof. Olmstead.  Admissible formats are text, html source, MSWord, and pdf.  Prof. Olmstead cannot open docx or pptx files -- please convert  to doc, ppt or pdf before submitting.
  
• "Less than or equal to 3 pages" is defined in the standard NSF grant manner -- at least 2.5 cm margins, no more than 6 lines/2.5 cm vertically or 15 characters/2.5 cm horizontally (i.e., ≥10 point type).  You may include one extra page for figures and/or references and bibliography.

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