NNT737 - GREEN NANOTECHNOLOGY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN NANOTECHNOLOGY | NNT737 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof Dr. Necdet SaÄŸlam | |||||
| Course objective | Green Nanotechnology is essential to society and truly important as a technical discipline. The objective of this course is to develop the appropriate techniques for cleaning the environment by using nanotechnology. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Introduction to Environmental Nanotechnology, Manufacture of materials using environmentally friendly procedures, Positive and negative effects of technologies at nanoscale on environmental pollution, Importance of nanotechnologies on environmental technology (Water treatment applications etc.), Nano-sensors for detecting pollutants, Effects of nanoparticles to environment, Effects of nanoparticles to human, Fundamental properties (transport, aggregation, deposition etc) of nanoparticles in different media (Water, air, soil etc.),Nanotechnology in energy production and utilization of renewable energy, Characterization techniques of nanoparticles (SEM, AFM, TEM, VSI etc), Scientific researches and regulations that should be done in the future related to nanotechnology. | |||||
| References | Nanotechnology and the environment, Kathleen Sellers, CRC Press, 2009 | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Nanoscale Materials: Definition and Properties,Application fields |
| Week 3 | Nanoscale Materials: Definition and Properties,Application fields |
| Week 4 | Overview of Manufacturing Processes |
| Week 5 | Developing Environmental Regulations Pertinent to Nanotechnology |
| Week 6 | Applications and analaysis of Nanoparticles in the Environment |
| Week 7 | Applications and analaysis of Nanoparticles in the Environment |
| Week 8 | Treatment of Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine |
| Week 9 | Treatment of Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine |
| Week 10 | Nanoparticle Use in Pollution Control in environmental protection |
| Week 11 | Nanoparticle Use in Pollution Control in environmental protection |
| Week 12 | The Potential Ecological and related Health with Hazard of Nanomaterials |
| Week 13 | The Potential Ecological and related Health with Hazard of Nanomaterials |
| Week 14 | Toxicology and Risk Assessment |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Project | 1 | 15 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 140 | 270 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Being able to use mathematics, science, and engineering information to develop new methods in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 2. Being able to search information in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine fields and to reach, to evaluate and to comment on this information | X | ||||
| 3. Being able to make supplements to the literature and to develop a skill for presenting their studies fluently in written and oral forms in national and international media. | X | ||||
| 4. To have a Professional ethics and social responsibility. | X | ||||
| 5. By adopting the importance of lifetime learning in principle, actively following the developments in novel technological applications with databases and other sources. | X | ||||
| 6. Being able to choose and to use techniques, devices and software with the suitable information and communication Technologies in order to solve engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 7. To communicate in oral and written forms in a foreign language at least in the C1 grade level of European Language Portfolio in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 8. Being able to design experiments, to do experimentation, to analyze and evaluate experimental results and to prepare a report to present. | X | ||||
| 9. Being able to do within discipline and interdisciplinary teamwork | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest