Spring 2010, 2011, 2012
CHBE 682
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DISEASES
Introduction to concepts necessary for application of systems – Biology Approaches to Human Diseases. Topics include transcriptional and metabolic design principles, introduction to various regulatory network motifs in diseases and potential treatments using embryonic stem cells. Analysis of complex diseases using engineering concepts such as optimality, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, multiscale analysis and spatiotemporal transport.
Fall 2010, 2011
CHBE 470
PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
Modeling of dynamic processes. Response of uncontrolled systems. Transfer functions. Feedback controllers; response and stability of controlled systems; frequency response. Design of feedback controllers. Cascade, feed forward and multivariable control systems. Introduction to computer control. Use of simulators to design feedback controllers. Required for B.S. majors in chemical engineering.