Developing an entrepreneurial mindset through serious games

The course aims to prepare students to use an entrepreneurial mindset in a variety of professional contexts. The course will help students develop skills to cope with the dynamic and complex environment where technology meets business, which can be either in a startup, but also in a university or company setting.

At the end of the course, a learner will be able to: Set up a mass balance for different bioreactor operating modes ; Simulate different reactor operating modes and interpret the simulation results ; Describe the effect of introducing basic process control on a process in a bioreactor ; Describe the essential challenges related to solid state fermentation and fermentation processes using gaseous substrates ; Select a suitable set of on-line measurements for a cultivation process, as well as distinguish between pros and cons of specific basic and advanced sensor devices ; Describe the effect of scale on the performance of a microorganism, as well as pros and cons of different methods to mathematically describe or simulate effects of scale ; Develop process-based strategies to optimize product formation in a fermentation process ; Distinguish between different downstream unit operations and evaluate the pros and cons of introducing in situ product removal (ISPR) on a specific process; Design possible ways to transfer an engineered cell factory to pilot and/or full-scale ; Design and implement a basic strategy for collecting and handling data on a fermentation process ; Distinguish between basic AI tools for fermentation data processing.

Weekly online individual assignments. Activities corresponding to 11 of 13 sessions must be passed.

Online modules and online activities/serious games, which students will carry out both individually and in teams.