The pilot plant unit operations course is a module designed to provide hands-on training in the piloting of a bioprocess, embracing fermentation, recovery and...

The pilot plant unit operations course is a module designed to provide hands-on training in the piloting of a bioprocess, embracing fermentation, recovery and purification operations. The module will incorporate workshops and practical sessions covering knowledge of the bioprocesses observed. It will teach techniques in bioprocess prediction, evaluation of performance, real-time monitoring and mass-balancing. It will also consider design of large-scale operations related to delegate’s research. It is not expressed objective of the course to provide participants with theoretical aspects of the operations performed on this course as these are covered elsewhere in the MBI fermentation and primary recovery courses and textbooks. It rather to understand how each unit operation is run, the practicalities in doing so and issues that may be encountered.

Upon completion of the course, a student should be able to:

Be confident in the following process operations: Fermentation, centrifugation, homogenisation, filtration & chromatography
	Appreciate process changes involved in scaling-up from laboratory to process scale
	Understand the challenges in planning a pilot plant based project for undergraduate/MScs.
	Acquire knowledge on the acquisition and interpretation of bioprocess engineering information
	Understand the challenges associated with integrated process operations.
	Operate a piece of pilot scale equipment or produce a specification for a pilot-scale project.

The Bartlett, the Design Studio is the basis of design teaching and learning. Landscape Architecture design teaching is delivered by Design Studios, taught by...

The skills portfolio is a record of skills workshops undertaken by the student at their tutor’s direction. Students are directed to learn skills both...

The skills portfolio is a record of skills workshops undertaken by the student at their tutor’s direction. Students are directed to learn skills both appropriate to the course in general and to their chosen preferences. Both analytical (simulation and sensing) and synthetic (making) skills are taught. Examples of the former include digital tools to simulate the movement of people, lighting and acoustic quality in performance settings. Examples of the latter include the use of software to simulate performance and interaction, how to set up and control lighting in public settings, how to create sound in public settings, and how to work with trained and untrained performers. The output and mark weighting of individual workshops will vary according to the nature and complexity of the skill that is being learnt. Skills workshops in Term 1 will be generic to the Masters programme as a whole. In Term 2 students will take workshops as directed by their specific design tutor.