ENGR407-22S2 (C) Semester Two 2022

Bioprocess Engineering 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

Description

Engineering biochemistry covering enzyme kinetics, metabolism and applied molecular biology.

Students should be conversant in the language of biology and biochemistry, and understand the how to grow and manipulate biological systems to produce useful commercial materials or consume chemical wastes.

Topics covered include biochemical engineering; bacterial, plant and animal cell culturing; enzymes, metabolism and metabolic engineering (ME); genetic engineering (GE), GE Medical and industrial applications, molecular biology for bioprocessing; industrial microbiology, bioproducts, and bioreactors

Learning Outcomes

  • After completing this course, students will understand 'upstream' bioprocess engineering issues and applications. Students are expected to be able to:

  • Understand the language of biology and biochemistry.

  • Understand different tools that can be used to grow, regulate, manipulate and scale-up biological fermentations.

  • Understand different bioreactor configurations and their operation.

  • Understand microbial growth and enzyme kinetics.

  • Understand the importance of upstream bioprocess engineering to the production of different bioproducts and industrial applications.

Prerequisites

ENCH281 or subject to approval of the Director of Studies

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Carlo Carere

Lecturer

Rachael Wood

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 45%
Assignment 1 15 Aug 2022 10%
Test 14 Sep 2022 25%
Lab Report 07 Oct 2022 10%
Assignment 2 19 Oct 2022 10%


36 lectures, 2 assignments, a lab report (based on all 3 lab activities), mid-term test and end of semester examination

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Ratledge, Colin. , Kristiansen, B; Basic biotechnology ; 3rd ed; Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Shuler, Michael L. , Kargi, Fikret; Bioprocess engineering : basic concepts ; 2nd ed; Prentice Hall, 2002.

The materials to be taught will be selected from a number of references including recently published books and journal papers, and these references will be provided at the lectures.

Notes

This course is required for completion of the Bioprocess Engineering minor. It provides preparation for ENCH482 (Bioprocess Engineering 2). The prerequisite for this course is ENCH281.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,002.00

International fee $5,625.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

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