The course is interdisciplinary and designed to introduce students into the use of engineering principles to analyze design and develop processes using biocatalyst. Topics include enzyme and microbial kinetics, thermodynamics, bioreactors, bioreactor design, the operation aspects of bioreactors from upstream to downstream and the other units of operation. Bioprocesses covered in the course include those involved in the formation of desirable compounds and products or in transformation, or destruction of unwanted toxic substances.