Cellular Engineering
Dr. Hu's research interests encompass cell culture technology, tissue
engineering and metabolic engineering. The emphasis is on the application of
engineering analysis to biochemical and cellular systems and on the
incorporation of physiological insight into the quantitative modeling of
biological systems. The systems employed include mammalian cells,
differentiated tissue cells and microorganisms. Current research efforts
emphasize employing genomic and proteomic tools in those research projects
and exploring system reduction and noble modeling approaches for
quantitative description of cellular processes.
Dr. Hu's educational effort has resulted in a textbook Bioseparations, a
laboratory video manual "Microcarrier Culture Techniques", and an annually
updated CD-ROM of teaching materials on cell culture engineering. At the
University of Minnesota he currently teaches "Quantitative Biology for
Engineers" and "Biochemical Engineering". In the past he has also taught in
the Management of Technolgy program. He is also active in the continuing
education of professionals in biotechnology industry as exemplified by the
short courses that he has organized.
Professionally Dr. Hu is active in the biochemical and biomedical
engineering community. He initiated the Engineering Foundation conference on
cell culture engineering more than a decade ago. He also helped organize
numerous national and international conferences. He was the chair of
Division 15 (Food, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Bioengineering) of
AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) for 2003.
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