Nanotechnology and Society

An undergraduate course on nanotechnology and its societal implications.


Science and Technology Studies 201, Section 84405, Spring 2005, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This 3-credit course was designed and taught by Charles Tahan in the spring semester of 2005, the first year it was offered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was co-develeped with members of the Wisconsin Nanotechnology and Society Initiative.

About the course.

Syllabus.

Reader & Resources.

Classes & Schedule.

Essays.

Nanotech Reports.

Nano Joke Contest.

Publications and Talks.

Assessment.


 

Course flyer.Nanotechnology Reports

Nanotechnology circa 2005

Download the entire pamphlet in PDF format


Forward

by Charles Tahan


Nanomaterials

by Brent Augustine


(PowerPoint presentation)


(PowerPoint presentation)

Nanofiltration

by Steven Kaul


Nanomedicine and Cancer

by Nicole Chia Poh Hui


(PowerPoint presentation)


(PowerPoint presentation)

Nano-Nuclear Batteries

by Mark Paulson


Catalysts at the Nanoscale

by Joshua Rolnitzky


No PowerPoint


(PowerPoint presentation)

The Many Faces of Carbon

by Marilynn Johnson


NanoDiagnostics

by Kaizan Kalyaniwalla


(PowerPoint presentation)


(PowerPoint presentation)

Nanomanufacturing and Nanofabrication

by Matthew Margolis


Nanotechnology and the Drug Industry

by Joey Sweeney


(PowerPoint presentation)


(PowerPoint presentation)

Solar Cells and Nanotechnology

by Mike Priaulx


Nanoscopes

by Rachael Harrison


No PowerPoint


(PowerPoint presentation)

Agriculture and Nanotechnology

by Alan Johnson


10 more coming...

 

 


(C) Charles Tahan unless otherwise acknowledged.