Undergraduate - UnitCHE4171 - Biochemical engineering

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Chemical Engineering
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day) Malaysia Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Lizhong He (Clayton) / Prof Tey Beng Ti (Malaysia)

Synopsis

Quantitative and analytical skills required for biochemical and bioprocess engineering will be covered. The relationships between chemical engineering principles and approaches and biology will be explored. Knowledge about the operational considerations for suspended cultures, immobilized cultures, bioreactors, scaling, process selection, and operation of bioprocess unit operations will be discussed and worked on through calculations.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

apply principles of fluid flow, mixing, heat transfer and mass transfer to analyse bioreactors
assess the performance of bioreactors and trouble-shoot operational problems
solve engineering problems related to the design and operation of bioreactors and bioprocesses
apply principles of biochemical engineering to analyse and assess special topics such as synthetic biology, animal and plant cell culture, and tissue engineering
solve technical and practical issues in commercial bioprocessing

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 50%
Final examination: 50%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

2 hours lectures, 2 hours of practice sessions/tutor mediated group work/laboratory work and 7 hours of private study per week

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Karen Hapgood

Prerequisites

CHE2165 (or BCH2011 or BMS1011 or BIO1011 or PSC2011 or PSC2041) and CHM1011 (or CHM1022 or CHM2735 or PSC1021 or PSC1022)