COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NANOTECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS-POLICY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NNE 5014 NANOTECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS-POLICY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

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

1   To be informed of Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation
2   To have information about Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation - Societal and Ethical Implications
3   To have knowledge about Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation - Patent and Trademark Office
4   To acquire the knowledge about Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation - Intellectual Property
5   To be informed of Industrial Analysis and Planning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Nanotechnology
2 Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation
3 Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation-Societal and Ethical Implications
4 Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation-Environmental Regulation
5 Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation-The Patent and Trademark Office
6 Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation-National Security and Export Controls
7 Nanotechnology Business-Business Plans and Strategy
8 Nanotechnology Business-Intellectual Property
9 Nanotechnology Business-Corporate Partnering and Globalization
10 Mid-term examination
11 Industrial Analysis and Feasibility Analysis
12 Project Presentation
13 Project Presentation
14 Project Presentation

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

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.35 + PRJ * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.35 + PRJ * 0.15 + RST * 0.50


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

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 2 10 20
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 10 10
Preparing Projcet Presentation 3 20 60
Office hours 12 2 24
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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