Bioengineering I
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Opções Temáticas |
Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIEQ |
12 |
Syllabus since 2006/2007 |
4 |
- |
5 |
- |
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Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To acquire with the necessary proficiency:
1. Knowledge in (Micro)biology in order to understand and discuss biotechnological processes;
2. To develop personal, inter-personal and professional capacities:
3. To develop capabilities of reasoning and solving engineering problems related to the design and operation of biotechnological systems (at industrial and social context).
Program
Theoretical
1. The importance of fundamental concepts on (Micro)Biology/Physiology/Biochemistry/Genetics for the development of Biotechnology;
2. The impact of organisms in different industrial sectors: Traditional Biotechnology (ex. wine, antibiotics, biological treatment) and New Biotechnology (ex. insulin, trangenics);
3. Mass transfer and reaction in Bioengineering:
4. Suspended and fixed biomass reactors: fundamentals and applications;
5. Enzymatic reactors: fundamentals and applications;
Laboratorial work
Isolation and characterization of microorganisms from a sample.
Mandatory literature
Luis F. Melo e Manuel V. Simões; Textos de Apoio a Bioengenharia I - 2009
James E. Lee; Biochemical Engineering, eBook, 2006
Complementary Bibliography
Schmidell, W., Almeida, U., Aquarone, E., Borzani, W.; Biotecnologia Industrial,Vol. 2-Engenharia Bioquímica, Edgar Blücher Ltda, 2001
Doran, P.M.; Bioprocess Engineering Principles, Academic Press, 1995
Teaching methods and learning activities
Point 1 of the program: lectures and laboratorial work
Points 2-5 of the program: lectures
Points 3-5 of the program: project work on bioreactors
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Attendance (estimated) |
Participação presencial |
56,00 |
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Total: |
- |
0,00 |
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Eligibility for exams
Attendance and delivery of the report and seminar. The minimal mark for the laboratorial work report is 10/20.
Calculation formula of final grade
a) - Report of the laboratorial work: 25%
b) - Written exam (points 1 and 2 of the program): 25%
c) - Problem solving (Bioreactors): 25%
d) - Seminar for the presentation and discussion of a scientific paper: 25%
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
TThe short written exam (theoretical component) may be done in other date.
The pratical component will be evaluated through a laboratorial exam.
Classification improvement
Final written exam (theoretical component).
Observations
The contents of Bioengineering I in 2006/2007 and in 2007/2008 are transient because these students did not attended Biological Sciences (Introduction to Biology/Microbiology) of MIEQ (Chemical Engineering programme). Thus, 50% of the contents of Bioengineering I are devoted to the Introduction to Microbiology and Microbial Biochemistry and 50% to Biological Reactors (Microbial and enzymatic) and their applications, particularly on the Environment area.
-Test: written test, without bibliographic support, and should be performed within 1.5 h.
-Report of the laboratorial work: It should contain Summary, Introduction, Objectives, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Bibliography. Maximum nº of pages: 15.
-The minimal grade of each evaluation component is 10/20.