Fundamentals of Environmental Biotechnology

Major: Environmental Studies
Code of subject: 8.101.00.M.031
Credits: 3.00
Department: Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management
Lecturer: Аssociate professor Popovych Olena
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • Availability of deep grounded knowledge in the field of environmental biotechnology; a detailed understanding of the processes occurring in ecosystems under conditions of sustainable development and man-made stress; principles of solving environmental problems by biotechnological methods. • Knowledge of the current state, principles and principles of environmental, biological safety in relation to biological objects of the environment at the international, interstate, state and regional levels. • Demonstrate scientific perspectives in assessing the impact on living systems and biological diversity of biotic and abiotic factors of local and global origin. • Ability to independently carry out experimental research and to apply research skills, as well as to make decisions and develop a strategy for solving scientific and applied problems taking into account common human values, public, state and industrial interests. • Ability to describe patterns of flow, distribution and migration of man-made pollutants in specific ecosystems.
Required prior and related subjects: • Innovative technologies for the utilization of industrial and household waste; • Scientific basics of simulations and prognostification of the environment.
Summary of the subject: Development and scope of biotechnology. Methods of object preparation Characteristics of biotechnological processes. Differences and commonality between biotechnological and chemical-technological processes. Biomonitoring system. Bioindication and biotesting of the environment. Classification of pollution. Types of wastewater biosystems. Aerobic sewage treatment methods. Anaerobic sewage treatment methods. Specificity of bio-purification complexes of production. Wastewater treatment with biofilters, filtration fields. Advances in environmental biotechnology.Environmental biotechnology. The development and the application of biotechnology.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control, oral examination (30%) • Final control (control measure, exam), written-oral form (70%)
Recommended books: 1. Пирог Т.П. Ігнатова О.А. Загальна біотехнологія Підручник.-К.: НУХТ, 2008. – 485 с. 2. О.В. Швед, О.Б. Миколів, О.З. Комаровська-Пороховець, В.П.Новіков. Екологічна біотехнологія. Навчальний посібник; у 2 кн. – Львів: Видавництво Національного університета Львівська політехніка, 2010. ? 368 с. 3. Яворська Г.В., Гудзь В.М., Гнатуш С.О. Промислова біотехнологія: Навчальний посібник. – Львів: ВЦ ЛНУ, 2002. – 256 с.