Biotechnology, Process and Plant Design
Bioteknik, projektering

KBTN10F, 15 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2025
Beslutad av: Jens Wahlström
Datum för fastställande: 2025-03-31

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Biotechnology
Kurstyp: Gemensam kurs, avancerad nivå och forskarnivå
Kursen ges även på avancerad nivå med kurskod: KBTN10
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The course shall give the methods for feasibility studies of biotechnological processes, skills in project management and knowledge about business development.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• For a passing grade the student must
• - Have knowledge about the different phases of process design from idea to plant,
• - Understand the methodology for feasibility studies of biotechnological processes,
• - Be familiar with how technology, economy, market and legislation interacts in a feasibility study,
• - Be familiar with the work of a project group including knowledge on some common tools for project management
• - Understand the basis for commercialization of business ideas such as market valuation, access to IP and financing.

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• For a passing grade the student must
• - Be able to search, value and use information relevant for the project using university library resources and open electronic sources,
• - Be able to estimate direct and indirect costs, and to perform cost estimates for a biotechnological plant,
• - Be able to carry out process design using computer software.
• - Know how to write a marketing plan for a business idea

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• For a passing grade the student must
• - In a project group carry out an industrially related feasibility study,
• - Take part in oral and written reports of the feasibility study,
• - Be able to reflect on the role that the student will take in a project group.

Kursinnehåll

- Process and plant design, methods used for feasibility studies and plant design, process synthesis, cost estimation, technical and economical evaluation, pricing of material and products. - Use of software. Site visits. Guest lectures. - Completion of practical/theoretical task, normally in collaboration with biotechnological companies. - Project management. - Criteria for business evaluation, creation of a marketing plan.

Kurslitteratur

Handouts and reference materials. Petrides, D: Bioprocess Design and Economics. Available at: http://www.intelligen.com/.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, seminarier, övningar, projekt. Project course, 5-7 students per group

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig rapport, inlämningsuppgifter, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna. Grading scale: UG - (U, G) - (Fail, Pass) Assessment: Oral presentations and written reports incl. marketing plan and project description. Active participation. Written self reflection. The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förutsatta förkunskaper: KBT115 Bioprocess Technology or KBTF15 Bioprocess Technology and MIOA12/MIO012 Managerial Economics, basic course.

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvariga:
Hemsida: https://www.biotek.lu.se/education/undergraduate-courses/biotechnology-process-and-plant-design-kbtn10/