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This course was developed with a great deal of feedback from students within the BTP program. The BTP journal club is an entirely student run course. We have designed it this way because students have given us feedback that it is a great experience to get to present to other students without faculty oversight. Students feel more free to share their knowledge and ask questions when they do not understand a concept. Each student will select a paper and lead a discussion during one of the weeks of the course.

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This seminar series is a 1-credit class, open to graduate students in the BTP program. Other students will be allowed to join as space allows any given year. Students enrolled in the seminar series are expected to attend 16 total seminars, with reporting on those attended, to receive 1 credit. Seminars span several departments and are chosen each year by the BTP executive committee for their relevance to topics in biotechnology.

A series of invited lectures on a variety of research programs. Required course; may be taken Pass/Fail. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

Emphasis on foundation and conceptual understanding of physical phenomena. Focus on prototypes of convective transport and transport processes involving homogeneous and heterogenous reactions; role of boundary conditions including moving boundaries; molecular interpretation of diffusion.

An integrative and interdisciplinary approach to catalysis science that builds on the fundamentals of chemistry, physics and chemical engineering. Overview of catalysis subdisciplines, methods of catalyst and nanomaterials synthesis, characterization of nanomaterials and surfaces, principles of reactivity of molecular, solid and biocatalysts with illustrations from industrial processes.

This graduate course will discuss the skills needed to design, approach, and complete a successful thesis in a STEM or STEM-related field. We will cover experimental design, mining and interpreting relevant literature, research ethics, rigor and reproducibility in research, writing and presentation skills, and many other "soft skills" critical for a successful graduate career.

This course will introduce the fundamental concepts of carbon capture and utilization technologies and their implementation in the chemical and energy industries. Throughout this course, the students will evaluate the carbon capture and utilization technologies through a critical lens based on their technical feasibility and socioeconomic impacts.

Developing new materials and devices for medical applications is a challenging interdisciplinary problem. It requires an understanding of materials properties, biological responses to the materials, regulatory issues, etc. Materials at the nano-scale offer improved functionality for numerous applications including drug delivery, diagnostic tools, and tissue engineering scaffolds. This senior and graduate co-listed course will introduce students to various classes of materials, nanostructure synthesis, characterization techniques, and device evaluation.