C&EE M165
Environmental Nanotechnology: Implications and Applications
Description: (Same as Engineering M103.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Recommended requisite: Engineering M101. Introduction to potential implications of nanotechnology to environmental systems as well as potential application of nanotechnology to environmental protection. Technical contents include three multidisciplinary areas: (1) physical, chemical, and biological properties of nanomaterials, (2) transport, reactivity, and toxicity of nanoscale materials in natural environmental systems, and (3) use of nanotechnology for energy and water production, plus environmental protection, monitoring, and remediation. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2024 - I liked how discussion was run before the midterm. The TA was knowledgeable, organized, and engaging. It helped enforce the factual information and condensed it from the lecture slides. The midterm was a little more difficult than the homeworks, but was expected. I was grateful for the online formats this class adapted due to everything this quarter. I feel that this teaching staff cared about student interests while providing everyone a quick look at nanoparticle applications within and outside of civil engineering. I am glad that I took this class towards my technical breadth requirement.
Spring 2024 - I liked how discussion was run before the midterm. The TA was knowledgeable, organized, and engaging. It helped enforce the factual information and condensed it from the lecture slides. The midterm was a little more difficult than the homeworks, but was expected. I was grateful for the online formats this class adapted due to everything this quarter. I feel that this teaching staff cared about student interests while providing everyone a quick look at nanoparticle applications within and outside of civil engineering. I am glad that I took this class towards my technical breadth requirement.
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Spring 2019 - I loved the professor and material for this class, but not so much the grading structure. The first couple of weeks were very nanophysics focused, which kind of went over my head, but the rest of the quarter was a lot of easily digestible chemistry and biology of nanotechnology and how they relate to the environment. Both the midterm and final exams were open notes, and quite easy. However, the final project was group work. Unfortunately, my groupmates were not very involved or focused on our topic, resulting in a group grade of B-, which brought my class average from an A (from exams/homework) down to a final grade of B+. If the final project did not weigh so heavily on the final grade (I believe it was 50%), this class would be a 5 for me.
Spring 2019 - I loved the professor and material for this class, but not so much the grading structure. The first couple of weeks were very nanophysics focused, which kind of went over my head, but the rest of the quarter was a lot of easily digestible chemistry and biology of nanotechnology and how they relate to the environment. Both the midterm and final exams were open notes, and quite easy. However, the final project was group work. Unfortunately, my groupmates were not very involved or focused on our topic, resulting in a group grade of B-, which brought my class average from an A (from exams/homework) down to a final grade of B+. If the final project did not weigh so heavily on the final grade (I believe it was 50%), this class would be a 5 for me.
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