Option Network in Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering (NME)

a NSF Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Program

 

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Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering - an Option Program Network

 

NME Option Courses

 

The following courses have been developed in the course of the NUE NME program.

 

Freshman Seminar Series: Nanoscience & Molecular Engineering

GEN ST 197: This seminar offered students an introduction to nanoscale science and technology. It familiarized them with research and educational opportunities in nanotechnology on campus, and provided an initial intellectual forum where they could share their interests in nanoscience and molecular engineering.  The seminar was the first in a series of courses that were developed jointly through the UW colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering to create an Option Program Network in Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering. This course evolved into NME 221.

 

Introduction to Molecular and Nanoscale Principles

NME 220: This mandatory course is shared by all departmental NME programs. It 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.

Specific Course Objectives:

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, and

o      provide a basis for continuing education in molecular and nanoscale science and engineering.

 

Seminar: Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering 1

NME 221: This mandatory seminar, which is part of a three quarter seminar series, offers students an introduction to nanoscale science and molecular engineering, familiarizes them with research and educational opportunities in nanotechnology on campus, and provides an initial intellectual forum where they can share their interests in nanoscience and molecular engineering. 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.

 

Seminar: Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering 2

NME 321: : Within this mandatory seminar, which is part of a three quarter seminar series, students learn on how to plan and tackle research challenges, put their work into the framework of others, and to present and interpret data. Furthermore, NME 321 students are required in teams to compose essays on contemporary societal and ethical issues, with in class presentations and discussions.

 

Seminar: Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering 3

NME 421: In the course of this mandatory seminar, which is part of a three quarter seminar series, students 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. Furthermore, NME 421 students are required in teams to compose essays on contemporary societal and ethical issues, with in class presentations and discussions.

 

Molecular Properties of Gases, Liquids and Solids

ChemE 498 (Specialty Topic in NME): 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.

 

Molecular Engineering and Science

NME 498 (Specialty Topic in NME): This is an elective course for senior NME students with focus on CleanTech and BioTech. Students are introduced by leaders in the field to multiple aspects of molecular sciences and their transformative impact. The specific foci are on energy conversion and conservation, energy production and storage, biologics and synthetic biology. Societal impacts are addressed in case studies.

 

We refer to the program details of the participating departments for other courses that are either mandatory or elective in specific departmental NME programs.