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Inactive: Biosystems & Agricultural Eng (BAE) Courses

Academic Unit: Biosystems & Agric Engineering

BAE 1011 - Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Orientation
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 1011 until 21-MAY-12
Introduction to biosystems and agricultural engineering profession through readings and discussions by faculty, practicing engineers, and students; curriculum and intern, undergraduate research, and honors opportunities. Ethics, safety, environmental issues.
BAE 2113 - Introduction to Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 2113 until 21-MAY-12
Creativity, problem formulation, identification of alternative solutions, safety/health considerations, economic feasibility. Engineering economics. Engineering graphics, computer drafting. Projects involving written, graphic, and oral presentations.
BAE 3013 - Engineering Principles of Molecular and Cellular Processes
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 3013 until 05-SEP-23
Applied engineering principles in biological processes, classification of microbes of industrial importance, parameters for cellular control, modeling of cell growth/metabolism, enzymatic catalysis, bioreactor design, product recovery operations design, case studies.
BAE 3023 - Engineering Principles of Soil-Water-Plant Processes
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 3023 until 26-MAY-15
Physical, thermal, texture, strength, and moisture properties of soil. Saturated/unsaturated moisture movement. Energy/water balances in soil-plant systems. Plant stresses from drought, flooding, temperature, radiation, compaction, pollution. Engineering/management impacts on soil-water-plant systems.
BAE 3093 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 3093 until 21-JAN-20
Independent study of topic(s) involving physical principles as applied to agricultural production and land resources.
BAE 4013 - Transport in Biological Systems
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4013 until 26-MAY-15
Application of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat/mass transfer to design problems involving biological processes and materials at cell, organism, and system level. Agricultural, environmental, food, and bioprocess applications. Solution of equations involving computer programming assignments. Hands-on instruction in Visual Basic.
BAE 4023 - Instrumentation and Control for Biological Systems
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4023W until 03-SEP-19, was BBE 4023 until 04-SEP-07
Measurement of motion, force, pressure, flow, temperature, size, shape, color, texture, rheology, moisture, water mobility, fat, and pH. Linking physical and biological control systems.
BAE 4114W - Capstone Design Project [WI]
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4114W until 21-MAY-12
Design concepts, design process. Case studies involving engineering design. Health, safety, and ethical issues facing engineers. Proposal for capstone design team project, including oral presentation of written proposal. Comprehensive design project, including written report, poster, and oral presentation of final design.
BAE 4313 - Design of Machine Systems
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4313 until 21-MAY-12
Case studies of machines/processes. Design for world markets; crop production (tractors, harvesters, implements). Food-/crop-processing systems (pumping, conveying). Animal systems (milking parlor design, waste-handling machines).
BAE 4323 - Machinery Elements
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4323 until 21-MAY-12
Building blocks for machines used in crop production and food processing. Power from diesel engines, electric/hydraulic motors. Performance characteristics, efficiency. Machine-control systems modeling (electro-hydraulic), machinery/hydraulic circuit design, safety.
BAE 4523 - Water Management Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4523 until 19-JAN-21
Applying engineering principles to management of water for production and environmental protection in agricultural systems. Designing facilities to irrigate/drain croplands and enhance water quality.
BAE 4533 - Agricultural Waste Management Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4533 until 19-JAN-21
Sources and characteristics of agricultural wastes, including livestock, food processing, and domestic wastes. Physical, biological, chemical, rheological, and microbiological properties. Effects on environment. Collection, storage, treatment (aerobic and anaerobic), and use/disposal. Land application.
BAE 4713 - Bioprocess Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4713 until 19-JAN-21
Fermentation/separation as applied to biological systems. Product recovery in bioproduct technology. Topics in bioremediation. Modeling of separation processes in biological systems.
BAE 4723 - Food Process Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4723 until 17-JAN-23
Application of principles of heat transfer and fluid flow to design of food processing operations such as thermal/aseptic processing, freezing, pumping, drying, evaporation, extrusion. Marketing, government regulation, nutrition issues.
BAE 4744 - Engineering Principles for Biological Scientists
(4 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4744 until 20-JAN-15, BBE 4744, FSCN 4331 (inactive, starting 05-SEP-00)
Material/energy balances applied to processing systems. Principles of fluid flow, thermodynamics, heat, mass transfer applied to food and bioprocess unit operations such as pumping, heat exchange, refrigeration/freezing, drying, evaporation, and separation.
BAE 4900 - Intern Reports
