Spring Semester 2026
Course Instructor
Dr. Mark A. Eiteman
021 Riverbend South
eiteman@engr.uga.edu
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Meeting Times
Monday, Wednesday
9:55 - 11:15
1314 Driftmier
Three labs will be scheduled during the semester. These will vary in their length and schedule. Lab 1 will require a three hour block of time; Lab 2 will require students to schedule a 15 minute sampling time throughout a day' Lab 3 will take three days, but the actual sampling will be a single time.
Students will also be responsible for setting up and conducting an independent "lab experiment". The goal of this lab experiment will be to develop and implement a lab that would be suitable for undergraduate students (e.g., as part of 'Advanced Biochemical Engineering' - 4180L).
Description of course
This lab/lecture discussion course will cover microbial cell physiology and bioreactor operational modes (i.e., batch, fed-batch, chemostat). How do microbes behave under different conditions? How do cells modify their behavior in response to certain example gene knockouts? How does one quantify microbial behavior? The course will also assist students in designing microbial fermentation experiments and interpreting results. The focus will be bacteria. Although E. coli will be used as the principal example, some discussion will be on other species.
Final Exam
The "final exam" will consist of a 30 minute (oral) discussion between the instructor and a single student. This one-on-one session will explore the knowledge gained by the student on the subject matter covered in the course. Each student will schedule a time for this exam, and each 30 minute "exam" will take place during the regularly scheduled exam period for the course: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 8:00 - 11:00 am
| Assignment | Due Date |
| Problem #1 | Wednesday, January 28 |
| Problem #2 | Monday, February 2 |
| Problem #3 | Wednesday, February 4 |
| Problem #5 | Wednesday, February 11 |
| Problem #6 | Monday, February 16 |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Critique #1 | Wednesday, February 18 |
| Critique #2 | TBD |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Lab #1 | TBD |
| Report Due | TBD |
| Lab #2 | TBD |
| Report Due | TBD |
| Lab #3 | TBD |
| Report Due | TBD |
| Independent Project | |
| Report Due | Monday, May 4 |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Video on Mass Transfer Theory | |
| Video on Oxygen Transfer Rate | |
| Video on Measurement of kLa |
| Solutions | |
| Some Useful Enzyme Links | |
| Brenda | |
| Enzyme Nomenclature | |
| GenomeNet | |
| MATLAB Examples | |
| Example 1 | |
| Example 2 | |
| Example 3 - while loop | |
| Example 4a - for loop | |
| Example 4b - for loop with excel output | |
| The Excel output from Example 4b |