NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 永續生物技術(7319)
	(Eng.) Sustainable Biotechnology
Offering Dept	Master Program in Specialty Crops and Metabolomics
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	MA, LI-TING
Department	Master Program in Specialty Crops and Metabolomics/Graduate	Language	English	Semester	2024-FALL
Course Description	Addressing the urgent sustainability needs of society will necessitate the creation and implementation of innovative technologies. Biotechnology, empowered by recent breakthroughs in synthetic biology, aims to establish sustainable, biologically-driven pathways for the production of chemicals and materials, serving as alternatives to fossil-derived counterparts. This course will discuss current development of related approaches, and provide an avenue to gain a deeper understanding and responsiveness to the sustainability implications associated with future works, and actions. Prerequisites
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1.Understand the knowledge of synthetic biology 2.Learn to discuss and present the relevant project
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 The introduction of sustainable Biotechnology I Week 2 The introduction of sustainable Biotechnology II Week 3 Biorefinery Principles Week 4 Systems and synthetic biology Week 5 Valorization of agro-industrial residues: lignocellulose Week 6 Valorization of agro-industrial residues: lipid and fatty acids Week 7 Valorization of agro-industrial residues: other residues Week 8 Literature discussion Week 9 mid-term Week 10 Biofuels: bioethanol Week 11 Biofuels: biodiesel Week 12 Biofuels: biogas Week 13 Biorefineries: Week 14 Literature discussion Week 15 Presentation I Week 16 Presentation II Week 17 Presentation III Week 18 Final
Evaluation
Attendance (50%) Presentation (50%)
Textbook & other References
 Liquid Biofuels: Bioethanol, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães Pereira, Claude-Gilles Dussap, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Springer Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01241-9  Hemicellulose Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Value Addition to Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy, Michel Brienzo, Springer Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3682-0  Handbook of Biorefinery Research and Technology, Virendra Bisaria, Springer Dordrecht, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6724-9  Handbook of Waste Biorefinery, Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Mariany Costa Deprá, Springer Cham, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06562-0  Biorefinery: A Sustainable Approach for the Production of Biomaterials, Biochemicals and Biofuels, Pranav D. Pathak, Sachin A. Mandavgane, Springer Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7481-6
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
none
Office Hours
Mon-Fri, 9AM to 5PM
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
include experience courses：N

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