Biomanufacturing

Units: 3

This online lecture-based course introduces students to upstream and downstream biomanufacturing for the production of biopharmaceuticals. The course will provide students with key upstream fermentation and cell culture concepts used by biomanufacturing industries including microbial growth, bioreactors, process controls, etc. Downstream concepts include separations, homogenization, chromatography, and ultrafiltration. There will be a specific focus on scale-up and cGMP operations for both upstream and downstream unit areas. This is a full-semester course offered in the fall only.

Offered in Fall Only

Units: 3

This lecture-based course introduces students to the quality systems used to meet the regulatory requirements for developing, testing, manufacturing, and selling medical products in the global marketplace. It provides a general background for those going into the medical products field, but is especially useful to students preparing for a career in the Regulatory Affairs or Quality Assurance Department within a pharmaceutical, biomanufacturing, or medical device company. BEC 575 students must have graduate standing.

Offered in Fall and Spring

TERM: Offered in Fall and Spring

Units: 3

Overview of biomanufacturing using microorganisms [bacteria, yeast, fungi], eukaryotic cells [hybridomas, insect, plant, CHO] and recombinant enzymes focusing on methods used in industry. Course will emphasize process design for optimization of heterologous protein expression, metabolic/cell line engineering, metabolomics, protein engineering to alter enzymes and antibodies. Pathway engineering strategies include developing microbes to produce new therapeutic compounds or overproduce primary metabolites, antibiotics, biotherapeutics, therapeutic enzymes, diagnostics, recombinant vaccines, and biopharmaceuticals. Utilization of immobilized biocatalysts, and microbial kinetics are covered.

Offered in Spring Only

Units: 3

The course discusses conventional and advanced drug delivery methods and systems and modern practices in drug delivery manufacturing.

Offered in Spring Only

Units: 3

This project management course takes an expansive view of project management concepts, methods, processes, and tools, with the understanding that the discipline of project management crosses traditional industry and functional boundaries. Course material considers project management from multiple perspectives, including executive management, the project manager, the project team, and the larger set of project stakeholders. We will examine projects from technical, business, and strategic perspectives. A survey of the Project Management Institute's [PMI[R]] Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK[R]] is included.

Offered in Fall Spring Summer