| FYI Fall 2018 | Technological Grand Challenges |
George Lisensky Lincoln Budasi |
First Half
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Semester Assignments
Tuesday 10-11:50 |
Thursday 10-11:50 |
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| Aug 28 | Reaction paper 1 due: All Flynn, "Soul of the City" in Nanotech Chronicles Peterson and Heller, "Nanotech Promise", in Nanoethics In class: Superhydrophobic Applications What is our list of technological grand challenges? Begin to keep a list in your notes. Grand Challenges for Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (2008). Grand Challenges and Great Opportunities in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Gilbert S. Omenn, Science, 314 1696-1704 (2006). Five Grand Ideas That WIll Shape This Century, BBC (2017) Grand Challenges for Global Health and Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2018). XPRIZE Competitions (2018) Centennial Challenges, NASA (2018) |
Aug 30 | Lab: Microfluidics. We will use the sample files rather than designing our own paths. Skim background, patent, and profile |
| Sept 4 | Discussion Leaders: Isreal, Lombardo, Prince |
Sept 6 | Lab: Microfluidics. Experiment with pump or syringe. Look at other patterns as needed for the question answers. |
| Sept 11 | Discussion Leaders: Filip, Minh Quan Reaction paper 2b due: Isreal, Lombardo, Prince, Dasha, Tenajh, J, Michael, Christopher, Sasha How We Got to Now: Cold Video: Liquid Nitrogen Trucks BBC Earth (2018) Digital Storage Audio: Cheap Memory, NPR, January 22, 2012 Video: 3D XPoint Announcement (2015) or Intel Video: 3D XPoint Memory Technology (2015) or Intel Video: Amazon Cloud Cam (2018) Read: You're being watched, The Guardian (2011) Read: One surveillance camera for every 11 people in Britain, The Independent (2013) Read: One nation under CCTV: the future of automated surveillance, Wired (2015), and video or youtube Read: Briefcam's algorithms can spot murderers and monitor bees, Wired (2017), and video or youtube Read: Code of Practice, UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner (2014) Read: Why the Future of Data Storage is (Still) Magnetic Tape (pdf) or IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug 2018 Ferrofluid Video: How this 50-year-old NASA material could kill cancer, Verge, June, 2018 Video: Nanoparticle Platform, 2014 Video: Arsenic Removal, 2006 In class: Boston, Cold, Electrons and Magnetism |
Sept 13 | MEET IN CLASSROOM for Social Identities Exercise Lab: Ferrofluid (We will not do the XRD option.) |
| Sept 18 | Discussion Leaders: Dasha, Tenajh, J Reaction paper 3a due: Filip, Minh Quan, Stephanie, Brice, Mingyue, Luke, Matthew, Kiet How We Got to Now: Sound Gold Nanoparticles Read: “Nanoparticles Probe Biosystems,” Materials Today, Feb 2004, 36-43. Profile: Chad Mirkin (2009) or youtube Profile: Chad Mirkin: Gold Nanoparticles & The Future of Medical Diagnostics (2012) or youtube Video: Gold Nanoparticles or NOVA "Making Stuff: Smaller" (2011) or youtube Profile: Naomi Halas, Interview and Video, PBS Nova (2005) or youtube Video: Gold Nanoshells, Synthesis and Demonstration (2009) or youtube Video: Synthesis of Hollow Gold Nanospheres (2010) or youtube Read: Rice team achieves a cancer milestone, Houston Chronicle, November 2012 Read: Using Gold Nanoparticles to Kill Cancer, Physics Central, APS, April 2016 or movie Read: Exploding nanobubbles can kill cancer cells, Science, AAAS, February 2016 Video: Researchers Look To Gold To Help Combat Prostate Cancer, Mount Sinai Health System (2018) or youtube Read: Liposuction Goes Nano, C&E News, June 16, 2014, 32-33. Skim: Gold Nanoparticle-assisted Selective Photothermolysis of Adipose Tissue, Plast. Reconstr. Surg. Global Open, December 2014, 2(12) e283 or pdf Video: Gold particles have a new use – finding defects in 3D printing (2018) or youtube In class: Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis, Sonic Visualizer |
Sept 20 | Lab: Gold Nanoparticles (both methods) |
| Sept 25 | Discussion Leaders: Stephanie, Brice, Mingyue Reaction paper 3b due: Isreal, Lombardo, Prince, Dasha, Tenajh, J, Michael, Christopher, Sasha How We Got to Now: Clean Read: “Smart, Clean Surfaces,” Materials Today, Nov 2003, pages 43-48. Video: Lotus Effect (2011) or Australian Broadcasting Corporation Video: Nasturtium Leaves (2013) Read: "Titanium dioxide: environmental white knight?" Environmental Health Perspectives, Apr 2001, page A174-8. Read: “Self-Cleaning Glass,” from The Naked Scientists (2009) Video: Self-Cleaning Buildings (2012) or EU Research Media Center or youtube Video: Smog-Eating Buildings (2013) or CNN or youtube. Video: Reduce Building Maintenance (2015) or CeramiClean or youtube Video: Water filter (2015) or youtube Video: Filtering Drinking Water with Nanofibers (2016) from MIT Technology Review or youtube. Video: Free Water, GE Focus Forward (2013) or vimeo Video: Amsoil Air Filter Video: The Invisible Bicycle Helmet (2012, GE Focus Forward or vimeo) or Hövding In class: Metal Oxides |
