CHME 900: Seminar in Chemical Engineering Fall 2009

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Catalog Description
(1 cr per sem,max 6) Discussion of research projects and review of current literature in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

Lecture
The first class meeting was Friday, August 28, 3:30 p.m., in Othmer Hall room 205. All other meeting times will be arranged.

Instructor
Dr. William Velander
Department Chair and Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office:207B Othmer Hall
Phone:402-472-3697
FAX:402-472-6989
Email:wvelander2@unl.edu
Office hours:By appointment

Prerequisites
None

Goal
This focus of this 1 credit hour course will be your attendance at six (6) scientific seminars hosted by UNL Departments throughout the fall semester. A list of links to various department seminar and colloquia websites was distributed the first class meeting of the semester. A summary of the selected seminars is below.

Grading
Homework 50%
Final Presentation 50%

Assignments

Seminar Abstracts: The class will work together to select six (6) seminars and/or colloquiums to attend during the Fall semester 2009. After each seminar write an abstract and submit it via email to Professor Velander within 48 hours.

Your abstract should include a summary of the following:

• Over-arching theme
• Most important themes
• Positive and negative findings
• Contribution to literature
• Should contain 250 words

Final Presentation: Each student will give a 20 minute seminar to the class, followed by a 10 minute question and answer session.

Topic:the seminar should be based on two (2) scientific publications of one of the seminar speakers you attended during the semester.

You must prepare an abstract and distribute it to the class one (1) week in advance of your seminar date.

All seminars will be presented during the last two weeks of classes. The date(s) and time(s) will be mutually decided by the class.

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Elected seminars to attend for the Fall 2009 semester will be selected during the 2nd week of classes and then posted to this page.

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