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At Iowa State, we strive to produce ITEC graduates who have knowledge, skills, and abilities in solving technical problems, understanding design and manufacturing processes, excelling in authentic leadership, being aware of safety issues, having a quality improvement orientation, effectively managing projects, and having a systems-thinking perspective.
This translates to a holistic approach that uses science, engineering, and management principles that focus on the way constituent parts of bio-based products and systems interrelate, how they work and evolve over time, and how they fit into the context of larger systems and supply chains.
We prepare graduates for a variety of careers for a broad spectrum of industries, businesses, and organizations in the fields of bio-based products and biomanufacturing, including biofuels and beverage fermentation systems, grain and feed systems, seed technologies, biomedical devices and systems, analytical and processing laboratories, automation and controls systems, quality and operations management, safety management, and loss prevention.
Specifically, we prepare ITEC Biological and Biomanufacturing Systems Technology graduates to excel in:
- Management of biological, bioprocessing, and biotechnology systems
- Implementation, management, and documentation of analytical protocols, instrumentation, and equipment for products, processes, and facilities.
- Project management
Upon graduation, ITEC students in the biological and biomanufacturing systems technology (BBST) option will be able to:
- Develop, implement, troubleshoot, and evaluate bio-based manufacturing products, processes, and facilities.
- Calculate and interpret mass and energy balances of biological processes involving microbial growth and conversion, plants, animals, and human growth and biological functions, and optimize processing, production, and systems implementation.
- Calculate and interpret rates of biological processes involving reaction kinetics, growth, death, heat production, gas transfer, and transpiration to optimize processing, production, and systems implementation.