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BAE 4413 Food Engineering Prerequisites: BAE 3013 and ENSC 3233, ENSC 2213.

BAE 5243 Biological Conversion for Advanced Biofuels Prerequisites: ENSC 2213.

Description: Analysis and design of various unit operations in food processing including thermal processing, drying, evaporation, freezing, processing non-Newtonian fluids and quality changes during processing. Course previously offered as BAE 4423. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5000 Master's Research and Thesis Prerequisites: Consent of major professor. Description: Research and thesis writing. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5030 Problems in Biosystems Engineering and Agricultural Technology Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Problems associated with biosystems engineering and agricultural technology. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5213 Renewable Energy Engineering Prerequisites: ENSC 2213, ENSC 3233 or consent of instructor. Description: Renewable technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass to generate energy for electricity, heating, transportation, and other uses. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5233 Bioseparations Prerequisites: BAE 3013 or CHE 3013. Description: Study of separations important in food and biochemical engineering such as leaching, extraction, expression, absorption, ion exchange, filtration, centrifugation, membrane separation, and chromatographic separations. Course available online only through AG*IDEA consortium. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng

Description: Fundamental principles and applications of converting biomass to advanced biofuels. Focus will be on biological processes, fermentor design and operation, product recovery and emerging fuels. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5283 Advanced Bioprocess Engineering Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. 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 5283. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5313 Watershed Modeling Prerequisites: BAE 4313 or equivalent. Description: A computer modeling course with an emphasis on chemical and physical processes governing nonpoint source pollution (nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment) at the basin scale. The laboratory use of state- of-the-art models applied to a variety of agricultural systems. "Hands on" use of comprehensive hydrologic water quality models that utilize spatial data in a geographic information system. Models and parameter uncertainty, digital data sources, parameter estimation and model testing, calibration and validation. For students with advanced personal computer skills. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Lab: 6 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng BAE 5324 Modeling and Design in Storm Water and Sediment Control Prerequisites: BAE 4313 or equivalent. Description: Analysis and design of storm water, sediment and water quality systems with a focus on application to urban areas and developments in the urban-rural fringe. Advanced concepts in hydrologic modeling with kinematics, diffusion and dynamic modeling of flow; soil erosion, sediment transport and sediment control; storm water quality modeling and the impact of best management practices. In laboratories, use of hydrologic, sediment, and water quality models in analysis and design for real-world problems. Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Lab: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Biosystems & Ag Eng