CL 404 Biochemical Engineering Semester II 2013-14

Lecture 0 Introduction to the course on Biochemical Engineering

Class Information
Class Location and Meeting times
S5-105 , Mondays & Thursdays 10:05 11:00am; Wednesdays 9:00 9:55 am

Contacting me outside class

Open door Policy Office: Shed 4, Room 220 (feel free to stop by my office anytime) Email: kabeer@iitgn.ac.in, Ph: 898-003-4752

Course Information
Recommended Textbook
Primary Reference: Bioprocess Engineering - Basic Concepts. Michael L. Shuler and Fikret Kargi, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002 Secondary Reference: Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals. James E. Bailey and David F. Ollis, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 1986

About the Course

Uptake

Production

Nutrient molecules

Biochemical Products

Biological Unit- Cell

First Theme: Inner world of the cell Second Theme: Outer world of the cell
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About the Course

Biotechnology Instrumentation Engg. Multiple other (genetically (developing disciplines engineering cells) sensors)

Micro Biology (Selecting Cells)

Biological Cells

Mechanical Engineering (Designing reactors)

Chemical Engineering (Operating bioreactors)

Product of interest

Biochemical Engineering: Extension of chemical engineering approaches to processes based on biological elements/natural systems

Course Goals
To learn and communicate the key biological and engineering fundamentals that govern a biochemically engineered process. To conduct an analysis on the biological and engineering factors essential to the design and operation of a biochemical processing system.

Course Flow Schematic

Basic Cell Structure

Cell Metabolism

Cells in Bioreactors

Recovering Products

Course Policy
Grade Breakup
End Semester Exam Mid Semester Exam 5 Home Assignments 2 Quizzes 20 Tutorials/Concept builders 30% 25% 20% 15% 10%

Relative grading will be used for evaluating and assigning the final grades.
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Examinations
Mid Sem Exam : 25% Closed-book exams Mid semester exam will cover first half of the course content and end semester examination will cover the second half Policy for partial credits Opportunity for extra credits
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End Sem Exam: 30%

Home Assignments
Total of 5 Homework Assignments; each assignment worth 4% each Due at the beginning of a class a week after being assigned as per the schedule given in the time table. It is anticipated that the students will discuss the assignments among themselves, but the work handed in should be your own work and not plagiarized. Partial credit policy will be followed.

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Quizzes
Two quizzes worth 7.5% each. The content for basing the quiz will be specified ahead of time. Just like examinations, there will be partial credit policy and opportunities for earning extra credits.

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Tutorials/Concept Builders
A total of 20 tutorials/concept builders worth 10% of the grade distributed over the semester. Would typically involve basic concept building questions. ~5-7 min will be provided before the end of lectures for completing the concept builders. These have to be submitted at the end of class. Credit awarded in these tutorials is solely on the basis of attempts and not on the correctness of the answers.

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Expectations
It is expected of the students to spend ~3 hours per week outside of class hours preparing for the course Follow the honor code of IITGN Work turned in should always be your own. Plagiarism in any form will lead to a zero grade for assignment, possible failure of the course and reporting of the incident for further actions.

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Next Class- Dec 31, 2013 Lecture 1 Basics of Cell Biology

Two broad topics: 1. Microbial diversity -Eukaryotes -Prokaryotes -Virus 2. Cell Organelles and their functions

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