ODS 14: Humanity’s Biggest Challenges SDG #14 (Life Below Water)
Content: 1. Historical Context, Sustainable Development and SDGs, the SDG 14 – Life Below Water 2. Oceans, Empires & Marine Resources – Six Geohistorical Moments 3. The Strategic Dimensions of the Ocean 4. Ocean, Biodiversity and Biotechnology 5. The Blue Economy – Blue entrepreneurship and partnerships for the Ocean 6. The Legal Protection of the […]
Molecular Biology for Engineering
Contents: 1. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells – cell organization (membranes, genetic material, organelles, nucleus, cell energy storage. Cell division. Cell biology techniques. Microscopy. 2. Proteins. Protein structure and properties: aminoacids, primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure. Protein classification. Enzyme kinetics and its regulation. Methods for protein characterization: electrophoresis, chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopic techniques – UV, […]
Ceramic Materials
Kroeger-Vink notation. Quasi-chemical approach to defects population in ceramics. Kroeger-Vink diagrams. Defects energies. Mixing energy and entropy. Most important raw materials for traditional ceramics (clays and feldspars; Physical, chemical and mechanical properties of alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride, silicon carbide and diamond (diamond-like coatins). Industrial preparations, separation and characterization of powders. Forming of ceramics: uniaxial and […]
Environment and health
The course is originally designed for the students of dietetics. COURSE OBJECTIVES: • Students will be able to identify the environmental determinants that have the greatest impact on the individual’s health. • Students will understand the importance of mutual interdependence between the environment, food and health. • The purpose of the course is to educate […]
