EB 3850 - Cosmetics: Science, Engineering & Technology

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
Cosmetics products draw on the most advanced science and engineering technologies to create a growing industry of esthetic products. Cosmetic engineers, chemists, and formulators ensure the beauty products that make it onto store shelves meet industry standards for safety and consumer expectations for quality. The course will provide knowledge on the skills needed to fulfill the responsibilities of a cosmetic engineer, including tasks such as enforcing the Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) cosmetic regulations, ensuring formula components work well together, and employing the best methods that will securely package and market such products. (prereq: junior standing and CH 223 or equivalent course)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Understand the difference between cosmetics and makeup
Identify and name different types of cosmetic ingredients and formulate and identify product biochemical functions
Identify the impact of the cosmetic industry on society
Analyze and apply the interrelationship of cosmetic technology with those of the human body and metabolic processes essential to body functions
Participate in scientific conversations about science, engineering, and technology of cosmetics using correct terminology
Identify the latest technologies and emerging and contemporary trends in the field-specific applications biotechnological mechanisms, and their impact on the personal care industry
Understand challenges faced as the use of biotechnology expands in the personal care industry
Illustrate how personal care products are developed
Understand the future of personal care product development and use

Prerequisites by Topic

Names and structures of biomolecules
Basic chemistry and biochemistry concepts

Course Topics

Introduction
Difference between make up and cosmetics
History of cosmetics
Basic cosmetic chemistry - Are cosmetics drugs, neutraceuticals or soaps, emulsion technology, chemical structure of oils and the form of emulsions, high and low polar oils with unique properties, connection of properties of the oil and emulsion with the organics, emulsion stabilized active ingredients for skin permeation and higher efficiency.
Cosmeceuticals and common cosmetic ingredients
Prohibited cosmetic ingredients, hypoallergenic cosmetics
Color additives, shelf lives, hair, skin, and eye cosmetics
Safety evaluation and assessment of cosmetics, labeling language vs labeling information, material facts, warning statements
Consumers and stake holders
Packaging and marketing
Industrial regulation and quality: Compliance with and enforcement of laws and related FDA regulations for cosmetics. Research related to cosmetic products, ingredients, and testing
National and international activities; FDA’s involvement in international activities related to cosmetics, including imports and exports
FD&C Act: Adulterated cosmetics, misbranded cosmetics, regulations making exemptions
Formulation approaches and formulas
Production and scale up
Cosmetics surgery vs cosmetic dermatology vs cosmetic microbiology
Future of cosmetics

Coordinator
Dr. Gul Afshan

Announcement

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