2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Course Descriptions/Biological and Agricultural Engineering 355627. Engineering Aspects of Packaging. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction to properties and engineering aspectsof materials for use as components of a package and/or packaging system; principles of design anddevelopment of packages; evaluation of product-package-environment interaction mechanisms; testingmethods; environmental concerns; regulations. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.631. Bioprocesses and Separations in Biotechnology. (3-0). Credit 3. Application of engineering principlesto recovery and purification of biological compounds derived from cell grown in bioreactors,transgenic animals, and plants. Process development, design, and scale up of downstream processesused in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Emphasis on extraction, sedimentation, membranefiltration, precipitation, and liquid chromatography. Prerequisites: Senior classification in engineering,G7, G8 or approval of instructor.651. Geographic Information System. (2-2). Credit 3. Design, planning and implementation of geographicinformation systems; computer hardware and software evaluation; practical experience in dataentry analysis and update of spatial and characteristic data; linkages of GIS and artificial intelligence;use of maps and remotely sensed data as data inputs. Cross-listed with ESSM 651.652. Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems. (2-1). Credit 3. Advanced GIS topics with afocus on modeling actual GIS applications including relational and database theory, design and implementationand its connection to GIS; surface analysis with digital terrain models; and an introductionto spatial statistics. Prerequisite: BAEN 651.653. Bioreactor Design. (3-0). Credit 3. Kinetics of enzyme reactions and cell growth applied to bioreactordesign, media formulation, cell culture conditions, oxygen transfer and sterilization. Prerequisite:CHEN 651 or approval of instructor.661. Experimental Methods in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Planningand carrying out empirical research with appropriate application of statistical methods for experimentaldesign and analysis; experimental design, data analysis, hypothesis testing, and experimental errors.STAT 601 or STAT 651 and STAT 652 or equivalent with approval of instructor.662. Statistical Methods in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Statistical methodsapplied to problems in biological and agricultural engineering; parameter estimation; probabilitydistribution fitting; time-series analysis; random variable generation; uncertainty analysis. Prerequisite:Graduate classification.665. Design of Biological Waste Treatment Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Management and treatment of highorganic content waste streams, with emphasis on agricultural; municipal, and agro-lndustry wastewater;engineering design of biological waste treatment processes: resource recovery from waste streams: recycleand reuse of finished eflluents. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.667. Entropy Theory and its Application in Water and Environmental Engineering. (3-0). Credit3. Entropy theory, probability distributions, parameter estimation, hydrologic design, rainfall-runoff,infiltration and soil moisture, frequency analyses, sediment yield, velocity distributions, flow forecasting,hydraulic geometry, geomorphic structure, water distribution reliability and water availability assessment.Prerequisites: Graduate classification; knowledge of calculus and statistics at the undergraduatelevel and approval of instructor.669. Water Quality Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Nonpoint source pollution processes including transportmechanisms and contaminant fate; design of best management practices for abating nonpointsource pollution. Prerequisites: AGEN 350 or equivalent; SCSC 301; ENGR 214; graduate classification.670. Air Pollution Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Current topics in air pollution engineering includingdesign and operation of air pollution abatement systems (cyclone, bag filters and scrubbers), emissionfactors, dispersion modeling, permitting, odor sensing and control, EPA/State Air Pollution RegulatoryAgency (SAPRA), TSP, PM10, and PM2.5. Prerequisites: AGEN 477 or MEEN 477; MEEN 328 andMEEN 344; or approval of instructor.672. Small Watershed Hydrology. (3-0). Credit 3. Hydrology of small agricultural watersheds; precipitationfrequency analysis; infiltration; runoff; erosion theory; sediment transport theory; evapotranspiration,and use of hydrological models. Prerequisites: AGEN 350, SCSC 301 and MATH 308 or theirequivalent; graduate classification.673. Modeling Small Watersheds. (3-0). Credit 3. Transport of water and chemicals in small agriculturalwatersheds; simulation using hydrologic models coupled with geographical information systems (GIS);impact of land use on the quality of surface water and groundwater evaluated. Prerequisites: Basic hydrologycourse and graduate classification.