B E (CSENV) 608 Land Treatment of Wastewater and Sludges 3(3,0) See CSENV 608.
B E 616 Biosystems Engineering Capstone Design 3(2,3) Fundamentals of mechanical design with applications to biosystems, biomaterials, and bioproducts. An approved design project is required. Preq: All 300-level egineering courses except B E 364 and I E 384.
B E (CH E) 628 Biochemical Engineering 3(3,0) Use of microorganisms and enzymes for the production of chemical feedstocks, single-cell protein, antibiotics, and other fermentation products. Topics include kinetics and energetics of microbial metabolism, design and analysis of reactors for microbial growth and enzyme-catalyzed reactions, and considerations of scale-up, mass transfer, and sterilization during reactor design. Preq: B E 430, BIOCH 301, MICRO 305 (for Biosys-tems Engineering majors); Coreq: CH E 312, 450 (for Chemical Engineering majors).
B E 630 Problem-Solving Methods and Models in Biosystems Engineering 3(3,0) Mathematical and computer modeling of physical, chemical, and biological phenomena applied to biosystems engineering; modeling process, problem-solving methods, numerical techniques, estimating model coefficients, validation and classic models used in biosystems, biomedical, environmental, and agricultural engineering. Preq: BIOCH 301 or 305 or consent of instructor. Coreq: M E 310 or instruction in thermodynamics.
B E 631 Structural Design for Biosystems 2(2,0) Analysis and design of structures and statically determinant components with emphasis on wood. Preq: C E 200 or E M 304.
B E 635 Applications in Biotechnology Engineering 3(2,3) Bioengineering principles applied to the expanding fields of agricultural biotechnology, ecotechnology, and biomedical technology. Special applications include waste treatment and ecological engineering, bioreactor propagation of plant and animal cells and tissues, applied genomics and synthetic seed production, biosen-sors and biomonitoring, biological implants and materials biocompatibility. Preq: B E 428.
B E 642 Properties and Processing of Biological Products 2(1,3) Engineering properties of biological materials and their uniqueness as design restraints on systems for handling, processing, and preserving biological products. Preq: B E 333, C E 341, E M 304, M E 310.
B E 650 Instrumentation for Biosystems Engineers 3(2,3) Modern instrumentation techniques for biosystems emphasizing laboratory use of equipment; performance characteristics of instruments, analog signal conditioning, transducer theory, and applications and digital systems for data acquisition and control. Preq: B E 350, familiarity with computer programming, or consent of instructor.
B E (EE&S, FOR) 651 Newman Seminar and Lecture Series in Natural Resources Engineering 1(0,2) Topics dealing with development and protection of land, air, water, and related resources are covered by seminar with instructor and invited lecturers. Current environmental and/or resource conservation issues are addressed. Preq: Senior standing, consent of instructor.
B E (EE&S, I E) 684 Municipal Solid Waste Management 3(3,0) See EE&S 684.
B E 781 Special Problems 1-3(1-3,0) Students select subjects and conduct library, laboratory, and/or field research. A technical report documenting study is required. May be repeated for maximum of six credits. Preq: Master of Engineering degree candidate.
B E 865 Heat and Moisture Transfer in Biological Materials 3(3,0) Heat and moisture diffusion in biological materials; criteria for selecting proper operational mathematics to solve certain boundary value problems; integral transforms of Laplace, Fourier, and Hankel applied to various geometric configurations; influence of respiration heat and transpiration moisture production. Preq: MTHSC 434 or 453 or consent of instructor.
B E 871 Selected Topics in Agricultural Engineering 1-3(1-3,0) Supervised, in-depth study of an area not covered in other courses. Performance is measured by oral and written reports and/or by examination. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
B E 882 Systems Engineering 3(3,0) Systems analysis methods applied to engineering of biological and agricultural operations; development of equations of motion, system analogs, and computer models and simulations; linear control analysis and stability. Preq: Consent of instructor.
B E 891 Master's Thesis Research 1-12
B E 901 Special Problems in Agricultural Engineering 3(3,0) Library and/or laboratory research on one of the following subjects, depending on student's field of study or interests: power and machinery, soil and water resources, farm structures, electric power and processing, food engineering, forest engineering or waste management. A technical report is required.
B E 991 Doctoral Dissertation Research 1-12