Environmental Biotechnology

Major: Environmental Studies
Code of subject: 7.101.00.O.001
Credits: 5.00
Department: Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management
Lecturer: associate professor Popovych Olena
Semester: 1 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Awareness at the level of the latest achievements required for research in the field of environmental biotechnology, the principles of solving environmental problems by biotechnological methods. Know and understand the fundamental and applied aspects in the field of environmental biotechnology: • development of biological methods to address environmental problems; • to know the principles of environmental monitoring and living organisms; • to have theoretical and practical skills to choose biotechnological methods for purifying industrial water and waste treatment, to choose and calculate cleaning equipment.
Required prior and related subjects: • Biology and microbiology; • Standardization and prognostication of industrial pollution emissions; • Research methodology and modeling of processes of industrial waste treatment.
Summary of the subject: Environmental biotechnology. The development and the application of biotechnology. Biomonitoring system. Bioindication and biological testing environment. Classification pollution.Types biosystem effluent. Aerobic wastewater treatment. Anaerobic wastewater treatment. Specificity biocleaning systems industries.
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.