Offered by:Chemical Engineering
Degree:Bachelor of Engineering
Program Requirement:
Through courses already offered in the Faculties of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, depending on the courses completed, undergraduate students will acquire knowledge in some of the following areas related to nanotechnology:
- Nanomaterial synthesis and processing approaches
- Physicochemistry and quantum behavior of nanomaterials
- State-of-the-art techniques for nanomaterial characterization and detection
- Applications of nanomaterials in engineered solutions
- Nanomaterials in medicine and pharmacology
- Nanomaterials in electronics and energy
- Environmental, health, and social impacts of nanomaterials
Minor program credit weight: 21-22 credits
Minor Adviser: Prof. N. Tufenkji, Wong Building, Room 4300
Students must complete 21 credits of courses as indicated below. A maximum of 12 credits of courses in the student's major may double-count with the Minor.
Students who have not taken the listed prerequisites for any of these courses should ensure that they have the adequate background and/or meet with the instructor before registering for the course. Permission from the instructor and/or department may be required.
The program is open to undergraduate students that are in Year 2 or higher.
Complementary Courses (21-22 credits)
Group A
Students must complete a minimum of 3 credits from the following list of courses:
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BIEN 510
Eng'd Nanomtls for Biomed Appl
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of biomedical uses of nanotechnology. Emphasis on emerging nanotechnologies and biomedical applications including nanomaterials, nanoengineering, nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, nano-based imaging and diagnostic systems, nanotoxicology and immunology, and translating nanomedicine into clinical investigation.
Offered by: Bioengineering
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BMDE 508
Intro. to Micro & Nano-Bioeng
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biomedical Engineering: The micro and nanotechnologies that drive and support the miniaturization and parallelization of techniques for life sciences research, including different inventions, designs and engineering approaches that lead to new tools and methods for the life sciences - while transforming them - and help advance our knowledge of life.
Offered by: Biomedical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- This course is intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students having a biological/medical background or an engineering, physical sciences background. Engineering students enrolled in the Minor in Biomedical Engineering, or Honours in Electrical Engineering and Honours in Mechanical Engineering, should be particularly interested.
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CHEE 521
Nanomat & the Aquatic Environ
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Environmental impacts and applications of nanomaterials. Topics: physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles in aquatic media, colloid chemistry for understanding nanoparticle aggregation and mobility in the environment, mechanisms of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by nanomaterials, nanomaterials for environmental remediation and water treatment, methodologies for assessing nanoparticle toxicity, novel research developments.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- 3-0-6
- Offered each year, one year by the Department of Chemical Engineering and one year by the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
- Prerequisite(s): CHEE 315 or CIVE 225 or MIME 356 or equivalent; and CHEE 310 or CIVE 430 or CHEM 233 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CIVE 521.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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CHEM 534
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Topics discussed include scanning probe microscopy, chemical self-assembly, computer modelling, and microfabrication/micromachining.
Offered by: Chemistry
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CIVE 521
Nanomat & the Aquatic Environ
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Civil Engineering: Environmental impacts and applications of nanomaterials. Topics: physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles in aquatic media, colloid chemistry for understanding nanoparticle aggregation and mobility in the environment, mechanisms of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by nanomaterials, nanomaterials for environmental remediation and water treatment, methodologies for assessing nanoparticle toxicity, novel research developments.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- 3-0-6
- Offered each year, one year by the Department of Chemical Engineering and one year by Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
- Prerequisite(s): CHEE 315 or CIVE 225 or MIME 356 or equivalent; CHEE 310 or CIVE 430 or CHEM 233 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 521.
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ECSE 535
Nanoelectronic Devices
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Physical principles and modelling of nanoelectronic devices. Bandstructure and electronic density of states, Quantum wells, wires and dots. Ballistic electron transport, tunnelling and scattering mechanisms. Electrical and optical properties of nanostructures, fundamental performance limits. Research devices and materials.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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MIME 570
Micro & Nano-Fabrication Fund.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Fundamentals of micro- and nano-fabrication technologies. Lithographic, etching, deposition, and implantation and various control parameters of these processes and their resulting effects on structure, materials quality, and conformality.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MIME 467 or ECSE 330 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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PHYS 534
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Topics include scanning probe microscopy, chemical self-assembly, computer modelling, and microfabrication/micromachining.
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- Restriction: U3 or graduate students in Physics, Chemistry, or Engineering, or permission of the instructor.
Group B
Students will be required to take up to 18-19 credits of courses from Group B, depending on how many courses from Group A were taken.
