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From Biochemical Engineering to Synthetic Biology: A Short History of Engineering Impacts on Biotechnology

SBE Webinar

Sep 27, 2012

Harvey Blanch

This webinar will focus on how biochemical engineering developed in response to the need for large-scale production of antibiotics in the 1940s and 50s, even though fermentation provided a route to many industrial organic chemicals prior to their production from petroleum.

Society for Biological Engineering (SBE)

SBE is a global technological community that promotes the integration of engineering with biology and realize its benefits through bioprocessing, biomedical, and biomolecular applications. SBE provides opportunities for interaction of engineers and scientists, develops products and services bring value to the broad biological engineering community, and infuses awareness of biological engineering among all functions and activities of AIChE.

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (FP & BE)

The FP&BE division coordinates AIChE's activities in the fields of food, pharmaceuticals, and bioengineering.

Forest Bioproducts Division (FBP)

The Forest Bioproducts Division promotes knowledge sharing and networking on topics dealing with products obtained from forest resources and other lignocellulosic materials.

Technoeconomic Analysis of Biomass Gasification System Utilizing Geothermal Energy for Processing

Oct 17, 2011

Song-Charng Kong

The use of biomass as a source of energy has been studied extensively inrecent years, and special attention has been paid to biomass gasification. In this study, ASPEN Plus is used to conduct technoeconomic analysis of a large biomass gasification system. A biorefinery scenario consisting of 2,000...

Experimental and Modeling Study of a Two-Stage Pilot Scale High Solid Anaerobic Digester System

Oct 17, 2011

Liang Yu

Corresponding author: Shulin Chen. Tel: 509-335-3743; Fax: 509-335-2722 E-mail: chens@wsu.edu An increasing attention has been paid to anaerobic digestion (AD) for converting the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (OFMSW) to renewable energy and reducing environmental impact. Since OFMSW is...

Agent-Based Modeling Analysis of Biomass Feedstock Production System Dynamics and Resilience

Oct 17, 2011

Yogendra Shastri

An efficient and sustainable energy crop production system is essential for the success of the emerging biorefinery industry. However, there is currently a significant lack of understanding regarding the development and dynamics of the biomass feedstock market upstream of the biorefinery, which is...

Impact of Lignin Extraction and Cellulose III Conversion On the Enzymatic Digestibility of Corn Stover

Oct 17, 2011

Venkatesh Balan

The benefits of delignification on plant cell wall digestibility by hydrolytic enzymes are well described in the literature. The presence of lignin increases non-productive binding of cellulases, resulting in enzyme inhibition and decrease in the sugar yields. Moreover, lignin acts as an anti-...

Enhanced Xylitol Production Through Simultaneous Co-Consumption of Cellobiose and Xylose by An Engineered Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Strain

Oct 17, 2011

Eun Joong Oh

Xylitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol and has been used as a sugar substitute in the food industry because of its low caloric and anti-carcinogenic characteristics. In addition, xylitol is a building block for a variety of commodity chemicals. Biological routes for producing xylitol from...

Pellets From Pretreated Biomass

Oct 16, 2011

M. Toufiq Reza

Biomass supply is complicated by diversity of feedstocks, seasonal availability, and widely distributed feedstock. The costs of biomass supply and logistics hinder commercialization for advanced fuel and power production. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC, or wet torrefaction) is a pretreatment...

Rules of Thumb for Reactor Design and Process Conditions for Thermochemical Treatment of Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood Waste

Oct 16, 2011

Lieve M. Helsen

Lab-scale pyrolysis experiments have been performed to gain insight in the mechanisms influencing the metal behavior during carbonization of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood chips. To this end a fixed bed low temperature pyrolysis reactor and a thermogravimetric (TG) analyser have been...

Science-Based Stability and Packaging Development Under the Umbrella of QbD

Oct 16, 2011

Rey Chern

Abstract Science-Based Stability and Packaging Development Under The Umbrella of QbD Rey T Chern Global Pharmaceutical Commercialization Merck Sharp & Dohme A systematic approach for characterization of product stability risks, selection of primary packages and utilization of first-principle...

Rule of Thumb for Reactor Design and Process Conditions for Supercritical Water Gasification of Wet Biomass

Oct 16, 2011

Yukihiko Matsumura

The Rule of thumb for reactor design and process conditions for supercritical water gasification of wet biomass is introduced. The important aspects includes heat transfer and heating rate, reaction rate, plugging, gas composition, inorganic element behavior, and heat of reaction. The know-hows...

Challenges and Opportunities for Process Systems Engineering Approaches to QbD and Design Space

Oct 16, 2011

G. V. Reklaitis

The key components of the QbD concept, namely, the Design Space and PAT, do draw extensively for their realization on tools from the domain of process systems engineering methodology. Both the challenges and the opportunities in adapting core PSE methodology, such as process modeling and simulation...

OPTIMIZING IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION TREATMENT: A Pedagogical Case Study of Random Phenomena Analysis

Oct 16, 2011

Babatunde A. Ogunnaike

Engineering practice has always required involvement in the acquisition, analysis, interpretation and exploitation of data in one form or another, so that the “well-educated” engineer ought to be truly conversant with how to handle data. This is even more so today, with many engineers now working...

Mechanistic Modeling of Fast Pyrolysis of Cellulose to Predict Bio-Oil Composition

Oct 16, 2011

Vinu Ravikrishnan

Fast pyrolysis, a potential strategy for the production of transportation fuels from biomass, involves a complex network of competing reactions, which result in the formation of bio-oil, non-condensable gaseous species, and solid char. Bio-oil is a mixture of anhydro sugars, furan derivatives, and...

Multi-Scale Study On the Pyrolysis of Sustainable Biomass Feedstock

Oct 16, 2011

Jessica D. Murillo

Multi-Scale Study on the Pyrolysis of Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Jessica D. Murillo Department of Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505 Joseph J. Biernacki Department of Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN...

Catalytic Cracking of Oak Pyrolytic Vapors Via Bench-Scale In-Situ Fixed-Bed Catalysis

Oct 16, 2011

David J. Mihalcik

Pyrolysis oils derived from lignocellulosic feedstocks by way of fast pyrolysis offer the possibility of a distinct alternative to the use of petroleum-based fuels. However, an inherent drawback associated with pyrolysis oil its high oxygen content which is due to the nature of the lignocellulosic...

Real-Time Process Management and Knowledge Management for Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Oct 16, 2011

Arun Giridhar

The manufacture of pharmaceutical drug products has benefited significantly from a QbD approach, including the enabling of continuous production over batch processing. Developing and improving processes for continuous manufacture requires the combined use of process data with process and...

Modeling and Optimization of Algae Based Biodiesel Production

Oct 16, 2011

Soumya Yadala

Processing of biodiesel from algae biomass has attracted much interest in recent times due to many reasons. Significant amongst them are global warming and scarcity in fossil fuels. It has been suggested that this third generation biofuel, a carbon neutral alternative, is capable of meeting the...

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