Helps and Hints

  The following paragraph comes from an article published this year in Nature:

The key to making stable [metal organic frameworks] MOFs is to use clusters of metal atoms as the nodes, rather than individual ions. The geometry of the clusters determines the overall architecture of the crystal, which can be held together by a cornucopia of organic linkers. The growing set of interchangeable Tinkertoy components makes MOFs much more adaptable than zeolites and enables chemists to design products with pores that have just the right size and chemical properties for specific applications. Today, there are MOFs that can withstand temperatures of 500 °C, or easily endure a week in boiling methanol; others have internal surface areas that are triple that of MOF-5, or pores large enough to accommodate chunky proteins³.

•    How does what you learned from Dr. Koratkar (Li ion batteries) and Dr. Ullal and Palermo (materials) help you interpret or better understand or visualize what is being said here. Use specific example, facts, or imagery that our guests shared
     It has been said that the field of engineering can be defined as “applying math and science cost effectively”.  With that in mind what elements of the scenario Dr. Silva shared with us show that he was acting as a “cost effective” engineer rather than doing fundamental scientific research.  In your answer, use specific scientific details about what he taught us.
      It has been said that scientific invention is “creating something” while engineering innovation is “creating something that others want to buy.” With that in mind, how is Dr. Koratkar innovating rather than inventing? In your answer, use specific scientific details about what he taught us.
  Be able to use the following terms in context

  Metal	Ceramics	Glass	Polymer	Body centered cubic	Face centered cubic
  Amorphous	Defect	Vacancy	Ductile	Brittle	Dislocation
  Ductility	Transparency	Translucent	Opaque	Elasticity	Conformation
  Plastic	Thermoset	Thermoplastic	Bisphenol	Short path condenser	Partial reflux condenser
  Electroplating	Scaling	Surface area to volume ratio	Gibbs phase rule	Biodiesel	Ethanol
  BTU	MTBE	Energy density	Power density	Oxidation	Thermal shock
  Heparin	Graphene	Graphite	Anode	Cathode

•  What was a key insight that Dr. Linhardt learned (and shared with us) about the role of federal government when an important pharmaceutical is thought to be or become in short supply