(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)
This course intends to introduce chemical engineers to the basic concepts of biochemical engineering. The course focuses on the use of chemical engineering skills and principles in the analysis and design of biologically-based processes. The main emphasis will be on biochemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena as they apply to enzyme catalysis, microbial growth and metabolism, fermentation and bioreactor design, product recovery and downstream processing. Fundamental topics in biological sciences will be introduced as necessary throughout the course.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 142, 150B, or consent of instructor; Biology 1A
3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week.