 | | Course ID: | BCHE 2910. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Biochemical Engineering Design | Course
Description: | Introduction to biochemical engineering processes, types of
process units, process flow sheets, mass and energy balance
calculations, process simulation, and basics of plant design
economics. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Biochem Engr Design | | Prerequisite: | (ENGR 1120 or ENGR 1120E or ENGR 1120H) and CHEM 1212 and (PHYS 1211-1211L or PHYS 1251) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 3180L. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Biochemical Engineering Laboratory | Course
Description: | Engineering principles of heat, mass, and energy systems through
experiential learning with focus on chemical/biochemical
processes. | | Athena Title: | Biochemical Engineering Lab | | Pre or Corequisite: | ENGR 3150 and BCHE 3520 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 3420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Kinetics and Reactor Design | Course
Description: | The fundamentals of engineering science and design related to
chemical, environmental, and biocatalytic homogeneous reactions.
An introduction to chemical and enzymatic kinetics, collection
and analysis of rate data, isothermal reactor design, bioreactor
design, energy balance, and runaway reactions. | | Athena Title: | Kinetics and Reactor Design | | Prerequisite: | CHEM 1212 and BIOL 1107 and BCHE 2910 | | Pre or Corequisite: | BCHE 3520 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 3520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Mass Transport and Rate Phenomena | Course
Description: | Mass transport and rate phenomena in the analysis of engineering problems in biological systems. | | Athena Title: | Mass Transport and Rate Phenom | | Prerequisite: | MATH 2700 and ENGR 1140 | | Pre or Corequisite: | ENGR 3160 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4180L. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Biochemical Engineering Laboratory | Course
Description: | Principles and applications of biochemical engineering
processes and unit operations through experiential learning. | | Athena Title: | Adv Biochemical Engr Lab | | Prerequisite: | BCHE 3420 and BCHE 4510/6510 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Biochemical Process Control | Course
Description: | Theories and knowledge of chemical/biochemical process control
systems focusing on dynamic behavior of processes, feedback
control, and applications to biological systems. | | Athena Title: | BCHE PROC CONTROL | | Pre or Corequisite: | BCHE 3420 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4460. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Biorefinery Engineering | Course
Description: | Various aspects of biomass conversion to energy, chemical, and
bioproducts. The presentations are linked to introduce the
student to opportunities in the emerging bio-economy. Topics
include biomass types and characteristics, technologies,
systems analysis, economics, and environmental aspects of
biorefineries. | | Athena Title: | BIOREFINERY EGR | | Prerequisite: | BCHE 3145 and BCHE 3420 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE(ENVE) 4490/6490. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Engineering Remediation Design | Course
Description: | Engineering science and design related to environmental modeling, solid waste management, and hazardous waste management. Concepts of risk assessment will also be introduced. | | Athena Title: | Env Engr Remediation Design | | Prerequisite: | (ENGR 3140 or ENGR 3140E or MCHE 3140) and (BCHE 3520 or ENGR 3520) and (MIBO 3000-3000L or MIBO 3500 or MIBO 3500E) and (BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or BCMB 3100H) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4510/6510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Design and analysis of enzymatic and microbial biological reaction systems. | | Athena Title: | Biochemical Engineering | | Prerequisite: | BCHE 3520 or ENGR 3520 | | Pre or Corequisite: | [BCMB 4010/6010 or BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100] and (MIBO 3000-3000L or MIBO 3500) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4520/6520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Design of Biochemical Separations Processes | Course
Description: | Unit operations used for biological processing including filtration, centrifugation, cell disruption, isolation, purification, and polishing. | | Athena Title: | Biochemical Separation Process | | Prerequisite: | BCHE 3520 or ENGR 3520 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4550/6550. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bioprocess Design and Simulation | Course
Description: | Design and modeling of chemical/bioprocess systems, including unit operations and reactor design principles. Process simulation and process economics applied to chemical/bioprocessing systems. Plant layout and process safety of bio/chemical plants will be included. | | Athena Title: | Bioprocess Des and Simulation | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | BCHE 3145 and BCHE 3420 and BCHE 4510/6510 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | BCHE 4910 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE(BIOE) 4650/6650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Animal Cell Biomanufacturing | Course
Description: | Biochemical engineering concepts related to large-scale animal
cell biotechnology and scalable manufacturing of cellular
products, such as recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies,
viral vaccines, therapeutic cells, and gene therapy vectors.
