BIOENGR C104
Physical Chemistry of Biomacromolecules
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Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2021 - This class is about polymers. Overall it was easy, but sort of boring. Some of the topics we covered were mathematically modeling polymers as ideal and real objects, physical properties of polymers such as entropy and free energy, and behaviors in solutions. Wong lectures like a mother humming a lullaby to a child, which is to say that I was tempted to fall asleep quite often. However, his fast pace kept me writing notes and prevented that from happening. About 90% of the lecture is deriving important results in polymer physics and explaining the simplifications/theories that were required to get to the result. At the end of each derivation is an equation that Wong will box for you, which means you should know it for the final. The remaining 10% of lecture is interesting stories that may or may not be related to polymers. Lectures were not recorded and his notes don’t capture all the detail, so go to every lecture. The grading is split into three categories: HW - 30% Presentation - 30% Midterml (Wong calls it a midterm, but its a final) - 40% If you go to discussion, the HW’s are free. So go to discussion. The Final is easy if you review the boxed equations and assumptions each week. The Presentation is like any other group presentation, it's not that bad as long as the group is not that bad. Wong gives you a research paper to present on, so as long as everyone knows their stuff and can present cleanly, this is also free.
Fall 2021 - This class is about polymers. Overall it was easy, but sort of boring. Some of the topics we covered were mathematically modeling polymers as ideal and real objects, physical properties of polymers such as entropy and free energy, and behaviors in solutions. Wong lectures like a mother humming a lullaby to a child, which is to say that I was tempted to fall asleep quite often. However, his fast pace kept me writing notes and prevented that from happening. About 90% of the lecture is deriving important results in polymer physics and explaining the simplifications/theories that were required to get to the result. At the end of each derivation is an equation that Wong will box for you, which means you should know it for the final. The remaining 10% of lecture is interesting stories that may or may not be related to polymers. Lectures were not recorded and his notes don’t capture all the detail, so go to every lecture. The grading is split into three categories: HW - 30% Presentation - 30% Midterml (Wong calls it a midterm, but its a final) - 40% If you go to discussion, the HW’s are free. So go to discussion. The Final is easy if you review the boxed equations and assumptions each week. The Presentation is like any other group presentation, it's not that bad as long as the group is not that bad. Wong gives you a research paper to present on, so as long as everyone knows their stuff and can present cleanly, this is also free.
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