Rajesh K. Sani, Professor

Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Applied Biological Sciences

In the past fourteen years here in the US, Dr. Sani has taught the following Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Applied Biological Sciences courses (15 different courses) to undergraduate and graduate students at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Washington State University, Pullman WA, and tried to integrate Engineering Sciences with Biological Sciences.  Out of 15 courses, 6 courses were new (which were developed by him and are bolded below).  The instructor ratings have ranged well above average.

  • Biol 231 –General Microbiology
  • Biol 231L –General Microbiology Lab
  • Biol 341 –Microbiology for Engineers
  • Biol 371 –Genetics (New course developed by me in 2007)
  • Bio 431/531 –Industrial Microbiology (New course developed by me in 2018)
  • CBE 484/584 –Fundamentals of Biochemical Engineering
  • CEE/EnvE 427/527 –Environmental Engineering Biological Process Design
  • CBE 465 –Integrated Environmental Engineering for Chemical Engineers
  • CBE 475 –Bioprocess Engineering
  • Biol 480/580 –Bioinformatics (New course developed by me in 2014)
  • CBE 567 –Current Topics in Multiphase Environmental Research
  • BME/CBE 603 –Molecular Biology for Engineers
  • CBE 741 –Microbial and Enzymatic Processing (New course developed by me in 2007)
  • Chem 464L/564L –Biochemistry Laboratory (New course developed by me in 2014)
  • Chem 465L –Biochemistry Laboratory II (New course developed in 2015)


NOTE:
CBE –Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
SCEB – School of Chemical and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman WA

In addition, Dr. Sani also taught following courses at various occasions:

  • An Interactive Short Course on “Anaerobic Microbial Processes for Energy and Environment” Four-week course to graduate students at Guru Nanak Dev University, India (*This course was supported as of part of my “Visiting Professorship” offered by ASM-IUSSTF (American Society for Microbiology- Indo-US Science & Technology Forum)
  • One-week course on “Extremophilic and Microbial Processes for Biofuels” at Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy, India.
  • A Microbiology class (3 days) to undergraduate students at Jaypee University of Information Technology, India.
  • Contents on extremophilic gene cloning for biofuel production, agricultural and woody biomass wastes to biopolymers, and bioremediation of heavy metals using microorganisms to all ages’ students and adults at Neutrino Day (Lead, SD)
  • A Senior research project (IS 498) on “Epigenetic Gene Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms and Gene Expression”
  • A lab on “Bioinformatics” in BIOL 151L General Biology I Laboratory (Kelsey Gilcrease Lab)
  • BIOL/CHEM 111: Introduction to Chemistry and Applied Biological Sciences (a lecture)At SURF teacher workshop in Lead, SD on “Teaching Mining of novel cellulases from thermophilic fungi for bioconversion of lignocellulosics”