Bioengineering
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BIEN 520
High Throughput Bio Devices
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Introduction to the field of high throughput screening (HTS) analytical techniques and devices used for genomics, proteomics and other â•œomicsâ•š approaches, as well as for diagnostics, or for more special cases, e.g., screening for biomaterials. Introduction into the motivation of HTS and its fundamental physico-chemical challenges; techniques used to design, fabricate and operate HTS devices, such as microarrays and new generation DNA screening based on nanotechnology. Specific applications: DNA, protein and diagnostic and cell and tissue arrays.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- (3-0-6)
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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BIEN 550
Biomolecular Devices
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Bioengineering: Fundamentals of motor proteins in neuronal transport, force generation e.g. in muscles, cell motility and division. A survey of recent advances in using motor proteins to power nano fabricated devices. Principles of design and operation; hands-on-experience in building a simple device.
Offered by: Bioengineering
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- (3-1-5)
Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 380
Materials Science
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Structure/property relationship for metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials. Atomic and molecular structure, bonds, electronic band structure and semi-conductors. Order in solids: crystal structure, disorders, solid phases. Mechanical properties and fracture, physico-chemical properties, design. Laboratory exercises.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 515
Mtl Surfaces:A Biomimetic Appr
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Investigation of the factors that cause biological surfaces to have superb functionalities; chemical and physical concepts responsible for the respective interfacial phenomena, such as surface tension, thermodynamics, kinetics, electrical double layers, adsorption, and surface wetting; comparison of nature's solutions to engineering problems with synthetic approaches.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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CHEE 543
Plasma Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Description of the plasma state and parameters, plasma generation methods, and of the related process control and instrumentation. Electrical breakdown in gases and a series of discharge models are covered. Plasma processing applications such as PVD, PECVD, plasma polymerisation and etching, environmental applications, nanoparticle synthesis, spraying and sterilization are treated.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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CHEE 582
Polymer Science & Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Application of engineering fundamentals to the preparation and processing of polymers emphasizing the relationship between polymer structure and properties. Topics include: polymer synthesis techniques, characterization of molecular weight, crystallinity, glass transition, phase behaviour, mechanical properties, visco-elasticity, rheology, and polymer processing for use in blends and composite materials.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: CHEE 314 or equivalent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEE 481.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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CHEE 585
Foundations of Soft Matter
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to soft condensed matter. Atomic and molecular origins of hydrodynamics and elasticity. Microscale order and disorder, phase transitions and dynamics. Polymer solutions, melts and gels. Surfactants, self-assembled structures, and fluid membranes. Colloidal dispersions, their dynamics, gels and crystals. Liquid crystals. Integration of the foregoing topics with modern experimental techniques in soft-matter research.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
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CHEE 587
Chem Processing:ElectronicsInd
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemical Engineering: Introduction to semiconductors and elementary semiconductor devices. Chemical processes and unit operations in the manufacture of microelectronic components with emphasis on silicon chip fabrication, fundamentals of crystal growth, photolithography, deposition of thin films, dopant diffusion, plasma and chemical etching, packaging. Safety and environmental concerns. Sustainability practices in this industry.
Offered by: Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
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CHEM 334
Advanced Materials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: The physicochemical properties of advanced materials. Topics discussed include photonics, information storage, 'smart' materials, biomaterials, clean energy materials, porous materials, and polymers.
Offered by: Chemistry
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CHEM 531
Chem of Inorganic Materials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Structure, bonding, synthesis, properties and applications of covalent, ionic, metallic crystals, and amorphous solids. Defect structures and their use in synthesis of specialty materials such as electronic conductors, semiconductors, and superconductors, and solid electrolytes. Basic principles of composite materials and applications of chemistry to materials processing.
Offered by: Chemistry
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CHEM 582
Supramolecular Chemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Introduction to supramolecular organization will be followed by discussions on the nature of interactions and methodologies to create ordered aggregates of high complexity. Potential of supramolecular chemistry in fabricating smart materials will be explored using specific topics including inclusion chemistry, dendrimers, molecular self-assembly and crystal engineering.
Offered by: Chemistry
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CHEM 585
Colloid Chemistry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: Principles of the physical chemistry of phase boundaries. Electrical double layer theory; van der Waals forces; Brownian motion; kinetics of coagulation; electrokinetics; light scattering; solid/liquid interactions; adsorption; surfactants; hydrodynamic interactions; rheology of dispersions.
