ΧΜΠ615: Bioengineering - Environment

The science of Biotechnology combining interdisciplinary challenges such as classical engineering, chemical engineering, bio-engineering, natural sciences (physics, chemistry), soil science, applied mathematics, life sciences (biochemistry, biology), transport phenomena etc., offers the possibility for sustainable consumption and production while simultaneously managing resources, energy and waste efficiently. This will aim to provide useful goods for civil society as expressed through a sustainable design, the development of production processes and methods, the design and development of products and services, the manufacture and operation of equipment and process facilities of biotechnology, industry food, pharmaceuticals, decontamination methods, and other related industries taking into account sustainability, hygiene, safety and environmental protection conditions, with a focus on economic, social and environmental sustainability.

The module aims to apply the important principles of Bio engineering, Bio-technology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental microbiology, for the design and analysis of processes with an emphasis on the production processes of bio-products, medicines, food, control of good industrial practices, control standards for safe food production (such as HACCP, ISO 22000 etc.), biotechnological products and food waste management, promotion of bio-engineering and biotechnology tools and techniques, recovery of products of high nutritional value from waste, microbiological soil decontamination processes, bio-remediation strategies, xenobiotic substances, in correlating the effect of climate changes on microbial communities, etc.