What kind of major is biochemical engineering?

Biochemical engineering is a frontier branch of chemical engineering.

It applies the principles and methods of chemical engineering to study and solve the basic theoretical and engineering problems involved in the production process of organisms or bioactive substances, that is, the biological reaction process. As an interdisciplinary subject among biochemistry, microbiology and chemical engineering, it is an essential and important part of biotechnology to transform the achievements of modern biology into productivity.

Students majoring in biochemical engineering can master the basic theories and skills of biotechnology and its industrialization, such as scientific principles, technological processes and engineering design, and can engage in design, production management, new technology research and new product development in the field of biotechnology and engineering.

Biochemical engineering majors cultivate advanced applied technical talents who are all-round developed in morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetics, adapt to the needs of market economy system and reform and opening up, master the basic theories and skills of modern bioengineering technology and its industrialization scientific principles, technological processes and engineering design, and engage in production, product technology research and development, quality inspection and enterprise management in health care products and medicines.

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Main research contents of biochemical engineering:

I research and development of new bioreactors, especially for recombination.

The production of new products obtained by DNA technology and cell fusion technology, the rise of mass culture technology of animal and plant cells, and the demand for high viscosity and high density fermentation broth have led to the development of various new bioreactors and their related basic principles.

Second, develop new separation methods and equipment. At present, although there are many separation and purification methods suitable for biochemical drugs, most of them only stay in the laboratory scale. It is a very urgent task to apply these methods to production.

Thirdly, the establishment of various mathematical models describing the biological reaction process will be beneficial to the control and optimization of the process and the application of computers.

Fourthly, the key to the transformation of production process control means is the development of various sensors that can reflect the characteristic parameters of reaction process change and the perfection of computer control system.

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