Ti
tl
eoft
hecour
se : Bi
ologyf
orEngi
neer
s
SubjectCode : PCFT-512
Weeklyl oad(hours) : 3 LTP 2-
1-0
Credit : 3
CourseObj ecti
ves:
1.Tost udytheassociat
ionofsciencewithengineer i
ng
2.Tounder standthatbi
ologyisnotonlyaboutcl assi
fi
cation.
3.Tost udytheconceptofgeneticsandmol eculesofl i
fe.
4.Tounder standtheimportanceofmacromol eculesandenzy mes.
CourseOutcomes:
Onsuccessfulcomplet
ionofthesubj
ect,
thestudent
swil
lbeableto
1.I
thelpstolearnt
hest udent
saboutcor
rel
ati
onbetweenbi
ologi
calsci
enceand
engi
neeri
ng.
2.I
twi ll
helptounder standaboutt
heconceptofmicr
obiol
ogy,genet
icsand
biochemistry
.
3.Studentscanl earnthetechni
quesofmicr
obiol
ogystudy
,foodspoilageand
preservat
ion.
4.Fami l
iar
izevariousaspectsofbiol
ogyandi
tseconomicaspects.
5.Fami
l
iar
izev
ari
ousaspect
sofener
gyt
ransact
ionandhumangenet
ics.
UNI
T MAINTOPIC DETAI LEDCONTENTS LECTURES
I I
ntr
oduct
ion Impor t
anceofbi ol
ogyi nengi neeri
ng,dev elopmentof 2
technol ogi calsubj ectsi mi t
at i
ng nat ure’s bi ologi cal
entity,maj ordiscover i
esinbi ology,economi caspect s
ofbi ologyi nexpl oi
tation.
Cl
assi
fi
cat
ion Conceptofsci entif
ic classificati
on ofl iving ent it
y, 3
discuss t he cl assif
icati
on ( wi th suitable exampl e)
basedon:( a)cell
ularit
y-uni cellul
arandmul ticellular
(b)ul trastructure-pr okaryotes and eukar yotes ( c)
ener gy and car bon ut i
li
zati
on- aut otrophs,
heter otrophsandl i
thotrophs( d)ammoni aexcr eti
on-
ami not eli
c,ur i
coteli
c and ur eoteli
c( e) mol ecul ar
taxonomy -t hr
eemaj orkingdomsofl i
fe,cl assi f
icat i
on
ofmi croor ganismsbasedon:( a)temper atur e( b)sal t
concent ration(c)oxy genr equirement
Genet
ics Conceptofgenet i
cs,Mendel ’slaws,segr egat ionand 4
i
ndependentassor tment,al l
ele,meosi sandmi tosis,
recessi venessanddomi nance,how genet i
cmat er i
al
passesf rom par entt oof fspring,diff
er encebet ween
phenot ypic and genot ypic char acteristics, DNA
fi
nger pr i
nt i
ng, expl oitati
on of genet i
cs i n cr op
i
mpr ov ement and mi crobi al pot ent i
al t owar ds
ferment ation/f erment edpr oduct .
Mi
crobi
ology Mi croor gani sms,cl assificat i
on of mi cr oor gani sms, 3
techni quessuchasser ialdi luti
on,pourpl ating,st r
eak
plating,spr ead pl ating,nut ri
ent agar and br oth.
Techni ques f or enumer ation of bact eria,gr owt h
kinet ics,conceptoff oodspoi l
ageandpr eser vati
on
techni que.
I
I Bi
omol
ecul
es Biomol ecul esasbui ldingbl ocksofbi ologi calsubj ects, 4
i
nt roduct ory i nformat i
on about car bohy drates,
prot eins,nucl eotides,and DNA/ RNA,st r
uct ur e of
prot ein ( pr i
mar y, secondar y ,tertiary, quat ernar y)
,
struct ur e of sel ect ed monosacchar ides ( glucose,
fruct ose) , di sacchar ides ( sucrose, mal tose) and
pol ysacchar ides( star ch, cellulose).
Enzy
mes Enz y me,enzy mol ogy ,r oleofenzy mesi n bi ol ogical 4
sy stem,mechani sm of enzy mat ic act ion,r ole of
prost het i
c gr oup, co- fact or and co- enzy mes i n
enzy mat i
c r eactions, cl assi f
icati
on of enzy mes,
appl icat ionofenzy mesi n:( a)juicecl arifi
cat ion( b)
meatt ender izat i
on( c)enzy mat icbrowni ng.
Met
abol
i
sm Concept of t her mody nami cs and appl i
cat ion i n 4
biologi calsy stem,phot osy nthesis,gl ycol ysis,Kr ebs
cy cle, exot hermi c and endot her mi c r eact ions,
ender goni candexer goni cr eact ions.
BooksRecommended:
Author Ti
tl
e
1.Nei
lA.Campbel
l Bi
ology
:Agl
obal
appr
oach
2.Er
icEConn Out
li
nesofbi
ochemi
str
y
3.Pr
escot
t Mi
crobi
ology
4.Gunt
herS.St
ent Mol
ecul
argenet
ics
Mappi
ngofCour
seOut
comeandPr
ogr
am Out
come:
CO/
POMappi
ng:
Biol
ogyf
orengi
neer
s
(
S/M/
Windi
cat
esst
rengt
hoft
hecor
rel
ati
on)S-
Str
ong,
M-Medi
um,
W-Weak
Pr
ogr
am Out
come(
PO)
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 M M M M
CO)
CO2 S M M S M W
come(
CO3 S S M M M M M M
seOut
CO4 M S M M
M M
Cour
CO5 M S S M M S
PROGRAM OUTCOME(
PO)
a.Abil
itytoappl ytheknowl edgeoff undament al
sofengi neeri
ng,basi
csciences
andspeci ali
zati
onofengi neeri
ngf iel
dt osolveengineeri
ngproblems.
b.Abil
itytofindconcl usionbyidenti
fy i
ng,for
mul ati
ngandanal yzi
ngengineer
ing
problems.
c.Aptit
udet odesi gnsol uti
onsforengi neeri
ngpr oblemswi t
hconsiderati
onfor
societyandenv ironment .
d.Abil
itytout il
izer esearchmet hodsandsy nthesisofi nf
ormationtopr ov
ide
concl usionstomul t
ifacetedpr oblems.
e.Abi l
i
tyt ocr eateandappl ysui t
abl et echniques,engi neer i
ngandI Ttoolsto
i
ntr i
cateengi neer i
ngact i
viti
es.
f. Apt i
tude t o appl yr easoning t o assess soci etalissues and consequent
responsi bil
it
iesr elevanttopr ofessi onal engineer i
ngpr acti
ce.
g.Abi l
i
tyt ounder standt heef fectofengi neeringsol uti
onsont heenv i
ronment
anddemonst ratet heneedf orsust ainabl edev elopment .
h.Apt i
tudet ocommi tt oet hicalpr inciplesandr esponsi bi
li
ti
esofengi neeri
ng
practice.
i
. Abi l
i
ty t o f unction ef fect ively as a t eam member and l eader in
mul ti
discipli
naryset t i
ngs.
j
. Abi l
i
tyt o communi cateef f ecti
v elyon i nt
ricateengi neeri
ng acti
vit
ieswith
engineer ingcommuni t
yandsoci ety.
k.Abi l
i
tyt odemonst r
at etheunder standingofengi neer i
ngandmanagement
principlesandappl yt hem t opr ofessi onal wor k.
l
. Apt i
tudet oengagei nl if
e-longl ear ningduet of asttechnologicalchange.