Sept 27 | International Institute for Nanotechnology Symposium at Northwestern University Off-campus Study Fair 11:00-1:00 in atrium |
| Oct 2 | Discussion Leaders: Michael, Christopher, Sasha Reaction paper 4a due: Filip, Minh Quan, Stephanie, Brice, Mingyue, Luke, Matthew, Kiet How We Got to Now: Time Video: How an Atomic Clock Works (2012) or Engineer Guy or youtube Video: Netflix Same Day Home Delivery (2014) or youtube Smart Materials Read: “Chromogenic Smart Materials,” Materials Today, March 2004, pages 28-35. Read: “How Smart Windows Work,” from How Stuff Works or pdf Video: Mercedes-Benz Magic Sky Control or youtube (2014) or youtube (2016) Read: “The Time For Thermochromics” Materials Today, Nov 2008, page 11. Video: Photochromic Lenses (2014) or youtube Video: SmartGlass Animation (2013) or youtube Video: Liquid Crystal Window (2017) or Merck licrivision or youtube Read: “Smart Materials - Building Blocks for a Sustainable Future” Germany Trade and Investment, 2016 (pdf). Read: “Textiles gain intelligence,” Materials Today, Oct 2003, pages 38-43. Video: Smart Clothing (2013), Jonathan Stickland, Forward Thinking or youtube Read: “Nanotechnology in Textiles, ACS Nano, 10(3), 3042-3068 (2016) Video: NiTi wire (2012) or youtube Video: Orthodontic NiTi use (2010) or youtube Video: Stone Retrieval (2016) or Endosmart Medical Nitinol Solutions or youtube Video: Chainmail Tire (2017) or youtube or NASA Video: Flexon Eyeglasses (2018) or youtube or Marchon Video: Shape Memory Textiles (2011), Mariëlle Leenders or youtube Video: Artificial Muscles (2011), "Making Stuff" with David Pogue, NOVA or youtube Video: Soft autonomous robot inches along like an earthworm (2012) or MIT or youtube Video: What is molecular self-assembly? SciToons (2018) or youtube Video: It's Not Magic: Watch How Smart Parts Self-Assemble (2014), Bloomberg Television or youtube Video: Carbon-paper that walks (2015) In class: NiTi Memory Metal |
Oct 4 |
Lab: Heat Training of NiTi |
| Oct 9 | Discussion Leaders: Luke, Matthew, Kiet Reaction paper 4b due: Isreal, Lombardo, Prince, Dasha, Tenajh, J, Michael, Christopher, Sasha How We Got to Now: Light Video: What is Light? (2017) or youtube Liquid Crystals Read: “History and Properties of Liquid Crystals” from NobelPrize.org (2003) Read: “Fats, Oils, & Colors of a Nanoscale Material,” Science Teacher, Dec 2006, pages 30-35. Read: “Liquid Crystals” from Wikipedia Read: “Liquid Crystal Sensors,” Platypus Technologies (2016) Read: “Principles for Measurement of Chemical Exposure Based on Recognition-Driven Anchoring Transitions in Liquid Crystals,” Science, 293, 1296-1299 (2001). Read: “Liquid crystals and the origin of life, Phys.Org, Oct. 3, 2018 Read: “How RCA Lost the LCD” or IEEE Spectrum, Nov 2012 Video: LCD Monitor Technique Animation (2010) or youtube Video: LCD Flat Panel TV (2009), Deconstructed or youtube Video: LCD Monitor Teardown (2011), Bill Hammack or youtube Video: Liquid Crystals Sensors (2016), UW-Madison MRSEC or youtube October 9 is National Nanotechnology Day. How about a 100 Billion Nanometer Dash? In class: Liquid Crystals Midterm Survey |
Oct 11 | Lab: Cholesteryl Ester Liquid Crystals Background: Colors in Liquid Crystals |
Second Half| MIDTERM | Be sure to start reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (pdf download) or Victor LaValle's Destroyer (read online) for October 30. | ||
| Oct 23 | Solar Read: “Power from the sun,” spie oemagazine, April 2003, pages 24-27. Read: “Flexible solar cells for clothing,” Materials Today, June 2006, pages 42-50. Read: “Inorganic Photovoltaic Cells,” Materials Today, November 2007, pages 20-27. Read: “Who Pays for Grid Expansions When Homeowners Generate Their Own Electricity?,” or IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan 2014 Read: “Perovskite Solar Cell Bests Bugbears, Reaches Record Efficiency,” or IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan 2015 Read: “Millions of Chinese-Made Solar Panels,” Pacific Standard, 30 Jun 2015 Read: “Ultrathin Solar Cells for Lightweight and Flexible Applications,” or IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug 2015 Read: “Graphene and Perovskite Lead to Inexpensive and Highly Efficient Solar Cells,” or IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sept 2015 