Bioprocess Facility Design
Focusing on how to take a process from a paper design to a fully-operational facility
This module focuses on how to take a process from a paper design to fully-operational facility, and will enable you to:
- Design a plant layout considering the relevant regulatory requirements.
- Understand the impact of facility design requirements on costs.
- Determine a project schedule including phases, installation, commissioning and validation.
- Accurately interpret engineering drawings used in design.
- Prepare a safety and environmental review to define risks, hazards and safety strategy.
- Understand the role of contractors, work with them more effectively and analyse their proposals.
- Network with sector leaders and subject matter experts.
This MBI is recommended for:
This course is intended for engineers, chemists, biologists, biochemists and biotechnologists who are interested in facility design for bioprocesses. Each concept and topic covered will be explained for the beginner - an example case study is followed through the sequence of steps followed when performing facility design, the example selected is drawn from the previous “Bioprocess Design & Economic Evaluation” course.
Typically, delegates are: R&D scientists, engineers or managers who need to learn more about the typical steps which constitute the preliminary design process in conjunction with the “Bioprocess Design & Economic Evaluation” course.
Daniel G. Bracewell is Professor of Bioprocess Analysis at the UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering. He has made major contributions to the fundamental understanding of biopharmaceutical purification operations, generating over £5.5 million in research funds including new international research collaborations with India and the USA. He has authored more than 90 peer reviewed journal articles in the area to date and currently supervises 15 doctoral and postdoctoral projects, many of these studies are in collaboration with industry. One such project became the technology basis from which the spinout Puridify (acquired by GE Healthcare) developed.
Day 1
- The life-cycle of an engineering project
- Case Study: project schedule
- An industrial case study of installation and commissioning
Day 2
- Introduction to plant layout and design
- Opportunities that modularization might provide
- Case Study: Plant design and layout
- Biological safety and containment
Day 3
- HAZOPs in Bioprocessing
- Facility layout and safety tour
- Validation master plan
Day 4
- Design project presentations to a panel of senior industrialists and discussion forum
Key Information
Dates: 23 - 26 June 2025
Module Leader: Prof Daniel Bracewell
Location: Bloomsbury Campus
Price: £1750 Special prices for group packages and SMEs available.
Credit: 45 [For MSc via MBI students combined with Bioprocess Design and Economic Evaluation]
Contact
Contact
For more information:E: mbi-training@ucl.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 20 7679 9613
Previous Expert Speakers
- Peter Bishai, The NIHR/Wellcome Trust KCR
- Nigel Fletcher, Consultant
- Niamh O'Dwyer, Alexion
- Thorsten Kimmel, Genentech/Roche
- Nic Murrell, Lonza
- Roy Okec, Consultant
- Vaughan Thomas, Tillingbourne Consulting
MSc Bioprocessing
Combine MBI training courses for a postgraduate qualification. The MSc Bioprocessing is flexible for working professionals and delivered in a modular format designed to fit around full-time work commitments.
