B E (CSENV) 608 Land Treatment of Wastewater and Sludges 3(3,0) See CSENV 608.
B E 612 Heat and Mass Transport in Biosystems Engineering 3(3,0) Fundamentals of heat and mass transport used in engineering design and analysis of biological systems; principles of steady state and transient energy and mass balances including chemical and biological generation terms. Preq: B E 312, MTHSC 208. Coreq: M E 310.
B E 614 Biosystems Engineering Unit Operation 3(2,3) Applies the basic principles of statics, dynamics, and thermodynamics to design of mechanical and electrical systems supporting biological operations and processes. Preq: B E 314, M E 310.
B E 615 Instrumentation and Control for Biosys-tems Engineers 4(3,3) Overview of modern instrumentation techniques and digital electronic components and subsystems to integrate them into digital data acquisition and control systems for biosystems. Laboratory use of equipment is emphasized. Topics include characteristics of instruments, signal conditioning, transducer theory and applications, programmable logic controllers, and digital data acquisition and control. Preq: E C E 307.
B E 622 Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds 3(3,0) Design of structures and development of best management practices for runoff, flood, and sediment control from rural and urban areas, including natural and disturbed watersheds. Topics include modeling of prismatic and non-prismatic channels, culverts, and detention/retention ponds. Preq: B E 322 or consent of instructor.
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 312, BIOCH 301, MICRO 305 (for Biosys-tems Engineering majors); Coreq: CH E 312, 450 (for Chemical Engineering majors).
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 206 or M E 302.
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 (CH E) 428.
B E 638 Bioprocess Engineering Design 3(2,2) Design and analysis of systems for processing biological materials. Topics include biotechnology, thermodynamics, transport processes, and biological properties related to bioprocess design and computational simulation. Unit operations include basic bioreactor operation, bioseparations, and preservation techniques. Preq: B E 428.
B E 642 Properties and Processing of Biological Products 2(1,3) Study of 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, M E 302, 310.
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 664 Non-Point Source Management in Engineered Ecosystems 3(2,3) Fundamentals of non-point source pollution including quantification of environmental impact and ecosystem management related to contaminants and nutrients and to planning and design of ecological systems. Preq: MICRO 305, senior standing in engineering, or 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 838 Advanced Bioprocess Engineering 3(3,0) Advanced bioprocessing techniques with emphasis on processing and modeling aspects of eukaryotic systems and associated bioproducts. Modules include thermal processing, supercritical fluid extracion, and advanced biological thermodynamics, chromatography, and spectroscopy. Preq: B E 438 or consent of instructor.
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