Biotechnology and Genomic for Industry and Environment

The course aims to provide an overview on the application of biotechnological processes in the field of environmental protection, with particular reference to the main processes involved in waste and wastewater treatment, including their valorization, both as secondary resources and for energy purposes. In this context, the course also intends to provide the key elements of the analysis and description of the aforementioned processes, also based on chemical engineering methods (kinetic analysis, mass and energy balances, thermodynamic relationships), providing specific examples for the studied cases. Students who have passed the examination will have known and understood (descriptor 1 - acquired knowledge): - Fundamentals of the main biological processes for the treatment of waste and wastewater and for energy and materials recovery - Methods of quantitative representation of processes and preliminary sizing of the related equipment - Use of specific techniques for measurement, monitoring, and control of relevance in the studied processes Students who have passed the examination will be able to (descriptor 2 - acquired skills): - Apply methodologies for the analysis of processes of environmental relevance in the field of treatment and valorization of waste and wastewater, and for the production of energy from renewable resources (up to the preliminary design of the main process units) - Frame the contents learned in the more general context of environmental protection, also with reference to the regulatory framework - Frame the contents learned in the more general context of environmental sustainability. Along with lectures, the participation to laboratory activities and the individual study, will allow to get the acquisition of above-described knowledge and to increase and evaluate the critical skills and judgment (descriptor 3) and the ability to communicate what has been learned (descriptor 4).