Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2016
BIOE 332 001 (CRN: 20275)
BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
Long Title: BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
Department: Bioengineering
Instructor: Tabor, Jeffrey
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF BRC 282 (11-JAN-2016 - 22-APR-2016)
Session: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisites: BIOE 252 AND MATH 212
Section Max Enrollment: 49
Section Enrolled: 40
Enrollment data as of: 8-JUN-2023 7:57PM
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
Final Exam Time:
27-APR-2016
9:00AM - 12:00PM W HRG 100
Description: This course provides a mathematically rigorous and quantitative coverage of the fundamentals of thermodynamics with applications drawn from contemporary bioengineering problems. Fundamental topics will include the Zeroth, First and Second Law, Entropy Inequality, Gibbs and Helmholtz Free Energies, The Third Law, Maxwell Relations, chemical potential, equilibrium, phase transitions, solution thermodynamics, protein-ligand binding and statistical mechanics. Advanced topics will include transcription factor-DNA binding, nucleic acid hybridization, translation initiation and genetic circuits. The course will cover the role that thermodynamics plays in molecular engineering and synthetic biology.