Working in small groups, students will address a range of
contemporary problems. | | Athena Title: | Animal Cell Biomanufacturing | | Nontraditional Format: | The Cellular Biomanufacturing course will be taught through
problem-based learning. The class will be given a problem
statement and over the course of four weeks will be expected to
formulate a problem resolution. At the end of each problem
cycle, each group will submit a technical document and give a
short presentation to the class. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | BCHE 3520 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4710/6710. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bioelectrochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | The study of electron transfer interaction in biological
systems. Topics include redox biochemistry, bio-energetics and
thermodynamics, kinetics, transport processes in
bio-electrochemical systems, and engineering of bio-
electrochemical systems. | | Athena Title: | BIO ELECTROCHEM ENG | | Prerequisite: | BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100 | | Pre or Corequisite: | BCHE 3145 and BCHE 3420 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4900. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Special topics in biochemical engineering design, analysis, or
synthesis. | | Athena Title: | SPEC TOPICS IN BCHE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4910. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Capstone Design I | Course
Description: | Supervised biochemical engineering design experience and career
counseling. | | Athena Title: | Capstone Design I | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will meet with assigned faculty to discuss their
individual project execution and progress and attend a common
lecture hour each week. | | Prerequisite: | BCHE 2910 and BCHE 3180L and BCHE 3420 | | Pre or Corequisite: | COMM 1100 or COMM 1110 or COMM 2150H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4960 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4960. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research in Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Independent laboratory research and design for biochemical
engineering students in CURO engineering program. Research is
done under the direction of an engineering faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research in BCHE | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4960R | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed research. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4970. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Reading and/or Projects in Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Independent laboratory research and design for biochemical
engineering students in CURO engineering program. Research is
done under the direction of an engineering faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Directed Reading Projects BCHE | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4970R | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4970 | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics: CURO Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Independent laboratory research and design for biochemical
engineering students in CURO engineering program. Research is
done under the direction of an engineering faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics CURO BCHE | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4980R | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed research. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4980 | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4990. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Thesis in Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Students who successfully complete this course will produce a
research project/thesis approved by the instructor and a
reader. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis in BCHE | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4990R | | Nontraditional Format: | Thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in BCHE 4990 | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCMB(BCHE) 6030L. 4 hours. 12 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Bioprocess Technology | Course
Description: | Introduction to concepts in Biotechnology. Students will examine lab safety, quality systems, calculations, doubling time,
protein analysis, downstream processing, design of experiments, protein expression, and protein purification. This lab class
will include projects for student teams to work on as well as out-of-class assignments. | | Athena Title: | Bioprocess Technology | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will be given reading and writing assignments to be completed out of class each week. | | Pre or Corequisite: | (BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 2107H) and (CHEM 1212L or CHEM 1312L or CHEM 1412L) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 7000. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 7010. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 18 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Project-Focused Masters Research | Course
Description: | Project-focused research while enrolled for an M.S. degree
under the direction of a faculty member. This course is for
students who are performing sponsored research specifically
devoted toward completing project deliverables important to
project sponsors that may not be directly related to M.S.
thesis research. | | Athena Title: | PROJECT MSRESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | M.S. student standing | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 7300. 1-9 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of a major professor. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 8150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Heterogeneous Reactor Design and Bio/Catalysis | Course
Description: | Kinetics and reactor design of heterogeneous reactions; i.e.,
reactions in which the substrate (reactant) and bio/catalyst are
initially in two separate phases. Simulation of processes using
heterogeneous catalysis. The course will briefly introduce
homogenous kinetics and methods of chemical catalyst
characterization, preparation, and mechanisms of action. | | Athena Title: | Kinetics Reactor Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 8210. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Fermentation Engineering Laboratory | Course
Description: | Advanced fermentation principles through the development of
mathematical models, design of experiments, and interpretation of
results. | | Athena Title: | FERM ENG LAB | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 8220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology | Course
Description: | Advanced concepts and techniques of metabolic engineering and
synthetic biology that enable the fast development of microbial
cell factories. | | Athena Title: | Adv Metabol Engr Synth Biol | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 8350. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sustainable Process Engineering | Course
Description: | Process sustainability, sustainable concepts, waste minimization,
cleaner production, principles of green engineering, industrial
ecology, recycling, circular economy, life cycle thinking and
analysis, life cycle approaches (cradle to grave), inventory
analysis, impact assessments, sustainability metrics–energy,
carbon, water, and ecological footprints. | | Athena Title: | Sustainable Process Engineer | | Prerequisite: | (ENGR 6910 and ENGR 8103) or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BIOE(BCHE) 8610. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Bioelectroanalytical Techniques | Course
Description: | Analyze and design chemical and biological systems relevant to
the chemical, biomedical, biotechnological, and pharmaceutical
industries using bioanalytical and electroanalytical techniques. | | Athena Title: | Bioelectroanalytical Technique | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE(BIOE) 8970. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Bioengineering Seminar | Course
Description: | Seminar series on broad topics in biochemical, chemical,
materials, and medical-related engineering disciplines. | | Athena Title: | Bioengineering Seminar | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | BCHE 8980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Topics in Biochemical Engineering | Course
Description: | Advanced directed readings in special topics in biochemical
engineering in an area of interest to the student. | | Athena Title: | ADV TOPIC BCHEM ENG | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will be required to study advanced topics on the area
and provide written and oral summaries. Additionally, students
will be given special assignments such as leading several
discussion sessions and extended written and oral reports on the
state-of-the-art knowledge of a topic. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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