MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY
A Summer Short Course (June 22-26, 2009)
by
Prof. Dr. Melik C. Demirel,
Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State University, USA and Adjunct Professor of Surgery at UPMC
E-mail: mdemirel@engr.psu.edu,
Web: http://www.personal.psu.edu/mcd18/
Course Description: Recent advances in nanotechnology at the physical / life sciences interface. (Course Prerequisites: Completion of basic science and engineering classes or equivalent).
Location: Koc University, College of Engineering ENG B30, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
Time: June 22-26 2009, 11:00am - 12:00 & 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration: Please email msayar@ku.edu.tr
This is a no-credit course and there is no registration fee.
The course is open to all interested students and faculty.
Who should take it: Graduate students and senior undergrads in basic science and engineering as well as senior students in medical schools.
Required Text: None, course notes will be provided
Outline
- Nanotechnology Basics (June 22)
- Structural and Functional Principles (June 22-23)
- Microscopic Design (Limits to Smallness and Quantum Nature)
- Macroscopic Design (Thermodynamics and Transport)
- Materials Principles and Approaches to Nanofabrication (June 23-24)
- Chemical Patterning and Lithography
- Layer-By-Layer Self-Assembly
- Nanocontact Printing and Writing
- Nanorod, Nanotube, Nanowire Assembly
- Emergence and Biomimetics (June 24-25)
- Self-Assembling Polymers
- Biomaterials and Bioinspiration
- Self-Assembly of Large Building Blocks
- Nanomedicine and applications (June 25-26)
- Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
- Nanotechnology in drug research and nanocarriers
- Diagnostics, biosensing and imaging
- Therapeutic applications in nanomedicine
