CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, Fall Semester (CHEM-ENG 220):
This course is an introduction to many core Chemical Engineering principles, within the context of mammalian cell biology and human physiology. The course covers biological topics, including cell division, the fundamentals of DNA, RNA, and protein structure, and tissue engineering, using a quantitative engineering perspective. Within this biological framework, students learn the basic principles of mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport.
IMMUNOENGINEERING, Spring Semester (CHEM-ENG 590G):
Immunoengineering is an emerging field where engineering principles are used to design and develop tools and platform technologies. These platforms are used to understand as well as to modulate the immune system to prevent, treat and cure diseases. This senior and graduate level course will extensively cover basic concepts of immunology as well as explore different engineering approaches including nanomaterials for vaccine delivery, immune cell engineering, cancer immunotherapy, T cell therapy, combination immunotherapy, monitoring immune response etc.