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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Course Overview, Enzyme Classification
2 Enzyme Kinetics (Single-substrate Reactions), Measurement
3 Enzyme Inhibition
4 Enzyme Inhibition, pH and Temp Effects
5 Non-ideal Enzyme Kinetics Problem set 1 due
6 Immobilized Enzyme Kinetics - External
7 Immobilized Enzyme Kinetics - Internal
8 Applications of Enzyme Catalysis (Biocatalysis) Problem set 2 due
9 Microbial Growth
10 Microbial Growth - Batch Cultivation Profiles
Quiz 1
11 Stoichiometry of Growth, Product Formation
12 Stoichiometry of Growth, Product Formation (cont.)
13 Models of Microbial Growth Problem set 3 due
14 Models of Microbial Growth (cont.)
15 Continuous Culture
16 Continuous Culture (cont.) Problem set 4 due
17 Bioreactor Design
18 Bioreactor Design (cont.)
Quiz 2
19 Bioreactor Design (cont.)
20 Mass Transfer
21 Mass Transfer (cont.)
22 Heat Transfer, Media and Air Sterilization
23 Scale-up
24 Scale-down Problem set 5 due
25 Animal Cell Culture
26 Animal Cell Culture (cont.)
Quiz 3
27 Mixed Cultures
28 Mixed Cultures (cont.)
29 Medium Development
30 Medium Development (cont.)
31 Cellular Engineering - An Engineer's View Towards Recombinant Organisms Problem set 6 due
32 Cellular Engineering/Molecular Biology for Process Engineering
33 Cellular Engineering/Molecular Biology for Process Engineering (cont.)
34 Enzyme Engineering for Process Improvement
35 Enzyme Engineering for Process Improvement (cont.)
Quiz 4