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| Nanotechnology and Science Revolution (Upper-Division standing required) |
2006 Fall
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| University of Texas at Austin
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Texas
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Science, Technology and Society (STS)
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| This course is designed to prepare students for the societal impacts of nanotechnology. This includes an understanding of the fundamentals of nanoscience, particularly its interdisciplinary character. Nanotechnology stands to transform every aspect of industry and medicine, as well as aspects of work life and family life. Current advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology promise to have major application that will dramatically change the ways materials and devices are manufactured, and will open new opportunities for solving complex problems, such as clean water supplies for impoverished nations, better transmission of pharmaceuticals designed to fight disease, new efficient sources of energy, and more. The societal and ethical impacts of nanotechnology are vast, for example, in the cases of life extension or equal access to new goods and services. This course will examine how this emerging science might transform the future of technologies, manufacturing, and innovation. We will explore the societal, legal, and ethical implications of nanotechnology.
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| Program: Science, Technology and Society
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