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Biosystems & Ag Engineering (BAE)
BAE 3313 Natural Resources Engineering Prerequisites: BAE 2023, STAT 2013, and ENSC 3233 or concurrent enrollment. Description: Principles and practices of engineering analysis and design applied to hydrology, water quality, erosion and sedimentation, air quality, irrigation and animal waste management. Course previously offered as BAE 3323. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4001 Professional Practice in Biosystems Engineering Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in BAE 4012. Description: Preparation for professional practice through case studies about ethics, legal liability, safety, and societal issues. Practical professional communications experience. Credit hours: 1
BAE 4224 Machinery for Production and Processing Prerequisites: BAE 3213.
Description: Analysis and design of machine components and machine systems for production and processing of biological materials. Soil dynamics with emphasis on traction and soil compaction. Interactions of machines with biological systems. Course previously offered as BAE 4223. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 4 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4283 Bioprocess Engineering Prerequisites: BAE 3013, BAE 3113 or consent of instructor, ENSC 3233. Description: Application of fundamental engineering principles to biochemical and biological processes. Introduction to cellular processes, fermentation technology, biological mass transfer and kinetics, bioreactor design and scale-up and downstream processing. Same course as CHE 4283. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4314 Design Hydrology Prerequisites: BAE 2023 and ENSC 3233, and STAT 4033 or STAT 4073, or concurrent. Description: Basic principles of surface and groundwater hydrology and their application in engineering problems. The hydrologic cycle, weather and hydrology, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, subsurface waters, stream flow hydrographs, hydrologic and hydraulic stream routing, probability of hydrologic events and application of hydrologic models. Laboratory component will emphasize the application of hydrologic and hydraulic models and the quantification of hydrologic and hydraulic parameters. Course previously offered as BAE 4313. Credit hours: 4
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Discussion
Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4012 Senior Engineering Design Project I Prerequisites: Completion or concurrent enrollment in BAE 4001, BAE 3213; admission to professional school. Description: Team work on professional level design projects, using design procedures to develop specifications, propose alternative solutions, consider external constraints, develop drawings or plans, construct, test and evaluate designs. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4023 Senior Engineering Design Project II Prerequisites: Completion or concurrent enrollment in BAE 4012, BAE 3013, BAE 3023. Description: Second of two-semester sequence of senior design courses. Course previously offered as BAE 4022. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 4 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4213 Precision Agriculture Prerequisites: MATH 1513, senior standing. Description: Introduction to the concepts of precision agriculture including analysis of spatial variability, relationships of fertility and crop response, geographical information systems, variable rate technology, optical sensing, global positioning systems, and yield monitoring. Case studies included for detailed analyses. Same course as SOIL 4213. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng
Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng
BAE 4324 Water Quality Engineering Prerequisites: BAE 4314 or CIVE 3843.
Description: Point and nonpoint source pollution processes, including transport mechanisms, and contaminant fate, control and remediation. Other topics include principles of ecological engineering, water body assessment and integrated watershed management. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 4400 Special Problems Description: Investigations in specialized areas of biosystems engineering. Offered for variable credit, 1-4 credit hours, maximum of 8 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-4
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng
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