Bioprocess Engineering

Preface Nomenclature 1. Introduction 2. An Overview of Biological Basics 3. An Overview of Chemical Reaction Analysis 4. Batch Reactor 5. Ideal Flow Reactors 6. Kinetic Theory and Reaction Kinetics 7. Parametric Estimation 8. Enzymes 9. Chemical Reactions on Solid Surfaces 10. Cell Metabolism 11. How Cells Grow 12. Continuous Cultivation 13. Fed-Batch Cultivation 14. Evolution and Genetic Engineering 15. Sustainability: Humanity Perspective 16. Sustainability and Stability 17. Mass Transfer Effects: Immobilized and Heterogeneous Reaction Systems 18. Bioreactor Design & Operation Index

Dr. Shijie Liu is a professor of bioprocess engineering at the State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), Syracuse, NY, USA. His contributions include volume averaging in porous media, kinetics of reactions on solid surfaces, cooperative adsorption theory, the theory of interactive enzymes, and the kinetic modeling of polyauxic growth / fermentation. Much of his childhood was spent in the country side of Sichuan Province in China, finished high school in 1978 from Luxi High School, in a little town just a few kilometers away from his home of birth. He graduated from Chengdu University of Science and Technology (now merged into Sichuan University) with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering in 1982. His early career started in the chemical industrial city of Lanzhou, China before moving to Canada. He obtained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1992 under Prof. Jacob H. Masliyah. Since then, he worked in the University of Alberta and Alberta Research Council before joining SUNY ESF in 2005. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications today and maintains strong collaborations with colleagues in China from various universities. He taught a variety of courses including transport phenomena, numerical methods, mass transfer, chemical kinetics, pulp and paper technology, colloids and interfaces, chemical reaction engineering, bioreaction engineering, bioprocess kinetics and systems engineering, bioefinery processes, advanced biocatalysis, advanced bioprocess kinetics, and bioprocess engineering. Dr. Liu currently serves as the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, as well as the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Bioprocess Engineering and Biorefinery.

"Combining biology and chemical engineering, Liu presents this overview of bioprocess engineering, applying typical techniques of the chemical industry to biosynthetic processes.Although formulated as a textbook, the level of detail would also make this suitable as a laboratory reference."-- Reference & Research Book News, October 2013