BE 101 Introduction to Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(MTH 116 or concurrently) or (MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently) or (LB 118 or concurrently)
Description:
Introduction to the profession of biosystems engineering. Case studies of engineering design problems with a biological component. Exploration of career opportunities and ethical framework for the profession.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 201 Drafting in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(BE 101 or concurrently or approval of department) and ((MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently) or (LB 118 or concurrently)) and EGR 100
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.
Description:
Basic operations of drawings with application to Biosystems Engineering. Visualization and practical reading of drawings for engineering of biological systems.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
BE 230 Engineering Analysis of Biological Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(MTH 132 or MTH 152H or LB 118) and ((BS 162 or concurrently) or (BS 182H or concurrently) or (LB 144 or concurrently)) and (EGR 102 or concurrently)
Description:
Biosystems modeling of growth and dynamic interactions. Conservation of mass, and sustainability. Steady-state and stability analysis. Ecological concepts. Life-cycle analysis. Design for environment.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 332 Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(BE 101 or concurrently) and (BS 161 or BS 181H or LB 145) and CE 221
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.
Description:
Physical and thermal properties of biological materials necessary for the design and analysis of processes and equipment in biosystems.
Effective Dates:
SS15 - Open
BE 334 Biosystems Engineering Laboratory Practice (W)
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
((BE 101 or concurrently) and completion of Tier I writing requirement) and (BS 171 or BS 172) and PHY 184
Corequisite:
BE 332 concurrently
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.
Description:
Sensors and instrumentation for measuring and analyzing properties of biological materials and systems.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
BE 350 Heat and Mass Transfer in Biosystems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(BE 101 or concurrently) and (MTH 235 or LB 220) and ((CE 321 or concurrently) or (CHE 311 or concurrently) or (ME 332 or concurrently)) and ((CEM 143 or concurrently) or (CEM 251 or concurrently) or (CEM 351 or concurrently))
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Engineering.
Not open to students with credit in:
ME 410
Description:
Steady state and transient heat conduction. Radiation and convection heat transfer. Heat exchangers. Mass transfer application problems in biosystems engineering.
Effective Dates:
SS16 - Open
BE 351 Thermodynamics for Biological Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(BE 101 or concurrently) and (MTH 235 or MTH 340 or MTH 347H) and (BS 161 or BS 181H or LB 145)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Not open to students with credit in:
CHE 321 or ME 201
Description:
Thermodynamics of biological systems. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Power and refrigeration cycles. Water relations and psychrometry. Chemical and phase equilibria.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
BE 360 Microbial Systems Engineering
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(BE 230 or concurrently) and (MTH 235 or concurrently)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Application of engineering and biological principles to the analysis of microbial systems. Kinetic analyses and modeling of microbial growth, survival, and inactivation for engineering applications.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 385 Engineering Design and Optimization for Biological Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(BE 101 and (BE 230 or concurrently)) and (MTH 235 or MTH 255H or LB 220)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Design and optimization techniques applied to engineering problems with biological constraints. Project management. Engineering economics. Linear programming.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 402 Agricultural Climatology
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(LB 117 or concurrently) or (LB 118 or concurrently) or MTH 103 or MTH 103B or (MTH 116 or concurrently) or (MTH 124 or concurrently) or (MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently) or approval of department
Description:
Relationships between climate and agriculture in resource assessment, water budget analysis, meteorological hazards, pests, crop-yield modeling, and impacts of global climate change.
Interdepartmental With:
Geography
Administered By:
Geography
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
BE 418 Animal Agriculture and the Environment
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(BS 161 or LB 145 or BS 181H) and (CEM 143 or CEM 251)
Recommended Background:
CSS 210
Description:
Comprehensive nutrient management plans (CNMP) for animal feeding operations. Trends in animal production, environmental issues, and diet formulation and their impact on manure production. Development of CNMP for a specific animal feeding operation.
Interdepartmental With:
Animal Science
Administered By:
Animal Science
Effective Dates:
US16 - Open
BE 419 Applications of Geographic Information Systems to Natural Resources Management
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 4
Recommended Background:
GEO 221
Description:
Application of geographic information systems, remote sensing, and global positioning systems to integrated planning and management for fish, wildlife, and related resources.
Interdepartmental With:
Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, Geography
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
US19 - Open
BE 429 Fundamentals of Food Engineering
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(FSC 325) and (MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LB 118 or MTH 152H) and (PHY 231 or PHY 183 or PHY 193H or LB 273)
Recommended Background:
FSC 211
Restrictions:
Not open to students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Definition and measurement of food properties, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer.
