Teaching Biotech Manufacturing Facility Design and Regulatory Compliance: Better Equipping Students for a Maturing Industry
Abstract
While chemical and biochemical engineering programs have frequently offered courses in fermentation and biopurification, few have offered instruction in design of equipment for biotech production facilities and in regulatory issues that govern nearly all operations within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. Traditional chemical engineering process equipment design courses do not sufficiently address this material. The new course described here better prepares students for positions in process development, process engineering, and manufacturing in a maturing biotech industry.