Fall 2017

Course Description: This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the principles and processes involved in engineering microbial cells. Over the course of the semester, students will work in teams to design a microbial cell capable of producing a desired chemical. Topics will include genetic engineering techniques, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology applications.​

Spring 2015, 2016, 2018
Summer 2014, 2015
Book: Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering, H. Scott Fogler
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Course Description: Reaction rate equations and comparisons with experimental data; use of rate information for the design of chemical reactors.

Fall 2014, 2015, 2016
Book: Transport Processes and Separation Principles, Christie John Geankoplis

Course Description: Equations of momentum and energy transport and their applications to the analysis of fluid process behavior, filtration, fluidization and metering of fluids.