Undergraduate Course: Biochemical Engineering (CHEE09023)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | A principal objective of this course is to develop biomolecule and cell function including information and energy processing and bioreactor analysis and design and a complementary familiarization with salient inorganic materials classes (ex. information containing ones). |
| Course description |
Syllabus
(1) Overview of Bioengineering/Biochemical Engineering remit
(2) Overview of cell types and components
(3) Key Enzyme Kinetics
(4) Cell functionality: replicate, transcribe, translate information
(5) Cell communication, Develop. Bio., Morphogen. (Turing)
(6) Bioenergetics and Reaction Pathways
(7) Cellular information alteration (mutations)
(8) Gene manipulation
(9) Stoichiometry, Cell Growth Kinetics, Yield, Maintenance
(10) Bioreactors, reactor design, Oxygen uptake
(11) Materials Classes, Reactions, Information Content
(12) Biochemical/Materials Characterization, Common need
(13) Evolution, spont./directed, AI, concerns, materials with agency
L1 (1-2); L2 (3); L3 (4); L4 (5-6); L6 (7-8); L7 (9); L8 (10); L9 (11), L10 (12-13)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
65 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam %: 100%
Practical Exam %:
Coursework %:
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| Feedback |
In person, Learn and Piazza |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Link biomolecule structure and composition to function and use mechanistic models describing the function of enzymes in biochemical reactions.
- Describe basic genetic information flow and change principles, replication, translation, transcription, regulation, protein synthesis, mutations, recombinant DNA technology.
- Classify and concisely explain the principal mechanisms and energetics of metabolic pathways in the cell.
- Use salient kinetic, growth and stochiometric foundations for analysis as well as design of bioreactors.
- Identify principal materials classes including semiconductors the basic information containing unit of inorganic systems as compared to nucleic acids in biological systems.
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Reading List
Blanch & Clark (Biochemical Engineering)
Schuler & Kargi (Bioprocess Engineering)
Doran (Bioprocess Engineering Principles)
Bailey & Ollis (Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals)
Hammes (Spectroscopy for Biological Sciences)
Alberts (Essential Cell Biology)
Stryers (Biochemistry)
Shackelford (Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers)
Tilley (Understanding Solids) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr George Serghiou
Tel: (0131 6)50 8553
Email: george.serghiou@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Mark Owenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5533
Email: Mark.Owenson@ed.ac.uk |
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