Spring 2027

Biochemical Engineering

Biochemical Engineering covers properties of biological molecules, enzyme kinetics, metabolic engineering, microbial growth, bioreactor design, and bioseparations.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Xiaoping Bao

Summary

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Past student reviews · Quentin Dudley

Students reported that lectures covered a large amount of material, making it difficult to distinguish essential concepts from supplementary information.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply principles of chemical engineering in the analysis and design of industrial biochemical processes

  • Describe the role chemistry plays in understanding how bio-molecules and bio-molecular systems work

  • Extract, communicate and critique key idea(s) from any work of the current technical literature

  • Identify opportunities for biochemical engineering to address societal needs (e.g., energy, health, materials, food, and the environment)

  • Demonstrate how chemical engineering principles can be applied to alter the molecular properties of a biological system

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

Course map

Junior standing and (ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY 101 and 102,ZOOLOGY/​BIOLOGY/​BOTANY 151,ZOOLOGY 153, or BIOCORE 383), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

BME/CBE 560

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Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRIAN PFLEGER is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

QUENTIN DUDLEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Quentin Dudley

The course covers extensive material with 75-minute lectures, though students noted the content was sometimes unclear or disengaging.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.54 GPA, 70.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.47 GPA, 69.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.45 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Quentin Dudley

Students reported that lectures covered a large amount of material, making it difficult to distinguish essential concepts from supplementary information.

Past student reviews · Quentin Dudley

Professor Dudley was willing to meet outside of class to review homework and exams, providing helpful support for students struggling with the content.

Topics

  • Biological molecule properties and enzyme systems
  • Metabolic engineering and microbial growth kinetics
  • Bioreactor design and bioseparations

Skills

  • Analysis and design of industrial biochemical processes using chemical engineering principles
  • Enzyme kinetics, reactor design, metabolic engineering, and bioseparations

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
BME/CBE 560 · Spring 2027

Biochemical Engineering

Recorded 2026-10-29
BME/CBE 560 · Spring 2027

Biochemical Engineering

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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