ENGR 2500 - Introduction to Biological Engineering
Dr. Mark A. Eiteman
Spring Semester

TOPICS:

• Fundamental Terms and Calculations
• Protein Structure and Function
• Enzyme Kinetics
• Microbiology Terms
• Sterilization and Microbial Death Kinetics
• Microbial Growth Kinetics and Growth Phases
• Microbial Product Formation
• Biochemical Pathway Design
• Water Chemistry and Ion Equilibrium
• Water Biology and Health Standards
• Wasttewater Treatment
• Nutrient Cycles
• Ecology
• Allometry
• Biomechanics

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Homework

Selected homework will be collected at the beginning of each lecture period.  You are encouraged to discuss problems with other students, however, duplicating another student's work will be considered plagiarism, and this practice is unacceptable.  If you receive considerable aid on a particular problem you are to indicate so on your homework.  Neatness and clarity will be important factors in assigning homework grades.  Excused late homework will only be accepted under extreme circumstances (e.g., personal crises). Unexcused homework one class period late will receive 50% of maximum possible credit, beyond one class unexcused late homework will not be given credit. There will be no unannounced quizzes. For current information on homework, please see the ENGR 2500 homework web page.

Quizzes and Exam

You may bring pencils, paper, erasers, and calculators to quizzes and final exam.  You will be supplied with any equations or other information needed.  There will be absolutely no sharing of calculators nor talking during test periods.  Testing dates will not be altered, and "make-up" tests will only be given under extreme circumstances. will be no unannounced quizzes. For current information on quizzes, please see the ENGR 2500 quizzes web page.

Papers

Term papers and reports must be typewritten and double spaced.  References should be list in alphabetical order beginning on a separate page at the end of the paper. References from web sites must be from federal government sites or from academic institutions (.gov or .edu).  Additional instructions are available for writing laboratory reports.

Required Text

"Course Packet" by Dr. M. A. Eiteman (Distributed in class)

Grading Policy:

Other

A student may be withdrawn from this course by the instructor without notification to the student for excessive absences or for failure to complete necessary prerequisites. For this course, "excessive absences" is defined as absences from all of the first three class meetings or four (4) or more absences from any contiguous eight (8) scheduled class meetings. A student may also be withdrawn from this course by the instructor after one warning for disruption of class.