351 Structural Design for Agricultural Facilities. 3 cr. Introduction to agricultural building codes and loads; structural analysis; wood, concrete and soil properties; wood and reinforced concrete design; construction specifications. P: EMA 201.
356 Sustainable Residential Construction. (Crosslisted with Land Arc, DS) 3 cr. Properties and use of building materials, framing systems, Hvac systems, code requirements, conservation of natural resources in building construction and operation. P: Math 112 or equiv. Open to Fr.
364 Engineering Properties of Food and Biological Materials. 3 cr. Study of various physical, mechanical, thermal and other properties of food and biological materials. Importance of such property values on the design and operation of various food and bioprocess engineering systems. P: BSE 249 & ME 361 or ChE 310, or cons inst.
365 Measurements and Instrumentation for Biological Systems. 3 cr. Principles of instrumentation and measurement systems, analysis of experimental data, electronic components, instrumentation for measuring various parameters of biological systems (temperature, force, flow). P: Stat 224 & Physics 202 or cons inst.
367 Renewable Energy Systems. (Crosslisted with Envir St) 3 cr. Students will learn about the state-of-the-art in renewable energy applications including biomass for heat, electric power and liquid fuels as well as geo-energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydro power. Students will do engineering calculations of power and energy availability of renewable energy sources and learn about requirements for integrating renewable energy sources into production, distribution and end-use systems. P: College algebra, college-level phys sci crse.
372 On-Site Waste Water Treatment and Dispersal. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Soil Sci) 2 cr. On-site treatment and dispersal of waste water from homes, commercial sources and small communities. Sources, pretreatment units, nutrient removal units, constructed wetlands, surface and soil dispersal systems, recycle and reu se systems, regulations, alternative collection systems. P: Chem 103.
375 Special Topics. 1-4 cr. P: Cons inst.
399 Coordinative Internship/Cooperative Education. 1-8 cr. P: So or Jr or Sr st & cons suprvsg inst & intrshp progm coordinator & advisor.
407 Topics in Appropriate Technology. (Crosslisted with ME) 3 cr. Applications of alternative technologies to developing and developed areas of the world. Technologies adapted to intensive use of abundant resources and limited use of scarce resources. Quantitative comparison of alternative technologies relative to task fulfillment, resource requirements, and social priorities. P: Sr or Grad st in engr or phy sci or cons inst.
409 Career Management for Engineers. 1 cr. Information to aid engineers in career decision making including: personal time and fiscal management, job selection, career development, leadership, legal aspects of engineering, professional ethics. P: Sr st.
441 Rheology of Foods and Biomaterials. (Crosslisted with Food Sci, ME) 3 cr. Fundamentals of rheology and rheological evaluations of food and biomaterials; structure-function relationships. P: Physics 201 or CBE 320 or ME 363 or cons inst.
449 Structural Systems. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr) 4 cr. Specialized topics in structural design and structural engineering related to construction processes. Emphasis on understanding behavior of structural systems rather than individual components. Topics may include: structural bracing during construction, impact of fire on strength and design for fire ratings, special considerations in long span structures, selection of structural system layouts and other unique subjects. P: Civ Engr 445 or 447, 440 recommended.
472 Sediment and Bio-Nutrient Engineering and Management. 3 cr. Hydrologic, biologic and engineering applications in the design and management of sediment and bio-nutrient control systems. P: Jr st in Engr or cons inst.
473 Irrigation and Drainage Systems Design. 2 cr. Engineering and management applications of soil-plant-water relationships applied to drainage and irrigation design. P: Jr st in Engr or cons inst.
475 Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machinery. (Crosslisted with ME) 3 cr. Engineering design principles of machines for the production, processing and handling of crops for food, fuel, bio-mass and fiber. Environmental and biological factors that influence machine design and operation. Economic and capacity analysis of machines and systems. P: EMA 202 or ME 240, or cons inst.
476 Engineering Principles of Off-Road Vehicles. (Crosslisted with ME) 3 cr. Engineering design principles of heavy-duty vehicles intended for off-road use: fuels, engine cycles, engine principles and construction, clutches, mechanical and hydrostatic transmissions, final drives, traction systems, traction modeling, dynamic behavior, suspension systems and braking. P: ME 361, EMA 202 or ME 240 or cons inst.
491 Legal Aspects of Engineering. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr) 3 cr. Legal principles and institutions germane to engineering practice; formation and performance of engineer-client and owner-contractor relationships; preparation of technical specifications; surety bonds and insurance; construction liens; contract administration; construction contract remedies; intellectual property of engineers; engineers' obligations to society and their fellow engineers. P: Sr st or cons inst.
509 Biological Systems Engineering Senior Design. 3 cr. Individual or team work on a biological systems engineering design project: problem identification, information retrieval, specification writing, development and analysis of alternative solutions, selection methodology. P: Sr st.
517 Biology in Engineering Seminar. (Crosslisted with BME, CBE) 1 cr. Current topics at the interface of biology and engineering with special emphasis on the ways in which engineers have contributed to knowledge and advances in biology. P: Jr st in engr & one college-level biol crse.
542 Food Engineering Operations. (Crosslisted with Food Sci) 4 cr. Lectures and experiments in food engineering operations selected from topics such as: thermodynamics, transport processes, biological kinetics and bioreactor design, thermal process calculations, separation processes, process instrumentation and control, process design and economics, and the use of computers. P: Food Sci 440, Sr st, or cons inst.
571 Small Watershed Engineering. 3 cr. Application of engineering principles to small, ungauged watershed analysis. Application of hydrologic and sedimentologic principles to upland watersheds for run-off and sediment control. P: Sr in Engr or Grad st or cons inst.
642 Food and Pharmaceutical Separations. (Crosslisted with Food Sci) 2-3 cr. Basic principles of production-scale separation processes in the food and pharmaceutical industries including gravity sedimentation and centrifugation, extraction, adsorption, chromatography, precipitation, conventional and membrane filtration, crystallization, and drying. Third credit adds group term project, integrating principles with experiments, defined by students' interests. P: Cons inst.
671 Topics in Natural Resources Engineering. 1-3 cr. Advanced topics in natural resource engineering. P: St or Grad st.
699 Special Problems. 1-4 cr. P: Sr st & cons inst.
799 Practicum in Agricultural Engineering Teaching. 1-3 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
875 Special Topics. 1-4 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
900 Seminar. 1 cr. P: Cons inst.
901 Graduate Research Seminar. 1 cr. Presentation and evaluation of graduate student thesis and non-thesis research. P: BSE 900.
990 Research. 1-12 cr. P: Cons inst.
999 Special Problems. 1-3 cr. P: Cons inst.