Bioreaction Engineering and Design

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: BIOMEDE 221. Minimum grade requirement of “C-” for enforced prerequisite. (3 credits) This course introduces topics in enzyme kinetics, enzyme inhibition, biochemical pathway engineering, mass and energy balance, cell growth and differentiation, cell engineering, bioreactor design, and analysis of the human body, organs, tissues, and cells as bioreactors. The application of bioreaction/bioreactor principles to tissue engineering is also discussed.