Computer based monitoring and control of Fedbatch fermentation process as an aim and a tool for postgraduate research

Abstract

Education of postgraduate students raises questions not only for the teaching of problem-solving skills, but mainly for teaching of design skills and providing high-level research. Development of the postgraduate research projects very often requires interdisciplinary knowledge. For example the control-engineering project requires knowledge for the process under control characterizing it from chemical, biotechnological, mechanical point of view. Alternatively, the biotechnological research project requires knowledge how to monitor and control the process under investigation in order to obtain the necessary information for its specific characteristics. This paper addresses these educational challenges by presenting research between students from different engineering disciplines working on a common international collaborative project