Interdepartmental With:
Food Science
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS18 - Open
BE 440 Entrepreneurial Engineering for Innovation in Health and Safety
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LB 118 or MTH 152H or approval of department
Recommended Background:
Completion of Integrative Studies in Biological Sciences requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering and open to juniors or seniors in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor.
Description:
Entrepreneurial and innovation principles and solving methodologies for scientific and engineering problems in the context of health and safety. Technology design from concept to market based on consumer needs that resolves design contradictions and risks.
Effective Dates:
SS21 - Open
BE 443 Restoration Ecology
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
FOR 404 or PLB 441 or IBIO 355
Recommended Background:
CSS 210 or BE 230
Description:
Principles of ecological restoration of disturbed or damaged ecosystems. Design, implementation, and presentation of restoration plans. Field trips required.
Interdepartmental With:
Plant Biology, Fisheries and Wildlife, Integrative Biology
Administered By:
Plant Biology
Effective Dates:
FS17 - Open
BE 444 Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(BS 161 or BS 181H or LB 145) and (CEM 141 or CEM 151) and (ECE 302 or ECE 345 or BE 334 or CEM 333)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Biosensors, their components, properties, and associated electronics for applications in medical diagnostics.
Interdepartmental With:
Biomedical Engineering
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS15 - Open
BE 449 Human Health Risk Analysis for Engineering Controls
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(BE 385 and BE 360 and BE 332) or (CE 371 and CE 372 and ENE 487)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Characterize human health risk from microbial stressors. Develop and evaluate engineering controls for risk management.
Effective Dates:
FS16 - Open
BE 456 Electric Power and Control
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Description:
Alternating current circuits, power distribution, electrical machines, protection, and programmable motor controllers. Design project related to food and agricultural industries.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 461 Seminar in Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Prerequisite:
(ANS 425 or concurrently) or (BE 360 or concurrently) or (CSS 451 or concurrently) or (MMG 445 or concurrently)
Description:
Current applications of plant, animal and microbial biotechnology in agriculture and related industries. Technologies under development and factors associated with moving from laboratory to product development. Field trips required.
Interdepartmental With:
Horticulture, Animal Science, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Horticulture
Effective Dates:
SS16 - Open
BE 467 BioEnergy Feedstock Production
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 103 or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LB 118 or MTH 152H or MTH 133 or MTH 153H or LB 119
Recommended Background:
CSS 101 and CSS 210
Description:
Agronomic, economic, technological, and environmental principles involved in bioenergy feedstock production. Cultivation, harvest, transportation, and storage of agricultural and forest biomass.
Interdepartmental With:
Crop and Soil Sciences, Forestry
Administered By:
Crop and Soil Sciences
Effective Dates:
SS14 - Open
BE 468 Biomass Conversion Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(BE 351 or CHE 321) and (BE 360 or CHE 431)
Description:
Physicochemical and biological pretreatment. Biomass conversion to alcohols, biodiesel, bio-oil, syngas, and other value-added products using advanced biological, chemical, and thermochemical treatments.
Interdepartmental With:
Chemical Engineering
Administered By:
Chemical Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
BE 469 Sustainable Bioenergy Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
{(BE 230 or CHE 201) and (BE 351 or CHE 321)} or (ME 201 and ENE 481)
Recommended Background:
CSS 467 and CHE 468
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Biorefinery analysis and system design. Life cycle assessment to evaluate sustainability of bioenergy systems. Current policy regulating the bioeconomy and system economics. Product commercialization.
Interdepartmental With:
Chemical Engineering
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS20 - Open
BE 475 International Studies in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 6
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Study abroad emphasizing biosystems and agricultural engineering issues affecting food, energy, environment, and health in world, national, and local communities.
Effective Dates:
US24 - Open
BE 477 Food Engineering: Fluids
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
BE 350 and BE 351 and BE 360
Description:
Unit operations, process engineering, equipment, and industrial practices of the food industry. Manufactured dairy products: thermal processing, pipeline design, heat exchange, evaporation, dehydration, aseptic processing, membrane separation, cleaning, and sanitation.
