Bioengineering

BIOE 4620 Biochemical Engineering

Designation:    Elective
  
Description:    The application of engineering principles to the design and analysis of biological processes that employ living organisms or biochemicals
  
Prerequisite:    BIOE 3400; BIOE 3500
  
Textbook:    Bioprocess Engineering Basic Concept 
Shuler and Kargie 
Prentice Hall
  
Objectives:    To apply engineering principles to the design of biological processes 
To analyze biological processes that employ living organisms 
To analyze biological processes that employ biochemicals
  
Topics:    Overview of bio basics 
Enzymes 
How cells work 
Major metabolic pathways 
How cells grow 
Stoichiometry 
Bioreactors 
Scale up, etc. 
Recovery & Purification 
Altering Cellular Info
  
Schedule:    2 - 1 hour and 15 minute lectures per week
  
Contribution:    Engineering topics
  
Outcomes:   
(a)    An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
(e)    An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
  
Prepared by:    Scott Molitor (scott.molitor@utoledo.edu) and Tammy Phares (tamara.phares@utoledo.edu).
  
Last Updated: 6/27/22