1 credit
Spring 2026 Laboratory Upper Division
Industrial Fermentation Products introduces students to microbial fermentations employed in the biofuels and fine chemicals industry and their role in the larger bioeconomy. Students will be introduced to diverse final products, technical challenges in the sector, and the individuals and companies working to solve them. We end our five-week module with a field trip to a local biorefinery plant.
Learning Outcomes1Identify the key products of industrial fermentations and their markets.
2Articulate the major technical and economic challenges facing the industrial fermentations sector.
3Research and understand fermentation production processes for a specific molecule of interest.
4Interact with fermentation scientists in the biofuels, biochemicals, and polymers sector.
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