CHEM-E1100 - Plant Biomass, Lecture, 5.9.2022-14.10.2022

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• About the course
  WHAT DOES THE COURSE INCLUDE?

  1. Lectures: On each Monday at 10:15-12:00 and Wednesday at 8:15-10:00 on weeks 36-40. 
  2. Laboratory works: Primarily on weeks 37-41. Each student needs to be in laboratory two full days (9-17), one day for microscopic studies and another for chemical characterization (engineering students) or preparative works (other students). Laboratory work instructions and teaching must be self studied beforehand and laboratory reports written afterwards. NOTE! Working in CHEM's laboratories requires passing its laboratory safety course before entering the laboratories. If you haven't passed the safety course yet, register on CHEM-E0140 Laboratory Safety Course in Sisu and do the electronic course under its MyCourses pages asap.
  3. Group assignment and self-studying: Each student needs to participate in writing a group assignment report on a selected topic that requires application of what has been discussed on the lectures and studying literature.
  4. Seminar on the group assignments: The seminar will be organized on October 12 at 8:15-12:00. Each group needs to make a short presentation will slides and participate in making questions/giving feedback on another presentation.

  
  

  WHAT IS THE MAIN CONTENT OF THE COURSE?
  

  The lectures will start with an overview to the significance of biomass, followed by an introduction to the living functions of plants and a more detailed survey on their anatomical structures and chemical composition. Laboratory works will complement the understanding on plants' structure on microscopic level and provide tools for quantifying the main components of lignocellulosic biomass. The main ways to fractionate biomass for manufacturing of various materials and chemical products will be presented on the lectures. In the group assignments students need to study a selected topic in more details and apply the general knowledge of the lectures. The course is built around the idea on sustainable use of biomass and enhances student's group work and communication skills in a multidisciplinary environment. The lecture schedule and topics are shown below.

  Date	Time	Content
  5/9	10:15-12:00	Overview Importance of natural resources and their uses
  7/9	8:15-10:00	Functions and structure of plants Optical and electron microscopy of plant tissues
  12/9	10:15-12:00	Chemical composition of plants Chemical characterization of plant biomass
  14/9	8:15-10:00	Chemical structures of the main constituents of plants Structure-property relationships
  19/9	10:15-12:00	Biogenesis of the plant cell wall and its Structure of the cell wall
  21/9	8:15-10:00	Chemical fractionation of plant biomass
  26/9	10:15-12:00	Biochemical and thermochemical conversions of plant biomass
  28/9	8:15-10:00	Material products from plant biomass
  3/10	10:15-12:00	Chemical products from plant biomass
  5/10	8:15-10:00	Design for sustainable bioeconomy Summary

  
  

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