EP 380 - Nanotechnology, Entrepreneurship & Ethics
- Credit Hours: 3.5R-1.5L-4C
- Term Available: S
- Graduate Studies Eligible: No
- Prerequisites: EP 280
- Corequisites: None
Scaling laws in small systems; mechanical, biological, fluidics, and thermal systems. Nanomaterials and nanofabrication. Nanomechanics: cantilever oscillation, atomic-force microscopy (AFM) and its applications, nano-biotechnology, machinery of cell, and molecular motors. Nanoscale optics, Nanoscale heat: conduction, convection, and blackbody radiation. Basics of fluidics, nanoscale fluidics and applications, entrepreneurship and ethics, concepts and tools in innovation and social impacts of nanotechnology.