Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Nowadays, research and education on biotechnology have actively been made as a field of chemical engineering. In addition to its efforts to replace the existing chemical process and petrochemical-based materials by utilizing bioprocessing and biologically related materials, it has applied the principle of biotechnology to various fields such as reproduction of medicine, cosmetics, new medicine and various biomaterials for mass production and commercialization.

There have been active attempts to apply biotechnological technologies such as genetic and metabolic engineering technologies, biomass resource acquisition and utilization, and enzyme reaction mechanisms to chemical engineering to develop chemical materials and energy production processes using microbial catalysts. With the need for expert covering both chemistry and biology, there are also courses on biotechnology in the undergraduate and graduate schools of chemical engineering, and the entry of chemical engineering students into related fields and research institutes is also increasing.

• Development and operation of sustainable biological processes
• Bio-energy production process (biogas and bio electricity)
• Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology
• resource acquisition and conversion technology
• Large-scale microalgae cultivation and utilization technology
• Eco-friendly energy and fuel production substituting petrochemical
• Protein/antibody application technology