Course manager

Marie Dyrbye Ervald

Semester schedule

Spring (13-period)

ECTS

15

Language of instruction

English

Course type

Compulsory

Qualifications

Competences corresponding to participation in the courses: Project 1 Industrial Biotechnology, Project 2 Applied Microbiologi, General and organic chemistry, Microbiology, Project 3 Molecular biology, Biochemistry and Mass balances and programming.

Objectives

The objective of the course is to provide the students with practical and theoretical insight into fermentation technology through project-oriented and experimental work.

The course aims to develop the student´s ability apply scientific literature, formulate and test hypotheses, as well as plan, carry out, and evaluate fermentation experiments in a laboratory setting.

Additionally, the course is designed to strengthen student´s competencies in project management, teamwork, and communication of technical-scientific results.

Content

 

• Fermentation technology and its applications
• Structure and design of fermentation processes, including for example the selection of microorganism, substrate and process parameters
• Planning and execution of laboratory-scale fermentation
• Data analysis, evaluation and reporting of experimental results
• Scientific methods, including formulation of hypothesis, design of experiments, documentation and use of references
• Project work in groups with focus on project management
• Oral and written communication of results obtained through experimental work

 

Learning targets

On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to:

Knowledge

• Understand and explain how a fermentation process is structured
• Understand and explain which essential biological, chemical and technical parameters affect a fermentation
• Understand and explain how fermentation processes are evaluated based on assessment of experimental data
• Knowledge about scientific method, includning formulation of hypotheses and experimental design
• Knowledge about tools for project management

Skills

• Design and argue for scientific hypothesis based on relevant literature
• Plan and execute fermentation experiments in the laboratory
• Collect, process and analyse experimental data
• Apply planning- and project management tools
• Prepare a scientific project report
• Communicate results clearly and precisely both written and oral

Competences

• Design, plan, and independently execute experimental trials in laboratory-scale fermentation systems for the purpose of investigating fermentation technological problems
• Prepare a technical project report to assess and provide a perspective on the results of a practical process
• Incorporate scientific literature in the technical project report and apply references pursuant to scientific standards
• Reflect on applied methods, describe strengths and weaknesses, and compare with other acquired methods
• Develop an oral presentation of essential methods, results, conclusions, and perspectives relative to the project report
• Explain the group's application of tools for project management and reflect the potential for future project work

Teaching method

Teaching in class, project supervision and laboratory- and project work.

Qualifications for examination participation

• Fulfilment of the requirements for compulsory participation as given in the study programme part 2.4
• Participation in presentations and supervision meetings during the course
• Submission and approval of written assignments related to the project

If a student does not fulfill the requirements for compulsory participation, she/he can be excluded from the project group and hence, shall do an individual project. 

All project deliverables shall be performed and submitted pursuant to guidelines set out by the course manager.

Examination and aids

• Submission of a project report
• Oral examination at which each group will present their project together (20 min.). This is followed by individual examinations, where  questions related to the project will be asked. Duration of individual examination: 30 min. pr. student.

Permitted aids: Project report. No access to the internet.

The project report must be approved before the group can take the exam. The final assessment is individual and is an overall assesment of the project report, participation in group work and the oral exam.

Marking 

External

Grading

The 7-point grading scale