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René M. Overney – Chemical
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Teaching at the UW |
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Nanoscience
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Course |
Description |
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Freshman
Seminar on Modern
Product Research and Engineering GEN
ST 197 |
This Freshman Seminar
Series introduces students to modern engineering of new and current
technologies involving chemistry, biology and physics. Faculty and
researchers from the |
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Freshman
Seminar on NanoScience and Molecular |
This seminar will provide
students with an awareness of nanotechnology, introduce them to research and
educational opportunities in nanotechnology on campus, and provide a first
intellectual platform for nanotechnology-interested students to meet. It is the first course in a
series of courses that are develop on campus in the two colleges of Arts and
Sciences and Engineering towards the establishment of a
undergraduate Minor in Nanoscale Science and Molecular Engineering. |
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Introduction
to Molecular and Nanoscale Principles |
The course provides an
introduction to nanotechnology and nanoscience based on fundamental
principles. It introduces the students to macroscopic limits of material
properties and molecular structures, interaction forces, molecular transport
properties, thermodynamic principles, cooperative and nanoscale phenomena,
and device and process technologies. The objectives of this
course is to o
introduce
theories and concepts of nanoscale systems based on fundamental principles, o
give students
an appreciation for the importance of nanotechnology in science and
engineering, o
provide a basis
for continuing education in molecular and nanoscale science and engineering,
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raise awareness
of the technological and societal transformation anticipated through
nanotechnological progress in the near future. |
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Nanoscience
and Molecular Engineering - Seminars |
- 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 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 obtained an
appreciation for Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering through NME 221, and
getting started in conducting research themselves (CHEM E 499), students will
learn on how to plan and tackle research challenges, put their work into the
framework of others, and to present and interpret data. NME 321 students are
required in teams 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. NME 421 students are required in teams to compose essays on
contemporary societal and ethical issues. |
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Introduction
to Thermodynamics |
Pre-engineering students
are introduced from a macroscopic point of view to the basic principles of
thermodynamics. Emphasis on the First and Second Laws and the State
Principle, problem solving methodology. Course objective: Applying knowledge
of math, science, engineering, and thermodynamics principles to solve
problems involving Power and Refrigeration Cycles. |
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Thermodynamics
for Chemical
Engineers |
This advanced course in
Thermodynamics is designed for Chemical Engineers and emphasizes
multicomponent phase systems of ideal and real phase systems. Particular foci
are on equations of states, thermodynamic relations, phase equilibria in
mixtures, fugacities of gases and liquid mixtures, phase equilibria, and
chemical reaction equilibria. |
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Transport Courses for
Undergraduates Fluid
Mechanics Heat
Transfer
Mass
Transfer
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Fluid
Mechanics: Introduces molecular
transport processes from diffusive transport phenomena of viscous flow, heat
conduction to mass diffusion. This course focuses on momentum transport using
Shell Balances and the Navier-Stokes equations. It addresses the concepts of
turbulences, friction and drag and their application to flow in conduits,
packed beds and around submerged objects. ·
Heat
Transfer: This course focuses on
the basic principles of heat transfer, for conduction, convection, and
radiation. Heat transfer is discussed in applications involving external
flow, internal flow, free convection, boiling, condensation, heat exchanger,
and radiation exchange. The students will be able to reduce complex
engineering applications involving heat transfer to the essential and
analytically analyze them, and to decide about engineering solutions based on
the analysis. ·
Mass
Transfer: It is the objective with
this course to introduce the student to both, a microscopic and macroscopic
approach to mass transfer. In a first part, microscopic diffusional processes
and the prediction and use of transport processes are discussed. In a second
part, the course primarily deals with macroscopic separation processes,
including absorption, distillation, in both step (tray) and continuous
operation. The second part of the course will lead to equipment design. |
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Principle
of Molecular Engineering |
This course covers the
basic aspects of statistical mechanics, focusing primarily on the canonical
ensemble. Discussed is the microscopic molecular aspects of thermodynamic
properties, molecular interactions and phase and solution properties, phase
formation (adsorption, self-assembly, nucleation and growth), chemical
kinetics, and physical kinetics. |
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Specialty Lectures in
Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering (NME) for Undergraduates Molecular Properties of Gases, Liquids and Solids ChemE 498 (Autumn
2009) Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering NME 498 (Autumn
2010) Molecular Engineering & Sciences (Autumn
2011) |
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This course
introduces molecular theories and concepts fundamental to material and transport
properties in gases, liquids and solids. A particular focus is on critical
length scales relevant for nanotechnological applications. Students learn
about thermodynamic driving forces, kinetics and transition states, structure
properties, intermolecular interactions, current instrumental methods (e.g.,
atomic force microscopy), and modern classification and fabrication schemes
in nanotechnology. ·
This course
connects fundamental aspects of nanoscale science with device and system
applications. In six segments, students will explore nanotechnology and
modern product development in molecular engineering, biomimetic engineering, nanothermodynamics and nanoparticle synthesis, electronic
transport and nanoelectronic circuits, and finite
size device applications involving quantum phenomena. ·
This is an
interdisciplinary course for graduate and senior undergraduate student in the
physical, chemical and biological sciences, and in engineering at the |
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Transport Course for
Graduates Transport
Phenomena
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Molecular transport
properties and derivation of the differential equations of mass, energy, and
momentum transport. This course builds on an undergraduate experience in
transport involving mass, energy and momentum. |
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Senior UG and Graduate
Students NanoScience
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This course provides an
introduction to nanoscience and nanoconstraints,
approaching from a classical phenomenological perspective, rather than a quantum
mechanical point of view. Classical material theories, such as basic
rheological concepts and field theories will be introduced and discussed
based on their applicability and shortcomings in constrained geometries on
the nanoscale. This course addresses current issues in electronics,
bioengineering and biomimetics, organic power
systems, separation processes, and tribology (friction, adhesion,
lubrication, wear). |
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Molecular Engineering for
Graduates Molecular
Engineering I
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The focus of this course is
on the molecular aspect of condensed organic materials, in particular
molecular and collective interactions and resulting interfacial forces,
entropic phenomena and condensation to systems of higher complexity. This
includes also the exploration of molecular system constraints and the
molecular origin of resulting macroscale properties. Students will gain a
comprehensive understanding concerning weak molecular interactions (e.g., van
der Waals interactions), statistical and thermodynamic aspects of molecular
interactions and self-assembly, including hands-on computer modeling
experience, unsteady state phenomena, third media (e.g., solvent) impact on
interactions, condensation and dissociation. An introduction into computer
modeling (Molecular Mechanics and Dynamics), as well as Statistical Mechanics
and Thermodynamics in Small systems will be provided. |
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Laboratory Summer Workshop |
This is a one-week
intensive hands-on workshop using a large variety of scanning probe
microscopes applied to fundamental problems in biology, chemistry, physics
and engineering. Offered to students at the UW, Community Colleges and
nationwide. The objective of this
intensive SPM workshop is to provide a truly hands-on experience (3-4
students per instruments) in a classroom laboratory setting involving a
variety of SPM techniques applied to nanoscience and nanotechnology aspects.
A variety of teaching modules are available through this site. |