Course Catalogue Description

1.    Course Number:              ChemE 170

2.    Course Title:                     Introduction to Bioprocess Engineering

3.    Course Description:        Mass and energy balance in biological systems; kinetics of bioprocesses; heat and mass transfer applications to bioreactor design and downstream processes

4.    Prerequisite:                     ChemE 128 Chemical Reaction Engineering and ChemE 132 Separation Processes I

5.    Semester Offered:          Second Semester

6.    Course Credit:                  3u

7.    Number of Hours:           3h

8.    Meeting Type:                  Lecture

9.    Course Goals:                   To discuss the application of different chemical engineering principles in the analysis of biological systems, and to design bioreactors and downstream processes for recovering products of biological activities