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Subject description
Selected experiment in electrochemistry and surface
chemistry.
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of an unknown liquid
mixture using distillation, physical measurements, an infra-red
spectrometer, an NMR spectrometer, and a mass
spectrometer.
Stereochemistry experiment and infra-red data station
experiment.
SC590
Computers in Chemistry
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
chemistry and computer-aided biochemistry.
Z Databases using PC-file and Lotus 1-2-3.
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Instrumental data handling.
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SC604 Biotechnology
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7.0 credit points
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No. of hours per week: three hours
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
biochemistry.
Subject description
a) Microbial genetics and gene manipulation: structures,
inter-relationships and functions of nucleic acids.
Transcription and translation and relationships to RNA
and protein synthesis. Genetic control mechanisms.
Mutations, mutagenic agents and selection of
spontaneous and induced variants. Genetic mechanisms
involving micro-organisms. Recombinant mechanisms in
bacterial microbial genetics and industrial fermentation
processes. Applied recombinant DNA technology.
Recombination by protoplast fusion.
b) Fermentation technology, chemical requirements for
growth and growth kinetics. Batch, fed-batch and
continuous fermentations. Bioreactors and their design
criteria. Aeration and oxygen transfer. Control of
fermentation.
c) Yeast technology: fermentations involving saccharomyces
cerevisiae in the production of alcohol, wines and beers.
Descriptions to include processing of starting material,
methods of fermentation, biochemical reactions and
enzymes. Variation in patterns and metabolism of
enzymes in anaerobic and aerobic fermentations.
Penicillin and cephalosporin production as examples of
secondary metabolism in penicillium chlysogenum and
cephalosporium acremonium.
d) Enzyme technology.
Industrial enzymes: sources, methods of production and
industrial uses of a range of selected enzymes.
lmmobilised enzymes: cells, organelles and co-enzymes.
Methods of immobilisation. Typical supports. Spacer
groups. Practical applications of immobilised enzymes,
cells.and organelles in:
(a) dairy, detergent, food and leather industries;
(b) biochemical analysis;
(c) clinical and pharmaceutical industries.
Protein engineering.
e) Waste treatment and disposal: sewage treatment.
Primary treatment - settling and sedimentation.
Treatment of settled sewage using activated sludges and
biological filters. Methods and rates of aeration of
activated sludges. Reduction of BOD and suspended
solids. Factors involved in biological filters. Organisms
involved in sewage treatment. Microbial metabolism and
digestion especially nitrification and nitrogen reduction
and pathways to methane metabolism. Special problems
associated with synthetic detergents. Hard and soft
detergents and biodegradability. Fungal degradation of
toxic compounds.
f) Downstream processing: a qualitative consideration of
the factors and problems involved in translating
laboratory findings into pilot plant and finally production
plant stages. Factors involved in scale-up to include
environmental control factors, mixing relationships,
power input, momentum factors, impeller speeds and
volumetric mass transfer coefficient. Scale-up based on
non-geometric similarity. Alteration of factors in
optimising processes.
sc608 Industry Based Learning
50.0 credit points
A six-month period of employment experience occurring as
part of the third year of the course leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer-Aided Chemistry and
Computer-Aided Biochemistry). Students are supervised by a
member of the academic staff and are required to submit a
report to their employer and to their supervisor.
SC609 Health Promotion
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
A fourth-year subject of the degree course in environmental
health.
Subject description
The course begins by reviewing key concepts and strategies
in community health: early identification, treatment, disease
prevention, health promotion.
After considering significant historical developments in the
area of health education, the following topics will be
treated:
social, cultural and psychological factors involved in
health promotion and disease prevention behaviours;
health education, opportunities and responsibilities for
environmental health officers;
health education strategies and techniques for
environmental health officers;
instructional techniques and communication skills for
health promotion;
needs assessment techniques;
program evaluation strategies, performance indicators;
public health plans.
SC653 Process Chemistry
13.0 credit points
No, of hours per week: five hours in semester
eight
A fourth-year subject in the degree course in computer-aided
chemistry.
Subject description
Extraction of metals: free energy relationships applied to
metal extraction; thermodynamic basis of free energy
relationships.
Pyrometallurgical processes for the extraction of metals from
their ores.