Interdepartmental With:
Food Science
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 478 Food Engineering: Solids
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
BE 350 and BE 351 and BE 360
Description:
Analysis and design of unit operations and complete systems for handling, processing, and manufacturing bulk, granular, and solid food products. Material variability and microbial, chemical, and physical hazards.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 481 Water Resources Systems Analysis and Modeling
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
CE 321 or CHE 311 or ME 332
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Hydrology of natural systems. Quantifying runoff, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. Geospatial data collection at watershed scale. Geographical information system application in hydrology and ecosystems engineering. Watershed modeling and applications in engineering design and decision-making.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 482 Engineering Ecological Treatment Systems
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(BE 350 or ENE 483 or CHE 312) and (BE 360 or ENE 487 or CHE 431)
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Analysis of pollutants in ecological systems. Engineering design of ecological systems to prevent, mitigate, and treat diffuse and point source pollution, including low impact development (LID) strategies and best management practices (BMPs).
Effective Dates:
FS19 - Open
BE 484 Water Resource Recovery Engineering
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
BE 360 or (ENE 487 or concurrently) or approval of department
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors or graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Municipal, industrial, and rural wastewater characteristics. Selection of best site- and management-specific treatment strategy, including the influence of governmental policy and societal needs.
Interdepartmental With:
Environmental Engineering
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS20 - Open
BE 485 Biosystems Design Techniques (W)
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
((BE 332 and BE 334 and BE 350 and BE 351 and BE 360 and BE 385) or approval of department) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to juniors or seniors in the Biosystems Engineering major.
Description:
Engineering design process. Problem identification, analysis, design, modeling, materials, cost estimation, and final specifications. Safety, environmental, and ethical considerations.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
BE 487 Biosystems Design Project
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the GR_BS1Biosystems Engineering Major.
Description:
Individual or team design project selected in BE 485. Information expansion, development of alternatives, and evaluation, selection, and completion of a design project.
Effective Dates:
FS23 - Open
BE 490 Independent Study
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 5
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 5 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Supervised individual student research and study in biosystems engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 491 Special Topics in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 12 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Special topics in biosystems engineering.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 815 Experimentation and Instrumentation in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Establish generalized experimental study planning, measurement, data collection and execution skills, which are applicable to individual topics/projects/areas in biological systems.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
BE 820 Research Methods in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or College of Engineering.
Description:
Procedures and methods for designing and executing research projects.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
BE 835 Modeling Methods in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
Undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline, and one year of biological science.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or in the College of Engineering.
Description:
Establish generalized model planning and execution skills, which is applicable to individual topics/projects/areas in biological systems.
Effective Dates:
FS14 - Open
BE 844 Biosensor Principles and Applications
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Knowledge of biology, chemistry, and electronics.
Description:
Nanotechnology-based biosensors, their components, desirable properties, and associated electronics. Applications related to healthcare, biodefense, food and water safety, agriculture, bio-production, and environment. Multidisciplinary interactions necessary for biosensor development.
Interdepartmental With:
Biomedical Engineering
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
FS15 - Open
BE 849 Microbial Risk Modeling and Analysis
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
Integral calculus, intermediate statistics, probability through distribution functions. Engineering, environmental science, toxicology, microbiology, food safety, and/or public health.
Description:
Characterization, analysis, and modeling of human health risk from exposures to microbial contaminants. Applications in food safety, water quality, public health and environmental science and policy.
Effective Dates:
US19 - Open
BE 869 Life Cycle Assessment for Bioenergy and Bioproduct Systems
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the College of Engineering or in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering or approval of department.
Not open to students with credit in:
BE 469
Description:
Life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impacts of biological and chemical conversion processes. Biomass supply chain economics and technoeconomics for biomass conversion. Current policy considerations impacting the adoption of bioenergy and bioproduct systems.
Interdepartmental With:
Chemical Engineering
Administered By:
Biosystems Engineering
Effective Dates:
SS16 - Open
BE 881 Ecohydrology
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
BE 481 or ENE 421 or FW 454
Description:
Identify and quantify the critical linkages between ecological processes and the hydrological cycle.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 882 Advanced Topics in Ecological Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
Undergraduate course or equivalent experience on biological and chemical process design and hydraulics.
Description:
Rural and suburban water quality challenges. Science and design of rural and suburban water treatment and resource recovery systems.
Effective Dates:
FS13 - Open
BE 890 Special Problems
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department; application required.
Description:
Individual study in biosystems engineering.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
BE 891 Advanced Topics in Biosystems Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to seniors and graduate students.
Description:
Biosystems engineering topics not covered in regular courses.
Effective Dates:
US05 - Open
BE 892 Biosystems Engineering Seminar
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 1 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 1
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources or College of Engineering.
Description:
Current topics in biosystems engineering.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
BE 899 Master's Thesis Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 10
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 99 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open only to master's students in the Biosystems Engineering major.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
US97 - Open
BE 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 24
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Biosystems Engineering Major.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
US14 - Open