ENCH482-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Bioprocess Engineering 2

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Bioseparations, process chromatography for therapeutic proteins. Design and operation of bioreactors.

Biomaterial properties and bioseparation processes that exploit these properties to purify biologically-derived materials.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learning Outcomes
  • Have an overview of the separation and purification of biological materials
  • Understand biological molecule properties as they apply to separation processes
  • Obtain an overview of bioseparation principles to develop bioseparation strategies for complex biological molecules
  • Understand and apply the principles of process scale-up in bioseparation processes
  • Apply optimisation and scale-up principles to design a bioseparation process

Prerequisites

Course Coordinator

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment x 3 30%
Final Exam 30%
Lab Report 10%
Mid-Term Test 30%

Notes

Concerns
Students with concerns about the course should contact the course coordinator or the 3rd Pro Director of Studies, Dr Alex Yip.

General Policies of the Department
Students may obtain the general policies of the University on matters such as the special considerations, appeals procedures, reconsideration of grades and special provision for students with disabilities from the University Calendar.  The Department assessment details, Departmental Safety Handbook, Electrical Safety Supplement and Disposal of Chemical Wastes Policy are distributed to the students at the beginning of the new year.

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

3 Assignments
1) Due 12 March (10%)
2) Due 4 April (10%)
3)  Due 21 May (10%)

1 Lab Report Due 30 May (10%)

Exams
1) MIDTERM 30 April (30%)
2) FINAL (30%)

Attendance

Lectures encouraged but not mandatory, mandatory for lab sessions

Late submission of work

Late submission gathers a 10% penalty per day

Where to submit and collect work

4th floor Link building

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,080.00

International fee $5,250.00

* 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 .

All ENCH482 Occurrences

  • ENCH482-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019