Biology for engineers is the important topic. It is well known that this is the century of biology in which significant advances in the understanding and application of biological systems are expected. The significant impact on the world is expected in terms of better healthcare, better processes, better products and an overall better quality of life. Thus, any person can be interested in knowing the fundamentals of biology to be able to understand, or participate in the biological revolution. For example, any engineer, irrespective of the parent discipline (mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, metallurgical, etc.,) has a high probability of using the disciplinary skills toward designing/improving biological systems in the future. This course is designed to convey the essentials of cell and molecular biology to provide a frame-work for more specific understanding, and contribution by any interested person.
G. K. Suraishkumar is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM). He has been at IITM as a Professor since May 2004, and was earlier a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) from April 1993 until mid-May 2004. He was also an Associate Faculty member in the erstwhile Centre for Biotechnology, which is now the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, at IITB, between 1995 and 2004.
He earned his Ph.D. from Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA in 1993, and his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IITM in 1986. He also did his Masters work at the University of Cincinnati, USA, between 1986 and 1988.
He is passionate about improving student learning and has published papers in reputed international journals on the methods that he had developed for the same. He is the author of a book, Continuum Analysis of Biological Systems: Conserved Quantities, Fluxes, and Forces, which was published world-wide by Springer Publishing in March 2014; the foreword has been written by the reputed author of the famous textbook, Transport Phenomena, Professor R. B. Bird. He has created three 10-h MOOCs on "Bioreactors", "Biology for Engineers and other Non-biologists", and "Effective Engineering 'Teaching' in Practice", as NPTEL online certification (NOC) courses. Earlier, he created a 40-lecture NPTEL video course on Classical Thermodynamics for Biological Systems. He has also created other short videos on biochemical engineering principles.
His major area of research is reactive species – currently, the relevance of them in cancer treatment/management, and nanoparticle toxicity.. Earlier, his research group had made significant, original contributions in the area of reactive species applied to improve bioreactor productivities and bio-oil yields, which were financially supported through many sponsored research grants. The research contributions have been better disseminated through publications in reputed international journals–
2. INTRODUCTION
• The field of biological sciences has grown
multitude in the past decade to address real-life
challenges and industrial innovations to cater to
the needs of society. Different biological
phenomena can be approximated in terms of
physical processes of mechanical work, electrical
signals, and chemical energy.
3. NEED FOR BIOLOGY.
• As a living being, you are part of biology. So if
you want to know how a human body functions,
as well as every other living organism, biology is
how you find out. It's the best and truest way to
understand the world around you
4. WHY DO ENGINEERS NEED TO STUDY THE PRINCIPLES
OF BIOLOGY?
• Considering the immense importance that
biology and life-sciences hold for humankind,
simplification of complex biological phenomena
is a must for imparting greater understanding to
multidisciplinary researchers from the varied
fields of science and engineering.
5. SHINKANSEN SONIC BOOM
• The incredible true story of how a bird watcher’s
love of the natural world helped to solve an
engineering problem plaguing the urban heart
of Tokyo: the Bullet Train’s sonic boom
headache.
6. BIO-ROBOTICS
• Biorobotics is an interdisciplinary science that
combines the fields of biomedical engineering
, cybernetics, and robotics to develop new
technologies that integrate biology with
mechanical systems to develop more efficient
communication, alter genetic information, and
create machines that imitate biological systems.
7. RETIONAL PROSTHETIC
• Retinal prostheses, a type of bionic eye, are
implantable electronic devices designed to
stimulate sensation of vision in the eyes of
individuals with significant retinal diseases such
as retinitis pigmentosa or age-related macular
degeneration, where the optic nerve and visual
cortex are unaffected.
8. BIOPOLYMER
• Biopolymers are polymers produced from natural sources either chemically synthesized from a biological
material or entirely biosynthesized by living organisms. The use of biopolymers from different sources has
been investigated for many years for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.
10. BIO-SENSORS
• A commonly cited definition of a biosensor is: “A
chemical sensing device in which a biologically
derived recognition is coupled to a transducer,
to allow the quantitative development of some
complex biochemical parameter.”
12. BIO-FILTERS
• Biofiltration is an air pollution control technology which utilizes microorganisms to biologically degrade
odors and other volatile air pollutants contained in waste air streams. The microorganisms exist on the
surface and in a thin water film surrounding the surface of the biofilter material. During the biofiltration
process the contaminated air is slowly pumped through the biofilter material. The pollutants are adsorbed
by the filter material's surface, and absorbed into the water film. Simultaneously the microorganisms
biologically consume i.e. metabolize the pollutants, producing energy, biomass, and metabolic end
products, mainly CO2 and H2O. The biofiltration process results in a complete decomposition of the
pollutants without creating hazardous byproducts.
Biofilters are technical applications that use the biofiltration process to remove odorous compounds and
other air pollutants like volatile organic compounds (VOC) from waste air. The name "biofilter" may be
confusing by the imagination of normal filters which simply separate pollutants from fluids or gases. In a
biofilter the pollutants are "consumed" by the microorganisms and degraded into biomass, water and CO2.
This allows the filter material to continuously regenerate itself. The term bio-catalyst or bio-reactor would
therefore be more suitable, however the name biofilter is commonly accepted and used.
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14. SYSTEM BIIOLOGY.
• Systems biology is an approach in biomedical
research to understanding the larger picture—
be it at the level of the organism, tissue, or
cell—by putting its pieces together. It's in stark
contrast to decades of reductionist biology,
which involves taking the pieces apart.
15. MD.AADIL RASHID
B.TECH
3RD SEM (CIVIL)
ROLL NO-28623240041973
ST. MARYS TECHNICAL CAMPUS
SUB: BIOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS
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