July 4: Welcome Orientation
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| July 5 10:00 - 12:00 | July 6 9:00 - 10:45 | July 7 10:00 - 12:00 | July 8 9:00 - 10:45 | July 9 10:00 - 12:00 |
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E2/599
Miguel Aznar will lead a discussion on Objectives, Sugar report, being correct, mindset, group roles, and the final project.
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 |
E2/599
Miguel Aznar will lecture on What is nanotechnology? Why do we use it? Where does it come from?
HW by 7/11: Infinitesimal Machinery and Studying Nanotechnology |
E2/215
Miguel Aznar will lecture on How does nanotechnology work? How does it change?
HW by 7/12: An Approach to the Development of General Capabilities for Molecular Manipulation and Productive nanosystems: the physics of molecular fabrication |
E2/599
Miguel Aznar will lecture on How does nanotechnology change us? How do we change it? What are its costs & benefits? How we evaluate it?
HW by 7/13: Next Generation of Magnetic Storage? View Virtual SEM. |
E2/599
Treasure hunt in the Science and Engineering Library. |
| July 12 10:00 - 12:00 | July 13 9:00 - 10:45 | July 14 10:00 - 12:00 | July 15 9:00 - 4:00 | July 16 9:00 - 10:45 |
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E2/599
Work through NanoEngineer-1 online tutorials: 8 Getting Started tutorials + Modeling and Assembly tutorials Model Small Bearing. Simulate Small Bearing. Complete design and assembly of Mark III K planet gear.
HW by 7/17: RNA Synthetic Biology |
E2/599
Tutorial: Creating an Animated GIF of the Small Bearing. Continue Nanogear Project or "drug delivery" research. Model Strained Sleeve Bearing. Start Nanogear Project or "drug delivery" research
HW by 7/18: The Quest for Nanotechnology and Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets, When Nanopants Attack and Why The Future Does Not Need Us |
E2/215
Robert Cormia will lecture on emergent properties.
HW: none (diversity workshop) |
E2/599
Miguel Aznar will lead a discussion on conceptual issues in the implementation of a "T2" Terminator robot.
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 fieldtrip to NASA Ames.
Nobby Kobayashi will lecture on TBD
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| July 19 10:00 - 12:00 | July 20 9:00 - 10:45 | July 21 10:00 - 12:00 | July 22 9:00 - 10:45 | July 23 9:00 - 10:45 |
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E2/599
Holger Schmidt will lecture on his favorite nanoscale topic.
HW by 7/30: Characterization of Nucleic Acids by Nanopore Analysis |
E2/599
Robert Hoelle will give us a tour of his lab, including SEM and FIB ion milling.
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E2/215
John Smart will lecture on accelerating change and its implications for nanotechnology.
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 |
E2/599
Jason Rodriguez will lead a discussion on how society evaluates powerful technologies
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Fieldtrip
Meet 9:00 AM @ Dining Commons for Serendipity Hike.
HW by 7/23: RNA Structure: Reading the Ribosome |
| July 26 10:00 - 12:00 | July 27 9:00 - 12:00 | July 28 10:00 - 12:00 | July 29 9:00 - 10:45 | July 30 9:00 - 4:00 |
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E2/215 Ali Shakouri will lecture on thermoelectric conversion and then take us on a lab tour.
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E2/215
Kevin Karplus will lecture on assembling genomes.
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E2/215
Continue work on Final Presentations and practice delivery.
Online reading: Strong Inference |
E2/599
Finish work on Final Presentation. Practice.
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Simularium E2/180
Present Final Project |
July 31: Closing Ceremonies (9:00 - 1:00 @ E2-???)