Biology for Engineers BBOC407
Course Code: BBOC407
Credits: 02
CIE Marks: 50
SEE Marks: 50
Total Marks: 100
Exam Hours: 03
Total Hours of Pedagogy: 25H
Teaching Hours/Weeks: [L:T:P:S] 2:0:0:0
Cell Basic Unit of Life:
Introduction: Structure and functions of a cell. Stem cells and their application.
Biomolecules: Properties and functions of Carbohydrates, Nucleic acids, proteins, lipids.
Importance of special biomolecules: Properties and functions of enzymes, vitamins and hormones.
Application of Biomolecules:
Carbohydrates in cellulose-based water filters production, PHA and PLA in bioplastics production, Nucleic
acids in vaccines and diagnosis, Proteins in food production, lipids in biodiesel and detergents production,
Enzymes in biosensors fabrication, food processing, detergent formulation and textile processing.
Adaptation of Anatomical Principles for Bioengineering Design:
Brain as a CPU system. Eye as a Camera system. Heart as a pump system. Lungs as purification system.
Kidney as a filtration system.
Nature Bioinspired Materials and Mechanism:
Echolocation, Photosynthesis. Bird flying, Lotus leaf effect, Plant burrs, Shark skin, Kingfisher beak. Human
Blood substitutes hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs).
Trends in Bioengineering:
Muscular and Skeletal Systems as scaffolds, scaffolds and tissue engineering, Bioprinting techniques and
materials. Electrical tongue and electrical nose in food science, DNA origami and Biocomputing, Bioimaging
and Artificial Intelligence for disease diagnosis. Bio concrete. Bioremediation. Biomining.