SLE718 - Green Chemistry and Industrial Bioprocessing
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Offering information: | Available from 2026 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Wenrong Yang |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 8 x 2 hour seminars per trimester, 3 x 2 hour practical experiences (field trips) per trimester. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Green chemistry is a branch of chemistry focused on the generation of useful chemical products and processes that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances. Bioprocessing is any process that uses biological components or whole cells to achieve the production of certain desired products like proteins or metabolites. A transition to green chemistry is required to reduce the global environmental burden of the chemical industry; and green chemistry relies heavily on knowledge of biological catalysts and bioprocessing more generally and so these two themes work hand-in-glove. Examples of green chemistry and industrial bioprocessing include waste handling, biofuel production, vaccine production, food processing and antibody production. In this unit, students will learn the principles of green chemistry and bioprocessing. Students will attend field visits and guest presentations to learn industry best practices.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Understand principles of sustainability, green chemistry and incorporating these to evaluating the environmental impact of chemical and biotechnology activities. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the process of bioprospecting and design experiments to identify metabolites, genes and proteins with specific characteristics. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Understand and apply the principles of bioprocessing, including feedstocks, catalysis, fermentation, reaction engineering, biological production and product refining/purification. Use these principles to design process flows. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Written scientific report, 1,000-1,500 words | 20% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2 | Flexible open format artefact (may be in any format except a written report. E.g poster presentation, infographic, oral presentation, animation, brochure, factsheet, web page, animation, interview, podcast) | 20% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3 Online quiz | 1 x 60-minute online quiz | 10% | Week 9 |
| Assessment 4 Design project (Individual and Group) | Written bioprocess report with calculations and schematic diagrams, 1,500-2,000 words | 50% (35%, 15%) (Individual, Group) | End-of-Unit Assessment period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SLE718 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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