Develop an ability to make mass and energy balances on biochemical and microbial processes. Develop an ability to apply thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria to biochemical and microbial processes. Develop an ability to apply mass transfer concepts to processes with three or more phases. Develop an ability to apply chemical reaction engineering to biochemical and microbial processes. Microbiology, cell biochemistry, mass and energy balances, enzyme kinetics, growth kinetics, energetics of growth, biochemical pathways, continuous culture theory, biomass and product yields, laboratory experiments, analysis of data, mass transfer, oxygen transfer, design of fermentors, media sterilization, air filtration, genetics and product formation, mixed cultures, biological waste treatment, bioremediation.
Most students use word processing for reports and spreadsheets to do calculations.