Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Fall Semester Year 2025	350660	Polysaccharide for Biomass Energy	1	3.0	3	★	KUO-YUAN HWA	IDEOM	20	0

Course Plan：

Instructor	KUO-YUAN HWA　Office Hours
Email	kyhwa@ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2025-05-21 10:45:17
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
The course corresponds to the SDGs	無（None） SDG1：消除貧窮（No Poverty） SDG2：消除飢餓（Zero Hunger） SDG3：良好健康和福祉（Good Health and Well-being） SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education） SDG5：性別平等（Gender Equality） SDG6：潔淨水與衛生（Clean Water and Sanitation） SDG7：可負擔的潔淨能源（Affordable and Clean Energy） SDG8：尊嚴就業與經濟發展（Decent Work and Economic Growth） SDG9：產業創新與基礎設施（Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure） SDG10：減少不平等（Reduced Inequalities） SDG11：永續城市與社區（Sustainable Cities and Communities） SDG12：負責任的消費與生產（Responsible Consumption and Production） SDG13：氣候行動（Climate Action） SDG14：水下生命（Life below Water） SDG15：陸域生命（Life on Land） SDG16：和平正義與有力的制度（Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions） SDG17：夥伴關係（Partnerships for the Goals）
Does the course incorporate AI	● 無（None）
Expanding teaching and resources
Note	This class is under the SDGs ˋ4, 6,7 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