Domain
Chemical Engineering
Type
Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary
Presentation
The Master of Science Degree Programs BIOREFINERIES and BIOPRODUCTS has as main objective the training of specialists for production, scientific research and education in a very current field, the field of biorefineries and bioproducts. This objective is determined by the trends in the manufacture and use of these bioproducts at European and global level, in the context of the current trend of conservation of energy resources, use of renewable natural resources for the manufacture of biofuels and organic intermediates and ellimination of environmental pollution. The bioproducts field is in full development because it benefits from the contribution of scientific progress and the implementation of research and development in industry / production, agriculture and medicine.
Skills and abilities acquired
General and specific skills developed by the program:
- Research skills related to natural resource processing for obtaining bioproducts (biofuels, phytopharmaceuticals, natural dyes, biosurfactants, etc.) and processing of by-products into fine chemicals;
- Knowledge and understanding of the complex processing of renewable natural resources in order to obtain bioproducts and other valuable bioactive components for use in the food, pharmaceutical or other uses;
- Ability to optimize processes in biorefining, specific equipment and machinery to the field of biorefineries and bioproducts;
- Ability to design installations taking into account economic, environmental protection and operational safety constraints, for technologies characteristic of obtaining bioproducts;
- Research skills related to natural resource processing for obtaining bioproducts (biofuels, phytopharmaceuticals, natural dyes, biosurfactants, etc.) and processing of by-products into fine chemicals;
- Knowledge and understanding of the complex processing of renewable natural resources in order to obtain bioproducts and other valuable bioactive components for use in the food, pharmaceutical or other uses;
- Ability to optimize processes in biorefining, specific equipment and machinery to the field of biorefineries and bioproducts;
- Ability to design installations taking into account economic, environmental protection and operational safety constraints, for technologies characteristic of obtaining bioproducts.
Employment opportunities
Specialists trained in this master program can be employed in a wide variety of jobs in various fields of industrial technologies and biotechnologies or related fields, such as:
- Specialized enterprises (refineries, factories for obtaining bioproducts, units that produce biofuels but also bioproducts - phytopharmaceuticals, natural dyes, natural surfactants, etc.)
- Educational, research and industrial design institutions
- Product quality control laboratories
- Distribution and sale of equipment and bioproducts
Further professional development of graduation
The professional training of master students, after graduation, can be continued and developed through the doctoral study program. Among the teachers who have teaching activities for this master, there are also doctoral supervisors.
Human resources and logistics for student education
The program is supervised by Department of Bioresources and Polymer Science.
Practical training and computing applications are carried out in the teaching and research laboratories of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. These laboratories have an appropriate teaching and research infrastructure, as well as a large range of specific licensed software packages (programming environments for scientific computing, such as Matlab, Mathcad, gPROMS, COMSOL, or ASPEN, HYSYS process simulators).
The training of master students is based on an appropriate teaching and research infrastructure at the level of current requirements (laboratory equipment, calculation technique and process simulator applications ASPEN, HYSYS, modern software - https://erris.gov.ro/ULTRA-MINT---UPB).
The team of professors involved in the teaching activities in the curriculum of the master program Biorefinery and Bioproducts combines harmoniously and efficiently, the consistent experience of professors with the enthusiasm of younger teachers.
Curricula
Curricula for this master of science degree program is available here.
Contact
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