MSc Biological & Bioprocess Engineering

该课程由化学与过程工程系（CPE）开设，该系对生物工程有着浓厚的兴趣和研究背景，与工业和学术有着密切的联系。它解决了英国生物工业需要的两个关键领域：(i)生物工程新兴学科的多学科培训和（ii）工业生物加工培训。这两种需求通过独特的多学科教学经验相结合。该课程是为拥有工程或科学学士学位（或同等学历）（具有2:1或以上资格）的学生设计的，他们希望在进入该领域之前或在获得一些实践经验之后专攻该领域。量身定制的“转换”课程旨在教授核心跨学科原则，使生物科学和工程专业毕业生都能获得该学位。虽然以CPE为基础，但该计划还结合了谢菲尔德世界一流部门（例如分子生物学和生物技术，生物医学科学和工程材料）提供的高度互补的教学模块。课程中提供的模块分为两个学期（参见案例支持）。第一学期包括一个30学分的转换模块（面向生物科学毕业生的生化工程原理，或面向化学工程师的生物分子科学原理），以及两个15学分的必修模块（生物系统工程与计算生物学和生化工程研究方法）。第二学期包括必修的15学分的生物制药生物处理模块，以及五个15学分的专业模块（选修课），学生从中选择三个。专业模块是围绕谢菲尔德大学独特的专业知识设计的，并向学生介绍生物产业感兴趣的不同新兴领域。这些学科包括生物纳米材料、组织工程、干细胞生物学、微流体学和生物能源。前三个模块由谢菲尔德专业部门提供，而后两个模块由CPE提供。我们建议在第一学期开设一个10学分的生物分析技术模块，作为60学分研究项目的一部分，介绍生物工程和生物处理的通用实用技能和当代后基因组技术，包括重组DNA技术、转录组学、蛋白质组学、代谢组学和生物成像等。合成生物学的第六个专业选修模块也被提议在明年入学，它将包括设计原则和法律、社会和伦理框架。为期一年的强制性实验室研究项目（60学分）为学生提供在所选生物和生物过程工程领域的研究实践经验。项目由学生在与CPE研究活动相关的领域中选择，并由一名或多名学术和研究人员监督（参见当前硕士队列提供的示例研究项目）。该模块着重于实验设计、计划、实施和研究报告。评估学生以书面报告形式、口头和海报展示的能力。除了正式的讲座，教学模块还包括小组辅导和课程作业，学生有机会进行自我反思和互动学习，以提高他们的学习体验。我们建议利用这项基金举办工业研讨会，邀请我们的工业伙伴就专业课题发表讲座。我们还建议带学生去生物制药工厂，这将增加他们的教育价值。学生们还将有机会通过参加相关会议来探索职业选择，我们将

The course is offered by the Department of Chemical & Process Engineering (CPE) that has a significant interest and research profile in biological engineering with strong industrial and academic links. It addresses two key areas of need for UK bio-industry: (i) a multidisciplinary training in the emergent discipline of biological engineering and (ii) training in industrial bioprocessing. These two needs are combined using a uniquely multidisciplinary teaching experience. The course is designed for students with a first degree (or equivalent) in engineering or science (with a qualification of 2:1 or above) that wish to specialise in the area, either before entering the field or after gaining some practical experience. Tailored 'conversion' courses designed to teach core interdisciplinary principles make the degree accessible to both bioscience and engineering graduates. Whilst based in CPE, the programme also incorporates highly complementary teaching modules provided by a range Sheffield's world-class departments (e.g. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, and Engineering Materials). The modules offered in the course are split between two semesters (cf. Case for support). The first semester consists of a 30 credit conversion module (either Principles of Biochemical engineering for bioscience graduates, or Principles of Biomolecular Sciences for chemical engineers), and two 15 credit compulsory modules (Biosystems Engineering & Computational Biology and Research Methods in Biochemical Engineering). The second semester consists of a 15 credit module on Biopharmaceutical Bioprocessing that is compulsory, and five 15 credit specialist modules (electives), from which the students select three. The specialist modules are designed around expertise uniquely available at Sheffield, and introduce the students to different emergent areas of interest to the bio-industry. These include Bionanomaterias, Tissue Engineering, Stem cell Biology, Microfluidics, and Bioenergy. The former three modules are offered by specialist Sheffield departments, whilst the latter two are offered by CPE. We propose to introduce a 10 credit module on Bioanalytical Technologies as a part of the 60 credit Research Project that will be taught in the first semester, to introduce generic practical skills and contemporary post-genomic technologies for biological engineering and bioprocessing, including recombinant DNA technologies, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioimaging, etc. A sixth specialist elective module on Synthetic Biology is also proposed for next year entry, and will comprise design principles and the legal, social and ethical framework. A year-long compulsary laboratory-based Research Project (60 credits) gives the student practical experience of research in a chosen area of biological and bioprocess engineering. The projects are chosen by the student in an area related to the research activities in CPE, and they are supervised by one or more members of academic and research staff (cf. Example research projects offered to current MSc cohort). There is an emphasis in the module on experimental design, planning, conduct and presentation of the research. The students are assessed on their ability to present the work in written report formats and through oral and poster presentations. In addition to formal lectures, the taught modules contain small group tutorials and coursework, where the students get the opportunity for self-reflection and interactive learning to enchance their learning experience. With the MTG funding, we propose to hold an Industrial seminar programme where our industrial partners will be invited to deliver lectures on specialist topics. We also propose to take the students away to a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility that will add value to their education. The students will also get an opportunity to explore career options through attendance at relevant conferences, which we will