Read: “Will Nanophotonics Save Solar Power Tech?,” or IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr 2016 Read: “Perovskites Become More Stable,” or IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sept 2016 Read: “Tesla to launch solar roofs,” C&E News, 7 Nov 2016 Read: “Rural Rwanda is home to a pioneering new solar power idea, BBC (2017) Read: “Gold Nanomaterials Make Photoelectrode Shine Bright,” or IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep 2018 Video: Solar Nanopaint (2007), Nova or youtube Video: CuInGaSSe (2007), History Channel or youtube Video: Doughnut solar cell (2009) or youtube Video: Solar Roadways, GE Focus Forward (2012) Video: Sandpoint's Solar Roadways to Go Live, KREM (2016) Video: Missouri Department of Transportation Road to Tomorrow (2016) or youtube Video: Dan Nocera, The Artificial Leaf, GE Focus Forward (2012) and C&EN (2011) Video: Ta'u Microgrid, Solar City (2016) or youtube Video: Tesla Solar Roof, Bloomberg (2017) or youtube Video: Why Tesla is building city-sized batteries, Verge, August, 2018 In class: Solar Power |
Oct 25 | Lab: Titanium Dioxide Raspberry Solar Cell |
| Oct 30 | Frankenstein and Beyond, Wilson Theatre in Mayer Hall, 10-11. Read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (pdf download) or Victor LaValle's Destroyer (read online). Meet in SC Atrium before 9:55. Further discussion and Being Here planning |
Nov 1 |
Work on Being Here videos. You should bring a title and a sentence about your topic, a way to quantify the problem and who it affects, a solution, and some images or video clips. By the end of class you should submit an abstract and have a script. |
| Nov 6 | Discussion Leaders: Isreal, Prince, Tenajh, Michael, Sasha Persuasive Paper 1a due: Filip, Minh Quan, Stephanie, Brice, Mingyue, Luke, Matthew, Kiet Sensors Read: “Nanowire Sensors,” Materials Today, April 2005, pages 20-28. Read: “Smelling chemicals with a photonic nose,” SPIE (2011). Read: “Explosive used in Brussels isn't hard to detect,” (pdf) C&E News, March 29, 2016 Read: “Stretchy, Solar-Powered Sensor Detects Heartbeats,” or IEEE Spectrum, 4 Oct 2018 Read: New Wearable Sensor Detects Stress Hormone in Sweat (pdf) or IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jul 2018 Video: Nano Artificial Nose (2011), Technion or youtube Video: Nano Nose (2012), EU Research Media Center or youtube Audio: “Can Drug-Sniffing Dog Prompt Home Search?” (2012) or pdf or NPR Video: Lab on a chip (2014), Johns Hopkins University or youtube Video: The future of medicine is inside these chips (2015), Wyss Institute and .Mic or youtube Video: LogicInk Tatoos (2018) In class: Sensors |
Nov 8 | Planning for Help Yourself (meet in classroom) Tips for Engaging Visitors, NISENET Nov 10 Saturday, 9:30am, Help Yourself |
| Nov 13 | Discussion Leaders: Minh Quan, Brice, Luke, Kiet Persuasive Paper 1b due: Isreal, Lombardo, Prince, Dasha, Tenajh, J, Michael, Christopher, Sasha Carbon Read: “CNT-Reinforced Ceramics and Metals,” Materials Today, Nov 2004, 44-49. Video: Polymer Nanotube Composites, Arkema (2009) Video: Blacker than black or NASA (2010) or youtube Video: Carbon Nanotubes or NOVA "Making Stuff: Stronger" (2011) or youtube Video: Spinning Carbon Nanotubes or CSIRO (2005) or youtube Video: Space Elevator (2007) or PBS Nova or youtube Video: Space Elevator interview with Michio Kaku (2011) or Daily Show or youtube Video: Spinning nanotube fibers or Rice University (2014) or youtube Video: Drawing carbon nanotubes on paper, MIT (2012) or youtube Video: Graphene Revolution or GRAFOID (2015) or youtube Video: Victor Badminton Rackets (2014) or youtube Video: CNT Touch-screen (2011) or youtube Video: Touch-screens from graphene (2015) or youtube Read: “Challenges and opportunities for graphene as transparent conductors in optoelectronics,” Nano Today, Dec 2015, 681-700. Read: IBM Pushes Beyond 7 Nanometers (pdf) or IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct 2018 Video: FooMext Vest (2017) Video: Why graphene hasn't taken over the world...yet, Verge, July, 2018 Video: Ultracapacitors (2010) Video: The Super Supercapacitor, GE Focus Forward (2012) Read: CNT capacitors (2012) In class: Being Here Videos due In class: Carbon Nov 14 International Symposium
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Nov 15 | Oral Reports from International Symposium |
| Nov 20 | Being Here Festival (to share who are, what you have learned, and how it matters to you and others.) Meet in SC Atrium. | Nov 22 | Thanksgiving |
