Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

-student recognizes that there are different ways of how concept "functional" or "smart" material are used in the literature, and what kind of justifications can be used

-student can understand and apply main concepts of soft materials/polymers physics and chemistry

-student knows what kind of functional soft materials are currently envisioned for uses in the fields of biomedicine, renewable energy conversion, sensors, organic electronics, textiles and coatings/substrates

-student knows what kind of methods can be applied for evaluating the environmental impacts of new materials and material fabrication processes

-student learns to prepare a presentation for a scientific meeting

 

Credits: 5

Schedule: 07.01.2025 - 14.02.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Jaana Vapaavuori

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Classroom teaching, workshops on “how to prepare for a scientific meeting”, poster project, individual work on written assignments

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Project related to preparing a presentation to a scientific meeting (including preparation of an abstract, pitch and final presentation), active participation during the lectures, small written tasks and exercises during the term, and final exam/report/essay

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact teaching, 24 h

    Excercices and workshops, 12 h

    Independent learning and writing a reflective learning diary, 60 h

    Poster project work, 34 h

DETAILS

Study Material
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The beginning of the course will follow the book "Alexander Y Grosberg and Alexei R Khokhlov, Giant Molecules: Here, There, And Everywhere (2nd Edition), World Scientific Publishing Company". Especially Chapters #1, #2 and #4 

    Since the course follows the latest developments of science, the main reading material will be scientific review articles that are given during the course.

     

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

    13 Climate Action

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring III
    2025-2026 Spring III

    Registration:

    Maximum 40 students can be accepted to the course in the following priority order 1. Chemistry and Materials Science master's progamme / (old) Functional Materials master's programme - major students 2. Students in the Doctoral Programs of Schools of Chemical Engineering, Science, and Electrical Engineering 3. AMIS master's programme - major students. Course implementation may be cancelled if the number of students enrolled to the course implementation does not meet the required minimum of five students. In the case of cancelled course implementations, the students enrolled to them must be provided with an alternative way of completing the course or be advised to take some other applicable course.