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Course code: NBSS10046o16Semester: 2016/2017 summer
Name: Biotechnological Methods in Environmental Protection
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Waldemar Rymowicz
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: This course provides the student with a deeper insight into biological methods and processes used in water treatment, biological remediation methods of environmental wastes, biological treatments of different kinds of wastes.
Competences: Students obtain the following skills: - possessing a thorough knowledge on biotechnological techniques in the framework of re-use of polluted liquid and solid matrices - the competence to comprehend and didactically explain bioprocess technology - the engineering approach in the context of process design, - a view on novel and emerging bio-technologies enables the students to implement the correct technology now and in the future.
Prerequisites: Microbiology, Biochemistry
Course content: Protection and management of the quality of the air-land-water environment. Application of biotechnological methods, utilization and valorization of food-industry by-products.
Recommended literature: 1. Biotechnologia w ochronie środowiska. Klimiuk E., Łebkowska M., Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2003. 2. Biotechnologia roślin. Red. Malepszy S., Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2001. 3. Biotechnology. A multi-volume comprehensive treatise, Ed. Rehm H., J., Reed G.,Pühler A., Stadler P., Measuring, modelling and control (vol. 4), Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1991 4. Oczyszczanie ścieków przemysłowych. Bartkiewicz B., Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2002. 5. Biotechnologia ścieków przemysłowych. Red. Mikach K., Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej, Gliwice 2000.
Assessment methods: Passing grades of laboratory course and written exam.
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