Learning objectives: to provide the knowledge for the description of the phenomena at the basis of food technologies and biotechnologies and their framing in the approach scheme of "Unit Operations".
Expected Learning Outcomes:
1) Knowledge and Ability to Understand: to develop knowledge of the principles underlying unit operations, major unit operations and corresponding equipment.
2) Applied knowledge and understanding: to know how to make block diagram of processes and use quantitative methods of computation to solve exercises related to food and biotechnological systems, with particular reference to macroscopic matter and energy balances.
3) Autonomy of judgment: to know how to independently collect, select and evaluate information necessary for the analysis and resolution of problems related to unit operations in food and biotechnology;
4) Communication Skills: to know how to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions related to unit operations in the food and biotechnology industry to both specialist and non-specialist audiences;
5) Learning skills: to develop those learning skills that will allow for continued independent or partially guided study of unit operations.