Valid for: 2019/20
Decided by: PLED C/D
Date of Decision: 2019-04-01
Main field: Nanoscience.
Elective for: B4, F4, K4, M4-tt, N4-m
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English on demand
Students should, aided by novel scientific literature, acquire a basic knowledge about aerosols (system in which particles are suspended in a gas) and their physical and chemical properties. Students should achieve understanding of the generation, dispersion, transformation and deposition mechanism as well as get familiar with the measurements techniques. Students should obtain a basic knowledge to be able to evaluate effects of airborne particles on environment and human health. During the course students will get familiar with several applications like nanotechnology, abatement, production, pharmaceutical and clean room technologies.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Describe the aim, method and results from measurements and be able to, with references from research, compare and discuss the results within outlined above requirements (in Knowledge and Understanding)
Aerosol physics, aerosol chemistry, sources and sinks of aerosols in indoor and outdoor environments, lung deposition, particles size distribution, sampling and measurement techniques. Aerosol properties and typical particle pollution in indoor and working environments as well as in ambient air. Particles effects on human health and environment. Application of aerosol technology in clean room technology, electronics and pharmaceutical industry. Laboratories are compulsory as they provide opportunity to observe aerosol physical properties as well as give practical experience in measuring particles with various instruments. The lectures are given by researchers from the division and by invited guest researchers, to ensure that given facts and discussed topics are up-to-date. During the course, students will be given newly published scientific results and will practice to make critical interpretations of these.
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Written examination (50%). Laboratories, exercises and project (50%).
For passed course the student needs to achieve a passing grade on the laboratories, exercises, seminars, project and written examination.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Required prior knowledge: Basic knowledge in nature science.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: MAM242
Examinator: Christina Isaxon, christina.isaxon@design.lth.se
Course coordinator: Axel Eriksson, axel.eriksson@design.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.eat.lth.se/english/courses/
Further information: More information regarding the Departments policy regarding first-cycle education that is linked to research you will find here:http://www.design.lth.se/utbildning/forskningsanknytning.