Offered by: Chemistry
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CHEM 587
Topics in Modern Anal Chem
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A survey of recent topics in optical spectroscopic micro-imaging including methods based on Raman, photo-luminescence, photo-thermal and infra-red absorption. Coverage is also given to analysis of the optics, instrumentation and image processing specific to spectroscopic imaging.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
Electrical Engineering
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ECSE 423
Fundamentals of Photonics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Introduction to the fundamentals of modern optical and photonic engineering. Topics covered include the propagation of light through space, refraction, diffraction, polarization, lens systems, ray-tracing, aberrations, computer-aided
design and optimization techniques, Gaussian beam analysis, micro-optics and
computer generated diffractive optical elements. Experiments on physical and geometric optics.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
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ECSE 430
Photonic Devices and Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Introduction to photonic devices and applications. Semiconductor lasers, optical amplifiers, optical modulators, photodetectors and optical receivers, optical fibers and waveguides, fiber and waveguide devices. Photonic systems (communications, sensing, biomedical). Experiments on characterizing photonic devices and systems. Optical test-and-measurement instrumentation.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
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ECSE 433
Phys Basis of Trans Devices
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Quantitative analysis of diodes and transistors. Semiconductor fundamentals, equilibrium and non-equilibrium carrier transport, and Fermi levels. PN junction diodes, the ideal diode, and diode switching. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT), physics of the ideal BJT, the Ebers-Moll model. Field effect transistors, metal-oxide semiconductor structures, static and dynamic behaviour, small-signal models. Laboratory experiments.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
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ECSE 519
Semicon Nanostr & Nanophot Dev
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Physics, design, synthesis, and fundamental properties of semiconductor nanostructures, quantum dots, nanowires, and nanotubes. Nanoscale confinement of radiation, properties of microcavities, whispering gallery modes, photonic crystals, strong vs. weak coupling, and Purcell effect. Quantum dot lasers, nanowire LEDs, and photonic crystal lasers. Nonclassical light sources. Solar cells and thermoelectric devices.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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ECSE 536
RF Microelectronics
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Introduction to Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and wireless transceiver architectures. Modelling of passive/active integrated devices. Design of monolithic bipolar and CMOS LNAs, mixers, filters, broadband amplifiers, RF power amplifiers, VCOs, and frequency synthesizers. Analysis of noise and non-linearity in RFICs. Project using modern RFIC simulation/layout CAD tools.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- (3-3-3)
- Prerequisite: ECSE 334 or ECSE 335
- Restriction: Instructor's permission required.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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ECSE 571
Optoelectronic Devices
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Physical basis of optoelectronic devices including Light Emitting Diodes, semiconductor optical amplifiers, semiconductor lasers, quantum well devices, and solid state lasers. Quantitative description of detectors, optical modulation, optical logic devices, optical interconnects, and optomechanical hardware. Throughout the course, photonic systems applications will be addressed.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
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ECSE 596
Optical Waveguides
3 Credits**
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: An in-depth analysis to guided-wave propagation. Dielectric waveguides (slab, 2D, nonlinear, spatial solitons), optical fibers (modes, dispersion relations, propagation in dispersive, nonlinear fibers, temporal solitons), beam propagation method, coupled mode theory, waveguide devices (couplers, gratings, etc.). Selection of current research topics of interest (e.g., photonic crystals, optical signal processing, etc.).
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
-
MIME 262
Prop.Materials in Elec. Eng.
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Properties of a material continuum and crystalline state; properties of atoms in materials; conduction electrons in materials; electronic properties of semiconductors and metals; magnetic and thermal properties of materials; applications of electronic materials in semiconductor technology, recording media and transducers.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-1-5)
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECSE 212.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Nathaniel J Quitoriano
- Richard R Chromik
Mechanical Engineering
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MECH 500
Sel Topics in Mechanical Eng
3 Credits***
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: A course to allow the introduction of new topics in Mechanical Engineering as needs arise, by regular and visiting staff.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
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MECH 553
Design & Manuf of Microdevices
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Introduction to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Micromachining techniques (thin-film deposition; lithography; etching; bonding). Microscale mechanical behaviour (deformation and fracture; residual stresses; adhesion; experimental techniques). Materials- and process-selection. Process integration. Design of microdevice components to meet specified performance and reliability targets using realistic manufacturing processes.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
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MECH 556
Microfluidics and BioMEMS
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mechanical Engineering: Fundamentals of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidic devices (also called lab-on-a-chip devices), and their applications to biology and medicine. Topics include: microfabrication techniques, MEMS sensing and actuation principles, microfluidics theories, microfluidic device design, packaging and characterization of MEMS and microfluidic devices, bioanalytical techniques in microfluidics. Students will have the opportunity to conduct two term designs in microfluidics and bioMEMS.
