Engineering + Biology = Synthetic Biology

Hello all, I’m looking forward to seeing you all after a good long break. Please don’t forget to bring in a proposal for your final paper. We’ll be discussing your ideas first thing.

Final Research Paper Plan:

Nov 18th – Proposal due. The Idea/Concept/Project: Why do I care? We will discuss.

Dec. 2nd– Research is due. Related work: You must research all related work. Who else has done similar research? What research/project are you building on? How is your project similar? How is it different? Please gather your references now. You will need them for your bibliography. If your project/game/experience needs to be tested, prototyped please complete by next week. Don’t forget to document the process.

Dec. 9th – 1st draft of paper due (In class peer reviews)

Dec. 16 – Final paper due and presentations – power point/wireframes/site maps/diagrams/tech specs/models/images/video demo etc.

Citation and Formating

Depending on your focus you should either use APA citation formating or IEEE citation. Here is a cite generator that basically automates the process:

https://www.citethisforme.com/citation-generator

Latex is a formatting application often used for tech papers:

https://www.latex-project.org/

You may also use google docs/word if more appropriate for your topic

Here are some resources for Friday’s class:

Synthetic biology -What it is and Why it Matters  by Alistair Elfick and Drew Endy

Synthetic biology – what should we be vibrating about?: Drew Endy at TEDxStanford

MIT LAB Neri Oxman

Nature X Oxman Deezen article

Why Big Tech Is Pouring Money Into Carbon Removal