ENCH482-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012

Bioprocess Engineering 2

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2012

Description

Bioreactor design and operation including bacteria, yeast and tissue culture, formulation, bioseparations.

Prerequisites

ENGR407 or ENCH323

Restrictions

ENCH480

Course Coordinator

Gabriel Visnovsky

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 15%
Assignment 2 15%
Final Exam 70%


Grades will be based on assessment of two assignments (15% each) and a final exam (70%).

Notes

Course Content
Bioproducts and bioprocesses in New Zealand, environmental biotechnology, bioseparations, product formulation.

Topics include:
• Biotechnological process in industry. Case study:  Production of Baculovirus in large scale airlift reactors using insect cells.

• Production of secondary vaccines and metabolites: bacteria vs. animal cell cultures systems, advantages and disadvantages

• Beer production

• Formulation

• Solid substrate fermentation.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $4,375.00

* 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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