CHEM 490 The Chemistry and Biochemistry of Brewing, Dr. Paul Smith, Steve Frazier
Areas: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry. This interdisciplinary course provides an in-depth exploration of the chemical and biochemical processes fundamental to the different stages of the brewing process. Topics will include water chemistry, malting and grain processing, the organic chemistry of hops, and the microbiology and biochemistry of yeast. Integral to the course is the exploration of how fundamental chemical and biochemical processes affect different aspects of the brewing process as well as specific qualities of the beer produced.
Pre-requisites: MATH152, PHYS122, CHEM300, CHEM352, CHEM351L.
CHEM 490 Sustainable Nanotechnology, Dr. Zeev Rosenzweig
Area: Material Science. The goal of this course is to describe common synthetic nanomaterials and their impact on human health and the environment. The nanotechnology revolution has already resulted in a broad range of applications including in broadly distributed technologies like cell phones, TVs, tablets and light emitting displays. With the exponential growth of nanotechnologies come human health and environmental concerns due to potentially adverse impacts of synthetic nanomaterials on biological and natural systems. The course will cover the main mechanisms of interactions between synthetic nanomaterials and model membranes and organisms with a molecular level focus. The course will also describe chemistry oriented solutions to mitigate adverse impacts of synthetic nanomaterials by novel surface chemistries and by replacing toxic with benign components. Finally, the course will describe how theoretical and computational techniques could be used to explain and predict the impact and enable the design of new nanomaterials that maintain desirable functions with reduced impact on human health and the environment.
The course is appropriate for graduate students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Departmental of Biological Sciences, and the Department of Chemical Environmental and Bioengineering with strong background in chemistry. The course is also appropriate to chemistry undergraduate students who completed the inorganic chemistry lecture and laboratory courses (CHEM 405 and 405L) and to biochemistry undergraduate students who completed Biochemistry I (CHEM 437)
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