(2 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 13 academic progress units; 13 financial aid progress units; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 4900 until 23-MAY-16
Reports on intern work assignments reviewed by faculty and industry advisers.
BAE 5095 - Special Problems
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 5094 until 21-JAN-20, was BBE 5095 until 21-JAN-20
Advanced individual-study project. Application of engineering principles to specific problem.
BAE 5203 - Environmental Impacts of Food Production (partially internet based)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 5203 until 08-SEP-15, was AGET 5203 until 07-SEP-04, BBE 5203 (inactive, ending 06-SEP-05, starting 24-MAY-04, was BAE 5203 until 16-JAN-07, was AGET 5203 until 07-SEP-04)
Topics include crop production intensity, animal raising options, food processing waste alternatives, and pest control.
BAE 5212 - Safety and Environmental Health Issues in Plant and Animal Production and Processing [ENVT C/PE]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 5212 until 02-SEP-14, was AGET 5212 until 24-MAY-04
Safety/health issues in food production, processing and horticultural work environments using public health, injury control, and health promotion frameworks: regulation, engineering, education. Traumatic injury, occupational illness, ergonomics, pesticide health effects, biotechnology, air contaminants.
BAE 5513 - Watershed Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 5513 until 08-SEP-20
Application of engineering principles to managing surface runoff from agricultural, range, and urban watersheds. Design of facilities and selection of land use practices for controlling surface runoff to mitigate problems of flooding and degradation of surface-water quality.
BAE 8001 - Seminar
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8001 until 19-JAN-10
Presentation and discussions on current research topics, research philosophy and principles, proposal writing, and professional presentations.
BAE 8002 - Research Seminar I
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8002 until 18-MAY-20
Organization/critique of seminars on new developments in biosystems and agricultural engineering.
BAE 8005 - Supervised Classroom or Extension Teaching Experience
(2 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AGRO 8005 until 16-JAN-24, was BBE 8005 until 02-SEP-08, was HORT 8005 until 02-SEP-08, was PLPA 8005 until 02-SEP-08, was SOIL 8005 until 02-SEP-08, was AGRO 8005 until 02-SEP-08, was BBE 8005 until 16-JAN-07, was HORT 8005 until 16-JAN-07, was PLPA 8005 until 16-JAN-07, was SOIL 8005 until 16-JAN-07, was AGRO 8005 until 16-JAN-07, was HORT 8005 until 03-SEP-02, was PLPA 8005 until 03-SEP-02, was SOIL 8005 until 03-SEP-02, was AGRO 8005 until 03-SEP-02, was HORT 8005 until 07-SEP-99, was PLPA 8005 until 07-SEP-99, was SOIL 8005 until 07-SEP-99
Classroom or extension teaching experience in one of the following departments: Agronomy and Plant Genetics; Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Horticultural Science; Plant Pathology; or Soil, Water, and Climate. Participation in discussions about effective teaching to strengthen skills and develop personal teaching philosophy.
BAE 8013 - Parameter Estimation in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8013 until 20-JAN-15
Procedures for estimating parameter values and parameter uncertainty from experimental data. Values and intepretation of linear and nonlinear models using ordinary and weighted least-square methods. Design of experiments. Application to biosystems and agricultural engineering problems.
BAE 8094 - Advanced Problems and Research
(2 cr [max 6]; Student Option; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8094 until 20-JAN-15
BAE 8303 - Machinery Modeling
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8303 until 08-SEP-15
Machinery systems modeling using multibody dynamics simulation software (MBS). Students review models presented in the literature and report on limitations of modeling approaches used. Models are developed in the students' areas of interest.
BAE 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8333 until 20-JAN-15
BAE 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8444 until 20-JAN-15
BAE 8513 - Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8513 until 08-SEP-15
Study and representation of hydrologic processes by mathematical models: stochastic meteorological variables, infiltration, overland flow, return flow, evapotranspiration, and channel flows. Approaches for model calibration and evaluation.
BAE 8523 - Coupled Heat, Moisture, and Chemical Transport in Porous Media
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8523 until 20-JAN-15
Mathematical study of coupled heat, moisture, and chemical transport in porous media. Derivation of governing equations for coupled heat, moisture, and chemical transport. Derivation of numerical solution techniques to solve coupled equations. Comparison of numerical solutions to analytical solutions.
BAE 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 18]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 60 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8666 until 20-JAN-15
BAE 8703 - Managing Water in Food and Biological Systems
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8703 until 20-JAN-15
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of water in foods and biological materials using NMR and MRI. Water and chemical reactivity, microbial activity, physiochemical properties and changes, and structural properties and changes in foods and biological materials.
BAE 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8777 until 20-JAN-15
BAE 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was BBE 8888 until 20-JAN-15

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