This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.
This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.
This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.
This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.
This course is non-credit and aims to increase the scientific interaction between students and improve their presentation skills with the participation of students from all interdisciplinary programs. The Seminar course which is consisting of presentation of the studies and researches in front of the community within the framework of the techniques determined with the guidance of the advisor, and question and answer part are graded each semester.
Introduction to the time value of money and discounted cash flow analysis; coverage of financial decisions to maximize the value of the firm?s equity: valuation of assets, liabilities, and common equity; capital budgeting decisions; opportunity cost of capital; risk and return.
Basic concepts of chemical and biological engineering systems. Modeling through material and energy balances. Problem solving methods, computational techniques and computer simulation. Examples from chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Protein characterization, enzyme kinetics, basic metabolic pathways, membrane structure and function, biochemistry of energy and signal transduction, replication and expressions of genes. Labaratory studies.
Fundamental principles of heat transfer. Conduction, convection and radiation. Heat transfer with change of phase. Applications to chemical and biological engineering processes.
Fundamental principles of mass transfer. Molecular diffusion, convective and interphase mass transfer. Separation process principles including equilibrium stage processes and equipment for mass-transfer operations, distillation, absorption
Experimental demonstration of concepts taught in separations, reaction engineering and control.
Experimental demonstration of concepts taught in separations, reaction engineering and control.
Chemical process and product design methods; economic analysis of chemical processing plants.
Crude oil and biomass refining technologies. Fractionation, catalytic- and thermo- cracking, gasoline and diesel upgrading and other side processes in crude oil refining; gasification, pyrolysis, transesterification and condensation processes in biomass refining; economical and environmental factors in refining.
Biotechnology course with a strong emphasis on bioprocess engineering principles. Fermentation, mammalian cell culture, continuous culture, biological unit operations, lectures on synthetic biology topics. Strongly recommended for CHBI students that wish to design a biological process in CHBI 491.
Introduction to the principles of structural biology, and computational techniques used to investigate the structure, dynamics and function of biological systems. Description of theoretical and computational tools to investigate relevant problems in the domain of biophysics and biochemistry. The fundamentals structure determination techniques, energy functions, molecular dynamics simulations, molecular docking and techniques to predict the protein structure and protein-protein interactions.
A capstone design course where students apply engineering and science knowledge in a chemical and biological engineering design project. Development, design and management of a project in teams under realistic constraints and conditions. Emphasis on communication, teamwork and presentation skills.
Kinetics of homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions; catalysts; design of chemical reactors; applications for chemical and biological systems.
Classical thermodynamics: enthalpy, entropy, free energies, equilibria; introduction to statistical thermodynamics to describe the properties of materials; kinetic processes; diffusion of mass, heat, energy; fundamentals of rate processes in materials, kinetics of transformations.
Crude oil and biomass refining technologies. Fractionation, catalytic- and thermo- cracking, gasoline and diesel upgrading and other side processes in crude oil refining; gasification, pyrolysis, transesterification and condensation processes in biomass refining; economical and environmental factors in refining.
Biotechnology course with a strong emphasis on bioprocess engineering principles. Fermentation, mammalian cell culture, continuous culture, biological unit operations, lectures on synthetic biology topics. Strongly recommended for CHBI students that wish to design a biological process in CHBI 491.
Introduction to the principles of structural biology, and computational techniques used to investigate the structure, dynamics and function of biological systems. Description of theoretical and computational tools to investigate relevant problems in the domain of biophysics and biochemistry. The fundamentals structure determination techniques, energy functions, molecular dynamics simulations, molecular docking and techniques to predict the protein structure and protein-protein interactions.
Atomic structure, chemical bonds, compounds, solutions, stoichiometry. Electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, basic organic chemistry.