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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MIME 260
Materials Science&Engineering
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Structure properties and fabrication of metals, polymers, ceramics, composites; engineering properties: tensile, fracture, creep, oxidation, corrosion, friction, wear; fabrication and joining methods; principles of materials selection.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Florence Paray, Raynald Gauvin
- Florence Paray, Stephen Yue
Materials Engineering
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MIME 261
Structure of Materials
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Classification of materials, electrons in atoms, molecules and solids, bonding in solids, elements of crystallography, common crystal structures, atoms positions, directions and planes in crystal structures, defects in crystalline solids, point defects, dislocations, structure of polycrystalline materials, grains, grain boundaries, non-crystalline solids.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Mihriban Ozden Pekguleryuz, Florence Paray
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MIME 467
Electronic Properties of Mtls
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Electrons as particles and waves, Schrodinger's Equation, electrical and thermal conductivity, semiconductors, semiconductor devices, fundamentals of magnetism, superconductivity and superconductive materials, dielectric materials, optical properties of materials, LASERs and waveguides. Advanced materials and their technological applications. An introduction to quantum mechanics will be included which will be the foundation upon which energy band diagrams will be built and understood.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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MIME 515
Mtl Surfaces:A Biomimetic Appr
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Investigation of the factors that cause biological surfaces to have superb functionalities; chemical and physical concepts responsible for the respective interfacial phenomena, such as surface tension, thermodynamics, kinetics, electrical double layers, adsorption, and surface wetting; comparison of nature's solutions to engineering problems with synthetic approaches.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- Marta Cerruti, Anne-Marie Kietzig
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MIME 542
Transmission EM
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Comprehensive study of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Theory, principles and practical application of imaging, analysis and advanced sample preparation relevant to biological and non-biological materials.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (2-2-4)
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
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MIME 558
Engineering Nanomaterials
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Aspects of manufacturing bulk-nanostructured materials. Fabrication of nanosized and nanostructured precursors (metals, ceramics, intermetallics, CNT). Reactivity, handling and safety of nano-particles. Processes developed to fabricate bulk nanostructured materials (pressing and sintering, hot pressing and extrusion, ECAP, electrodeposition, spray forming, shockwave compaction). Characterisation of nanostructures. Physical and mechanical properties of nanomaterials.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MIME 260 or MIME 261 and MIME 362 or equivalent or permission of instructor
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2018-2019 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2018-2019 academic year
-
MIME 569
Electron Beam Analysis of Mtls
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Emphasis on operation of scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Topics covered are electron/specimen interactions, hardware description; image contrast description; qualitative and quantitative (ZAF) x-ray analysis; electron diffraction pattern analysis.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
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MIME 571
Surface Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mining & Materials Engineering: Surface science. Surface characterization. Surface modification. Coatings and thin films. Tribology. Surface engineering and control of surface properties.
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering
Pharmacology
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PHAR 504
Drug Discovery & Development 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Nobel Prize-winning discoveries as a basis for drug development.
Offered by: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Winter
- Prerequisites: PHAR 301 or PHAR 303; or permission of instructor
- Restriction: U3 and graduate students. Students can register only with permission of coordinators.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Dusica Maysinger, Bastien Castagner
Physics
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BIOL 319
Introduction to Biophysics
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Emerging physical approaches and quantitative measurement techniques are providing new insights into longstanding biological questions. This course will present underlying physical theory, quantitative measurement techniques, and significant findings in molecular and cellular biophysics. Principles covered include Brownian motion, low Reynolds-number environments, forces relevant to cells and molecules, chemical potentials, and free energies. These principles are applied to enzymes as molecular machines, membranes, DNA, and RNA.
Offered by: Biology
- Winter. Students with training in physics and biology will be well-suited to the course. .
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200; MATH 222; PHYS 230 and (PHYS 232 or PHYS 253), or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 319
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PHYS 319
Introduction to Biophysics
3 Credits*
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Emerging physical approaches and quantitative measurement techniques are providing new insights into longstanding biological questions. This course will present underlying physical theory, quantitative measurement techniques, and significant findings in molecular and cellular biophysics. Principles covered include Brownian motion, low Reynolds-number environments, forces relevant to cells and molecules, chemical potentials, and free energies. These principles are applied to enzymes as molecular machines, membranes, DNA, and RNA.
Offered by: Physics
- Winter. Students with training in physics and biology will be well-suited to the course.
- Prerequisites: BIOL 200; MATH 222; PHYS 230 and (PHYS 232 or PHYS 253), or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking BIOL 319
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PHYS 446
Majors Quantum Physics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: de Broglie waves, Bohr atom. Schroedinger equation, wave functions, observables. One dimensional potentials. Schroedinger equation in three dimensions. Angular momentum, hydrogen atom. Spin, experimental consequences.
Offered by: Physics
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PHYS 558
Solid State Physics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: Properties of crystals; free electron model, band structure; metals, insulators and semi-conductors; phonons; magnetism; selected additional topics in solid-state (e.g. ferroelectrics, elementary transport theory).
Offered by: Physics
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures
- Restriction: U3 Honours students, graduate students, or permission of the instructor
* Students can take only one course from each set of the following courses:
- MIME 260, MIME 261, MIME 262 or CHEE 380
- CHEE 515 or MIME 515
- CHEE 521 or CIVE 521
- CHEM 534 or PHYS 534
- BIOL 319 or PHYS 319
** A 3.0 or higher CGPA is required in order to take these courses.
*** When topic is appropriate, with approval from the Minor Adviser.