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About the Course

Dates: March 28-30, 2023

Day 1

March 28, 2023: Introduction to Fermentation
7:30 – 8:00am Registration & Breakfast IBRL
8:00 – 8:30am Welcome, Introductions, Course and Fermentation Overview, Dry Grind Ethanol Introduction- Vijay Singh
8:30 – 9:15am Example Fermentations- Mike Miller, UIUC
9:15 – 10:30am Fermentation Design- Tim Cooper, Danimer Scientific
10:30 – 10:45am Break
10:45 – 11:45am Fermentation Prep, Media, & Sterilization- Matt Stasiewicz, UIUC
11:45 – 12:45pm Lunch
12:45 – 1:45pm Aerobic Vs. Anaerobic Fermentations- Mahfuzul Islam, ADM
1:45 – 2:45pm Growth, Metabolism, & Regulation- Yong-Su Jin, UIUC
2:45 – 3:00pm Break
3:00 – 5:00pm Demonstrations- Kseniya Sheshukova, Marissa Castner, Phil Manning, Kevin Wu
– Trends & BioCommand
– Sterile Lab Technique: Seed Culture/Inoc
– Fermenter Infrastructure
– Fermenter Sterility & Sterile Sampling
5:30pm – 7:30pm Brewery Tour and Reception- Riggs Brewery

Day 2

March 29, 2023: Equipment Decisions and Process Optimization
8:00 – 8:30am Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30am Fermentation Scale-Up Considerations- Brad Stasny, Eppendorf
9:30 – 10:15am Laboratory Automation & iBioFAB- Steve Lane, UIUC
10:15 – 10:30am Break
10:30 – 11:30am Centrifugation- Richard Mathies, Alfa Laval
11:30 – 12:30pm Chromatography- Antoine Charbonneau, Novasep
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 – 2:30pm Smartflow Membrane Technology- Kelly Johnson & Jason Bell SmartFlow
2:30 – 2:45pm Break
2:45 – 4:45pm Pilot Plant DSP Demonstrations and Lab Demonstrations- Eric Wolfe, Kseniya Sheshukova, Suneet Takhar
– Centrifugation
– TFF Membrane Filtration
– Ceramic Membrane
– SmartFlow Technology
– YSI
– HPLC
– UV-Vis Spectroscopy
– Microscopy
5:00 – 7:00pm Reception at I-Hotel- Research Poster Presentation

Day 3

March 30, 2023: Economic Analysis and Process Modeling
8:00 – 9:30am Networking Breakfast
9:45 – 11:15am Facility Construction Considerations- Kris Chatrathi, Black & Veatch
11:15 – 12:15pm New Fermentation-Based Markets- Audrey Gyr, GFI
12:15 – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15 – 2:00pm Integrating Process Design, Simulation, TEA, and LCA- Jeremy Guest, UIUC
2:00 – 3:30pm Process Modeling & Economic Analysis- April Hoffart, ADM
3:30 – 3:45 Certificates & Group Phot

General Information

Contacts:

Amy Rogers (217) 300-7613 arogers9@illinois.edu

Kerri Peters (217) 333-7311 kerrip@illinois.edu

Beth Conerty (217) 300-4543 bconerty@illinois.edu