CHEM 150E: Chemistry for Engineers

Course Description

"Chemistry for Engineers" aims to equip students in engineering fields with a chemistry toolkit which will empower them to understand and investigate your research/course work through a "chemistry lens". Every week, this course will include two lectures/seminars on chemistry terminology, software, techniques, fields, and journals. In the first 3 weeks of the quarter, the teaching team will help students choose a paper (or multiple papers) in their field of interest to evaluate and study through the quarter. In the context of this paper, students will apply the toolkit to propose new ideas and develop hypotheses at the interface of chemistry and engineering. Every week, submit take-home assignments will be used to measure mastery of that week's content. At the end of the quarter, all students will submit a report and present their report to highlight 1-3 ideas inspired by this course.