LS 541 Cellular and Molecular Biology 3-0-3
Chemical basis of life, the basic unit of life (the cell) in relation with structure and function, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, cell reproduction (mitosis & meiosis), cell cycle regulation. Cell communication, signal transduction, molecular basis of carcinogenesis. Molecular structures and mechanisms involved in the storage, transmission and utilization of genetic information in simple and complex organisms, gene transcription and translation, principles and methodology of recombinant DNA.
Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing
LS 502 Animal Physiology 3-0-3
Concepts of animal developmental biology and physiology. Animal reproduction, embryology and animal diversity in the changing environments. The concept of homeostasis, organs regulations, body systems and their functions in animals.
Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing
LS 504 Modeling of Biological Systems 3-0-3
Mathematical and engineering modelling tools for describing and predicting the behavior of some biological systems. Combines theory with hands-on computer modeling, will be of interest to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in various science disciplines, engineers and computer scientists interested in modeling biological systems.
Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing
LS 530 Biomaterials 3-0-3
Materials as they interaction with biological systems. Properties of materials used in medical applications. Classes of materials used in medicine, host reactions involved in biomaterials. Biological testing of biomaterials, degradation of materials in the biological systems, applications of materials in medicine and artificial organs, tissue engineering.
Pre-requisite: Graduate standing
ENVS 535 Environmental Biotechnology 3-0-3
Focuses on the utilization of microbial processes in waste and water treatment, and bioremediation. Topics included are microbial energy metabolism, microbial growth kinetics and chemostat theory. Relevant microbiological processes, microbial ecology, approaches for studying microbial communities, and principles in bioremediation and biological water and waste treatment.
Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing
LS 542 Biotechnology 3-0-3
Application of genetics and molecular biology to the developments of biotechnological products in medicine, environment, agriculture and industrial manufacture, fundamental issues of biotechnology, development of biotechnology, practical techniques of biotechnology, implication of biotechnology applications to the lives of humans and other animals, plants and the environment.
Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing
CHE 524 Bioprocess Engineering 3-0-3
Key concepts on biotechnology/biochemical engineering. Basics of biochemistry, microbiology, cell biology and molecular biology. Applied concept in Enzymes and its kinetics, immobilized techniques, diffusion limitations, immobilized enzyme reactors. Fundamentals of cell metabolism, Stoichiometry of growth, cell growth kinetics. Design and operation of downstream processes, including cell disruption, filtration, extraction, chromatography; facility design; validation and regulatory issues.
Pre-requisite: Graduate standing
CHE 534 Bioreaction Engineering 3-0-3
Applied concept of cell and Enzymes kinetics, immobilized techniques, diffusion, immobilized enzyme and analysis of bioreaction rates on bioreactors. Bioreactor design. Immobilization and immobilized bioreactors. Fermentation. Optimization and online control of bioreactors. Fedbatch, continuous, immobilized cell and other advanced bioreactors; bioreactor monitoring and control; Applications of bioreactors.
Pre-requisite: CHE 524: Bioprocess Engineering
LS 619 Project 0-0-6
A graduate student will arrange with a faculty member to conduct an industrial research project related to bioengineering. Subsequently the students shall acquire skills and gain experiences in developing and running actual industry-based project. This project culminates in the writing of a technical report, and an oral technical presentation in front of a board of professors and industry experts.
Pre-requisite: Graduate Standing