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Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D. -- Teaching Activities
Courses Taught
COES/CHE 845 Biosensors and Bioelectronics
COES/CHE 845 Nano-Biotechnology
ChE 130 Introduction to ChE Tools
Graduate Level
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 3 credits (ENGR 645, ChBE 845)
This course provides the advanced student with detailed methods and procedures used in the design, fabrication and application of biosensors and bioelectronic devices to problems in environmental, medical and industrial process monitoring. The fundamentals of measurement science are applied to
optical, electrochemical, mass, and thermal means of signal transduction. The fundamentals of surface science, bioimmobilization, molecular recognition, and non-specific interactions of enzymes, antibodies and DNA at surfaces are applied to biorecognition. Fundamental analytical methods for coupled transport with reaction and numerical models are developed and applied to biological reactions at surfaces. Advanced statistical analysis and digital signal processing techniques are applied to data capture and analysis including the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and advanced neural networks (ANN) in data analysis and presentation.
Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3 credits (ENGR 491, ChBE 845)
This course introduces the principles and concepts related to structures and phenomena on the scale of 10 – 100 nanometers. This includes attention to the thermodynamics and kinetics of spontaneous assembly, the fundamental forces between atoms and molecules and the scaling of materials properties with area to volume ratio. Examples of biomedical nanostructures discussed include; lipid bi-layers, DNA structures, the extra cellular matrix (ECM), ion channels proteins, the mitochondrial electron transfer chain and ATPase.
Undergraduate Level
Bioengineering, 3 credits (EGRC 325)
A year-3 level introductory and survey level course that addresses the elementary concepts and principles of biochemical engineering and biotechnology for all chemical engineering students and for those who have selected the biotechnology concentration in chemical engineering. This course introduces concepts and principles of chemical engineering to problems
and issues in the life sciences, biotechnology and medicine. Students apply heat and mass transfer concepts, separations, and controls to topics that include; clinical diagnostics; bioanalytical instrumentation, biosensors and biochips;
bioprocess engineering including fermentation, biochemical pathway engineering, protein folding and aggregation, bioreactors and tissue engineering.
Unit Operations Laboratory , 2 credits (EGRC 410)
Year 4 introduction to the unit operations of chemical engineering – a 2-credit, six–contact-hours, laboratory-based course that introduces the units of operations in chemical engineering. Prof. Guiseppi-Elie revolutionized this course by introducing units on bioseparations (ultrafiltration and electrophoresis) of proteins, fermentation, bio-reactor performance, and cell culture.
Materials Chemistry, 3 credits (ENGR 122)
A year 1/year 2 level introduction to materials science and engineering covering atomic and molecular, morphological and structural contributions to electrical, mechanical and optical properties of materials, and introduction to the concepts of corrosion and semiconductor devices. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the development of this course emphasized the relationship between design and materials selection.
Freshman Honors Seminar, 1 credit (HONR 190)
A year 1 course that introduces a select group of engineering students, the Engineering Scholars, to the principles and expectations of leadership, teamwork, technical communication, and interdisciplinary required to achieve excellence in engineering. Students read and critique a novel with an engineering or technology position, write a learning plan, and make a technical presentation on a subject of their choice.
Introduction to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , 3 credits (ChBE 130)
A year 1 course that introduces a select group of engineering students, the Engineering Scholars, to the principles and expectations of leadership, teamwork, technical communication, and interdisciplinary required to achieve excellence in engineering. Students read and critique a novel with an engineering or technology position, write a learning plan, and make a technical presentation on a subject of their choice.
VCU Life Sciences, 3 credits (LFSC 101)
A survey style introduction to contemporary topics in life sciences presented by research faculty. Contributed 1 week.
New Course Development
COES/CHBE 845 Biosensors and Bioelectronics and COES/CHBE 845 NanoBiotechnology are being developed under the college rubric within the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips and are to be listed jointly with Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering.
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