June 29: Welcome Orientation
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| June 30 10:00 - 12:00 | July 1 9:00 - 10:45 | July 2 10:00 - 12:00 | July 3 9:00 - 10:45 | July 4 10:00 - 12:00 |
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E2/399
Miguel Aznar will lecture on What is nanotechnology? Why do we use it? Where does it come from? How does it work?
HW by 7/10: What are nanoscience and nanotechnologies?, Productive Nanosystems: Revolutionizing the Future of Technology and There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom |
open E2/399
Joel Kubby will lecture on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
HW by 7/11: Infinitesimal Machinery and Studying Nanotechnology |
E2/399
Miguel Aznar will lead a discussion on how nanotechnology changes, its costs & benefits, and how we evaluate it.
HW by 7/12: An Approach to the Development of General Capabilities for Molecular Manipulation and Productive nanosystems: the physics of molecular fabrication |
Computer lab View Virtual SEM.
Work through NanoEngineer-1 online tutorials: 8 Getting Started tutorials + Modeling and Assembly tutorials
HW by 7/13: Next Generation of Magnetic Storage? |
Holiday |
| July 7 10:00 - 12:00 | July 8 9:00 - 10:45 | July 9 10:00 - 12:00 | July 10 9:00 - 4:00 | July 11 9:00 - 10:45 |
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open E2/399
Bioethics & scientific method. Explanation of final project options. Slides
Miguel Aznar will lead a discussion on conceptual issues in the implementation of a "T2" Terminator robot.
HW by 7/17: RNA Synthetic Biology |
Computer lab
Q&A about NanoEngineer-1. Model Small Bearing. Simulate Small Bearing. Complete design and assembly of Mark III K planet gear.
HW by 7/18: The Quest for Nanotechnology and Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets |
open E2/399
Ali Shakouri will lecture on thermoelectric conversion and then take us on a lab tour.
HW by 7/20: When Nanopants Attack and Why The Future Does Not Need Us |
Computer lab
Continue Nanogear Project or "drug delivery" research (articles Blood Vessel Drugs Halt Cancer Growth & Understanding Angiogenesis)
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Fieldtrip
Meet 9:00 AM @ Dining Commons for Serendipity Hike.
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| July 14 10:00 - 12:00 | July 15 9:00 - 10:45 | July 16 10:00 - 12:00 | July 17 9:00 - 10:45 | July 18 9:00 - 10:45 |
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E2/399
Ribosomes and polymerases. Slides
HW: Put Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts on your birthday list. 5th edition to be released Dec 2007, so prices should drop on 4th edition. HW by 7/30: Characterization of Nucleic Acids by Nanopore Analysis |
Computer lab
Tutorial: Creating an Animated GIF of the Small Bearing. Continue Nanogear Project or "drug delivery" research
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E2/399
Nanocale pores and DNA/RNA analysis. Bert Vogelstein videos. Slides
HW by 7/27:Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations |
Fieldtrip
Meet 9:00 AM @ Dining Commons for fieldtrip to Hewlett Packard, NASA Ames
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Computer lab
Model Strained Sleeve Bearing. Start Nanogear Project or "drug delivery" research
HW by 7/23: RNA Structure: Reading the Ribosome |
| July 21 10:00 - 12:00 | July 22 9:00 - 12:00 | July 23 10:00 - 12:00 | July 24 9:00 - 10:45 | July 25 9:00 - 4:00 |
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E2/399
Nanoscale drug delivery. Lab tour. Slides
(this morning's 9:00 AM Discovery Lecture is on nanotechnology by David Deamer)
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E2/399
Mark Akeson will lecture on polymerases and ribosomes. |
E2/399
Stem cells
Online reading: Strong Inference |
E2/399
Finish work on Final Presentation. Practice.
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Simularium E2/180
Present Final Project |
July 26: Closing Ceremonies (9:00 - 1:00 @ BE104, BE301B)