Bioengineering I

Code:

EQ0044

Acronym:

B

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Opções Temáticas

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEQ	0	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	5	5	-
MIEQ	18	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	5	-

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

Madigan, MT, Martinko, JM, Parker, J; Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Prentice Hall
Crueger, W, Crueger A; Biotechnology: a textbook of industrial microbiology, Sinauer Associates, 1989
G. Bitton; Wastewater microbiology, Wiley-Liss, 1994
Manuela Fonseca e José Teixeira; Reactores Biológicos, Lide, 2006
Luís Melo; Textos de Apoio Pedagógico (distribuição directa aos alunos), 2007

Complementary Bibliography

Manaia, C; Micróbios: pequenos seres com poderes de gigantes, Universidade Católica Editora Unipessoal, Lda, 2006. ISBN: 972-54-0131-X
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
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho escrito			2007-04-11
	Exame			2007-04-02
	Trabalho escrito			2007-06-28
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo		2007-05-31
	Total:	0,00

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, ...)

The short written exam may be done in other date.

Classification improvement

Final exam

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.