Course detail

Bioengineering II

FCH-MA_BIO2Acad. year: 2025/2026

Bioengineering II is targeted to give students overview of industrial processing and production used in biochemical engineering, industrial microbiology, biotechnology and biomedical technologies. The students will understand the essential processess used in biochemical engineering processess such as measurement of dissolved oxygen, aeration, agitation, fermentation, cell growth in culture. They will understand that bioreactor is the main part of any biochemical proces for the production of biological products. The important part of the lectures are processess connected with upstream and downstream processing. At the end the lessons will explain the basic knowledge from tissue engineering and nanobiotechnology. 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Stanislav Obruča, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology (ÚCHPBT)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Without restriction 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

During the semester and at the end of the semester, students take part on one written test focused on the calculations. The condition of the receiving credit (allowing for the exam) is to obtain 60% points. Students who do not meet this requirement may pass the test in two substitute terms in the exam period.

Exam will be in written form.The additional oral exam is possible if it is necessary.  
Attendance at lectures is not obligatory  but it is recommended. At seminars the calculations of model examples are given - attendance is obligatory. 

Aims

The aim of this subject is to enable students to understand engineering principles related to biotechnology, chemical engineering and biomedical technologies used in bioengineering. The subject is focused on practical approaches used in bioengineering. 
Students will understand the concept of bioengineering and the importance of basic operations associated with microorganisms and cell cultures cultivation. They will also be able to describe the importance of transport systems and tissue engineering from the point of view of bioengineering. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Rao D. G.: Introduction to Biochemical Engineering, sec.ed., Tata McGraw, 2010. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPCP_CHMA Master's

    specialization BF , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    specialization CHBL , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme NPCP_CHPL Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme NKCP_CHPL Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPCP_PCHBT Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Stanislav Obruča, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, construction of bioreactors
2. Fundamental processes, parameters in submerged cultivations
3. Advanced cultivation processes and equipment
4. Immobilized systems
5. Membrane bioreactors
6. Cultivation of animal and plant cell cultures
7. Monitoring of the processes in bioreactors
8. Down-stream processes
9. Isolation and purification of proteins
10. Isolation of low-molecular metabolites
11. Advanced delivery systems in bioengineering
12. Tissue engineering
13. Nanobiotechnology 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Stanislav Obruča, Ph.D.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Stanislav Obruča, Ph.D.