Biotechnology interdisciplinary approach

In the second volume in the series Topics in Enzyme and Fermentation Biotechnology attention is given to various aspects of enzyme biotechnology. An interdisciplinary approach is favoured and subjects covered include the use of immobilized enzymes, the stability problem of enzymes in use and in storage, and the biological treatment of industrial waste water viewed as a fermentation process. It relates also to the utilization of enzymes in many industries, including pharmaceutics, food, textiles, and paper. 

Readers interested in transport phenomena at different scales will And molecular, pore-scale, particle-scale and particle system or processing equipment considerations, as in every volume of the series, and those aiming at interdisciplinary approaches will see clear links to food engineering, pharmaceutical technology, biotechnology, mechanics, and material science. People looking for their specific product may not be able to find it in the present volume, but they may learn from methods and approaches successfully applied to other products. For a book without encyclopedic ambitions, which aims at the educated use of modem scientific methods in practice, this would be the biggest success. 

However, because universities are responsible also for the preparation of the students for research careers, this book will also include the elements discussed by Aris. In this case, the definition by Aris [5] must come strongly into play. Because much of the chemical engineering research work today is interdisciplinary in nature, especially in the relatively new fields such as biotechnology and microelectronics, it should be clear that mathematical modeling and system theory are the most suitable and efficient means of communication between the different disciplines involved. Therefore, chemical engineering education based on system theory and mathematical modeling as portrayed in this book seems to be the best approach to prepare the chemical engineers for this interdisciplinary research. The fact that... 

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