| Nov 27 | Discussion leaders: Lombardo, Dasha, J, Christopher Persuasive Paper 2a due: Filip, Minh Quan, Stephanie, Brice, Mingyue, Luke, Matthew, Kiet Water and Food Read: Is the world running out of fresh water?, BBC (2017) Read: Tapping H2O from thin air, BBC (2017) and audio Read: The future of food and agriculture, UN FAO (2016). At a glance copy, Summary copy, Full report copy Read: Hacking the Flavor of Food With Electric Chopsticks (pdf) or IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jul 2018 Read: How Solar-Powered, Mobile Water Purifiers Can Help Cities Cope With Bad Water (pdf) or IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct 2018 Read: Plant Wearables and Airdropped Sensors Could Sow Big Data Seeds (pdf) or IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep 2018 Video: A Glacier in the Desert, GE Focus Forward (2012) Video: A new approach to water desalination, MIT (2012) or youtube Video: Molecular Sensor or SCIO by Consumer Physics or youtube (2014) Video: Peanut Sensor or NIMA or youtube (2018) In class: Antibacterial silver |
Nov 29 |
Meet in classroom What is your summary list of Technological Grand Challenges? Class Evaluations |
| Dec 4 | Discussion Leaders: Filip, Stephanie, Mingyue, Matthew Persuasive Paper 2b due: Isreal, Lombardo, Prince, Dasha, Tenajh, J, Michael, Christopher, Sasha Assemblers |
Course Description
Grand Challenges are difficult but important societal problems needing technological innovation as part of the solution. This seminar will ask you to identify specific goals in the areas of energy, water, health, and food and to see what new technologies might possibly address those goals. What is the problem, who does it affect, what solutions have been proposed, and what are the technological, economic, cultural, or governmental barriers to implementation? Such technologies will be promising areas to expand knowledge, create jobs, and tackle what needs to be done to sustainably improve the quality of life for everyone.
This seminar will include frequent laboratory experiences as we investigate possible solutions to difficult problems.
As in most courses, absences will affect both your class participation and overall grade. This course is cumulative. Lack
of preparation before class or lack of serious participation in class means you will need to do extra hours of work to catch up on your own.
Late work will generally not be accepted. See me ahead of time in case of special circumstances.
If you have a disability and would like to speak to someone about possible accommodations,
please visit the Learning Enrichment and Disability Services Office located on 2nd floor Pearsons (north side),
608-363-2572 or email learning@beloit.edu or make an appointment through joydeleon.youcanbook.me. If you wish to receive accommodations in this class, please provide the
Access Letter as soon as possible so your learning needs may be appropriately met. Free peer tutoring is available for most classes. For a tutor, apply by going to your Portal, to the Student Life tab, and then apply using the Tutoring Forms (on left) and Request a Tutor. If you have any questions, contact Learning Enrichment and Disability Services.
Basis of evaluation
• Class participation in discussions and labs. You are expected to contribute at least once to every discussion. Labs will have questions to hand in for grading.
• Six papers (a 2-3 page paper every other week) based on assigned readings or events. See Submitting Google Classroom Assignments
• Preparation for and leadership of the technical discussion for one Tuesday during each half of the semester
(done in groups). You should look up and prepare additional material.
Feel free to be creative in your leadership and plans for the class.
• Sharing of science experiments with Help Yourself participants (November 10) and a written reflection of that process.
• Report from Beloit International Symposium (November 14).
• During the semester keep a list of Technological Grand Challenges that you think are important.
• A cumulative project and presentation at the Being Here Festival.
Texts
How We Got to Now : Six Innovations That Made the Modern World, Steven Johnson, Penguin (2014).
Nanoethics, Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, James Moor, John Weckert, Wiley (2007)
The Nanotech Chronicles, Michael Flynn, Simon and Schuster (1991).
Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds, David. H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason S. Robert , MIT Press (2017)
Destroyer, Victor LaValle, Dietrich Smith, and Joana Lafuente (2018)
Lab Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology (2018).
Materials Today, Elsevier
Nanotechnology news stories, PhysOrg
G. Lisensky, Nanotechnology FYI, Last modified December 1, 2018