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21st August 2014, 02:18 PM
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Re: GW institute for nanotechnology

The George Washington University Institute of Nanotechnology is also known as GWIN. This institute is dedicated to exploring nanotechnology, the science of manipulating materials at the nanometer scale. It is made up of various research groups and associated laboratories based at The George Washington University.

Faculty members:
L. Bennett, Electrical and Computer Engineering
E. Della Torre, Electrical and Computer Engineering
S. Hsu, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
M. Keidar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
C. Korman, Electrical and Computer Engineering
J. Lee, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Y. Leng, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
T. Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering
M. Manzari, Civil and Environmental Engineering
D. Nagel, Electrical and Computer Engineering
M. Pardavi-Horvath, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Z. Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Y-L. Shen, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
M. Zaghloul, Electrical and Computer Engineering
J. Zara, Electrical and Computer Engineering
V. Sorger, Electrical and Computer Engineering
E. Simsek, Electrical and Computer Engineering
L. Zhang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
C. Liang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
P. Ben-Tzvi, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Courses:
ECE4980 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Engineering
Week 1. Framework ethical theories,
Week 2. New technology as a cause of rapidly increasing healthcare costs,
Week 3. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing,
Week 4. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) connecting genetic variants with traits,
Week 5. Social issues raised by GWAS, download
Week 6. Legal issues related to intellectual property,
Week 7. Cancer screening dilemmas,
Week 8. Stem cell controversies,
Week 9. Regulation in the medical arena,
Week 10. Special risks associated with nanotechnology,
Week 11. NIH and NSF programs funding ELSI research,
Week 12. ELSI related to conduct of research,
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MAE6291 Biological Nanotechnology
Instructor: Prof. Silver
Class 1. DNA structure, enzymes that work on it, pcr and other DNA engineering tools
Class 2. Static, man-made DNA structures: grids, tubes, origami
Class 3. Moveable man-made DNA structures: actuators, “walkers”, FRET. Bath et al DNA nanomachines
Class 4. Using DNA to purify species of carbon nanotubes, in vitro evolution
Class 5. Stretching DNA, worm-like-chain model, magnetic traps
Class 6. Twisting DNA, phase transitions and torque clamps
Class 7. How topoisomerase relaxes DNA supercoils, measuring friction as DNA unwinds
Class 8. Ribosomes move along RNA one codon at a time, laser traps
Class 9. Machines made from self-assembling microtubules
Class 10. Motor proteins on microtubules, nanoscale positioning via fluorescence microscopy
Class 11. Rotary protein motors: F0F1 ATPase and the flagellar motor
Class 12. Stretching proteins, talin, atomic force microscopy

MAE6291 Biosensors
Instructor: Prof. Silver
Class 1. Bionanotechnology and biosensors
Class 2. ELISA, SPR, Binding Kinetics, Brownian Motion
Class 3. Mass transport limits
Class 4. Cantilever
Class 5. Immunoassay with GMR sensor
Class 6. Single-molecule pull-down sensor
Class 7. DNA engineering 101
Class 8. DNA as nanoscale erector set
Class 9. Mechanical properties of DNA
Class 10. Significance of DNA sequence
Class 11. Sequencing, part 1
Class 12. Illumina sequencing method
Class 13. Single-molecule sequencing methods

Address:
George Washington University
2100 Foxhall Rd NW, Washington, DC, United States ‎
+1 202-242-6673 ‎

Map:
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