COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ÇAKMAKÇI

Offered to

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Course Objective

In order to walk through the legal, policy, regulatory, and business issues in this field, it is necessary to first understand the scientific underpinnings and potential applications of the nanotechnology. This course will provide the student with the underlying principles and techniques of nanotechnology business, policy and regulation and projct management issues with emphasis on their application to production with nanotechnology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

I. TEXTBOOK : Miller , John C., Serrato, Ruben M., Represas-Cardenas, Jose
Miguel, Kundahl, Griffith A. The Handbook of
Nanotechnology Business, Policy, and Intellectual Property
Law. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, USA 2004.

II. REFERENCE BOOKS : Shtub A., Bard J.F., Globerson S., Project Management,
Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

There will be minimum 2 projects, averaged out grades for which will be 15 % of the overall success of the students. mid-term examinations will be averaged and affect the grade by 35 %. Final exam will be 50 % of the resulting grade.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmet.cakmakci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes