Research and Teaching Blog
ABE446 Calendar
Topics and contact hours
Lectures (Hours)
- Introduction to condensed matter and biological nanotechnology (1)
- Synthetic Nanostructures (Carbon structures, Quantum dots, Polymers) (4)
- Nanomanufacturing (Micro/nano machining, self-assembly) (3)
- Molecular biology overview (1)
- Biologic nanostructures (DNA, Protein and Lipid based) (4)
- Targeting and triggering systems in nature (2)
- Biological sensors (1)
- Nanoparticles in imaging (1)
- Nanotechnology and the immune system (2)
- Nanotechnology in pharmacokinetics and vaccine design (3)
- Techniques in biological nanotechnology (Genetic engineering, molecular cloning and molecular display technologies) (3)
- Biological and non biological tools in biological nanotechnology research (2)
Total lecture contact hours: 27
Case studies and discussions (Hours)
- Conventional sensors and miniaturization opportunities in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (2)
- Informational frameworks for multidisciplinary collaboration (2)
- The future of nanomedicine (2)
- Biomimetics (2)
- Intellectual property in biological nanotechnology (1)
- Bionanotechnology and human disease (2)
- Nanotechnology in electronics (1)
- Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture (1)
- Nanotechnology in the Environment (2)
- Nanotechnology, society and biosecurity (1)
- Discussion on students’ term project and progress as well as students’ final presentations (4-8)
Total discussion / case study hours:
20-24, depending upon time required for student presentations.
External seminars
Typically 3-6 seminars per semester hosted by the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the Co-ordinated Science Laboratory. The seminar times at CSL coincide with Discussion periods for the class.
Total contact hours
Minimum 47 hours not including CNST seminars and subsequent discussion periods.
Tentative class schedule
External seminars
Typically 3-6 seminars per semester hosted by the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the Co-ordinated Science Laboratory. The seminar times at CSL coincide with Discussion periods for the class.Total contact hours
Minimum 47 hours not including CNST seminars and subsequent discussion periods.Tentative class schedule
Here is the (very) tentative schedule for the semester. Things will change with the schedule as seminar opportunities arise, as well as any unforseen events occur. Please note dates on which I will be traveling. On these days, we will either have guest lectures, or prerecorded lectures available over iTunes U.