Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Fall Semester Year 2026	366173	Polysaccharide for Biomass Energy	1	3.0	3	★	KUO-YUAN HWA	IDEOM	5	0

Course Plan：

Instructor	KUO-YUAN HWA
Email	kyhwa@ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2026-06-12 13:24:04
Course Objective	Bioenergy is referred to the energy stored in living or recently living biological organisms, such as animals, plants and microbes. The source of bioenergy can be traced back from plants harvesting the sunlight and converting it to glucose, then to other biopolymers such as polysaccharides. The technologies for developing bioenergy, with an emphasis on environmentally compatible, consist of gene cloning technology from molecular biology and enzymatic control and catalytic chemistry (i.e. green chemistry). The course is an introduction course on the types of polysaccharides in animals and plants, how scientist use system biology to develop bioengergy.
Course Schedule	Week/ Date Title 1. Introduction on 2. Why bioenergy makes sense? 3. Nature’s green revolution- Photosynthesis 4. Biomass and polysaccharides 5 Composition and biosynthesis of lignocellulosic biomass 6. Bio-oil and bioethanol 7. Artificial photosynthesis 8. First, second and third generation biofuels 9. Mid-term case report 10 Biological conversion of biomass into gaseous fuels 11 Biological conversion of biomass into liquid fuels 12. Energy conversation- beyond combustion and pyrolysis 13. Carbon emission post-coronavirus: continual decline or rebound? 14 Pollution and environmental issues related to common energy sources. 15 Case study- zero carbon & carbon credit 16 Literature review 17 Literature review 18 Final report
Evaluation and grading policy	Evaluation: Class participation (40%), Midterm report (30%), Final report (30%)
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:Yes Class booklet with selected article will be given in the class.
The access to curricular consultation	If you have any question in regards to the class, you can reach the TA or me: 1. in class discussion 2. prior or after class discussion with TA 3. via TEAM or Line group
Expanding teaching and resources	● 參與式創新教學 (Participatory & Innovative Teaching) 強調學生參與與產出，導入翻轉、PBL/專題、設計思考或遊戲化等策略。 Emphasizes student engagement and outcomes by adopting strategies such as Flipped Classroom, PBL (Problem/Project- Based Learning), Design Thinking, or Gamification.
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education） SDG6：潔淨水與衛生（Clean Water and Sanitation） SDG7：可負擔的潔淨能源（Affordable and Clean Energy） SDG11：永續城市與社區（Sustainable Cities and Communities） SDG13：氣候行動（Climate Action）
Does the course incorporate AI	● 鼓勵學生使用生成式AI工具（Encourage students to use generative AI tools） ● 簡單介紹AI的基本概念（Briefly introduce the basic concept of AI）
Note	This class is under the SDGs ˋ4, 6,7, 11 and 13. The focus of the class is on Net-Zero policy (https://ncsd.ndc.gov.tw/Fore/en/Net-Zero). We will use Microsoft Team for the class. Register and download the software: https://www.microsoft.com/zh-tw/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software