FOOD AND BIOPROCESSING OPERATIONS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( BSE 249 or CBE 250 ), ( CIV ENGR 310 , CBE 320 , or M E 363 ), or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe bioprocessing operations (e.g., food processing and biofuels) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop mass and energy balances on unit operations (e.g., heat exchangers, evaporators, dryers, filters) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop a series of unit operations to perform the desired transformations of mass and energy in bioprocessing operations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Stimulate a system or process to determine impact of theoretical changes and conduct virtual experiments to optimize components or system Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Consider the effect of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, culture, social, environmental, and economic factors on process design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Design a system to meet the operational and regulatory demands of food and bioprocessing plants Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe bioprocessing operations (e.g., food processing and biofuels) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop mass and energy balances on unit operations (e.g., heat exchangers, evaporators, dryers, filters) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop a series of unit operations to perform the desired transformations of mass and energy in bioprocessing operations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Stimulate a system or process to determine impact of theoretical changes and conduct virtual experiments to optimize components or system Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Consider the effect of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, culture, social, environmental, and economic factors on process design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Design a system to meet the operational and regulatory demands of food and bioprocessing plants Audience: Graduate