Class Policies
1) Class Attendance.    Is strongly encouraged.2) Homework.  Several homework assignments will be given.   Understanding transport demands that you interact with the material on a regular basis.  Some of the problems assigned will be hard and challenging.  You are encouraged to discuss the problems among yourselves and work together.  However, you are not to simply copy someone else's work.  If it so happens that in the process of solving a problem, one of your classmates gave substantial help, please acknowledge this at the bottom of the problem. (The reason for this is for me to assess whether and how effectively you are working together in teams).  Also, if this happens, for your own benefit, forget about the problem for a day, and then come back to it and make sure you can solve it yourself from a clean sheet of paper.

3) Exams.  Two in-class exams will be given in this class.  The exams will be open notes.

4) Final Project: The final project in this class will include an oral and written report on recent research advances related to biosystems transport.  Several topics will be suggested, but you are freee to chose your own topic.  The oral report will consist of a fifteen minute in-class presentation. The written report must include a critique of existing literature and your own analysis of the problem.

5) Grading:  T he final grade will be determined according to the chart below.
 
Homework 10%
Final Project  30%
Exam 1 30%
Exam 2 30%

6) Honor Code: The honor code will be in force on all exams in this class.  See Rice Honor Code for a comprehensive description, as well as previous case abstracts.

7) Problem Sessions.   Review sessions will be held - time and dates to be determined by a class.

8) Teaching Assistants:

    Louise Organ, Keck 234, 713-348-3129, lorgan@rice.edu
     Zarana Patel , George R. Brown Hall, degaboh@rice.edu

9) Office Hours and Email:

    Prof. Raphael:  Fridays 2-3 pm.   Also, my door is always open.  I will occasionally be in the midle of an experiment or meeting and may not be immediately available, but will reschedule you as soon as possible that day.