Graduate Courses

BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING 2008 - 2009

B E (CSENV) 608 Land Treatment of Wastewater and Sludges 3(3,0)
See CSENV 608.

B E 612 Heat and Mass Transport in Biosystems Engineering 3(3,0)
Fundamentals of heat and mass transport used in engineering design and analysis of biological systems; principles of steady state and transient energy and mass balances including chemical and biological generation terms. Preq: B E 312, MTHSC 208. Coreq: M E 310.

B E 614 Biosystems Engineering Unit Operation 3(2,3)
Applies the basic principles of statics, dynamics, and thermodynamics to design of mechanical and electrical systems supporting biological operations and processes. Preq: B E 314, M E 310.

B E 615 Instrumentation and Control for Biosystems Engineers 4(3,3)
Overview of modern instrumentation techniques and digital electronic components and subsystems to integrate them into digital data acquisition and control systems for biosystems. Emphasizes laboratory use of equipment. Topics include characteristics of instruments, signal conditioning, transducer theory and applications, programmable logic controllers, and digital data acquisition and control. Preq: E C E 307.

B E 617 Applied Instrumentation and Control for Biosystems 2(1,3)
Study of hardware and software implementation of digital data acquisition and control systems for application to agriculture, aquaculture, biotechnology, and other biosystems. Topics include digital electronic circuits and components, microcomputer architecture, interfacing, and programming. Preq: B E 415 or consent of instructor.

B E 622 Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds (3,0)
Design of structures and development of best management practices for runoff, flood, and sediment control from rural and urban areas, including natural and disturbed watersheds. Topics include modeling of prismatic and non-prismatic channels, culverts, and detention/retention ponds. Preq: B E 322 or consent of instructor.

B E (CH E) 628 Biochemical Engineering 3(3,0)
Use of microorganisms and enzymes for the production of chemical feedstocks, single-cell protein, antibiotics, and other fermentation products. Topics include kinetics and energetics of microbial metabolism, design and analysis of reactors for microbial growth and enzyme-catalyzed reactions, and considerations of scale-up, mass transfer, and sterilization during reactor design. Preq: B E 312, MICRO 305; Coreq: (for Biosystems Engineering majors) BIOCH 301 or 305; (for Chemical Engineering majors) CH E 330, 450.

B E 635 Applications in Biotechnology Engineering 3(2,3)
Bioengineering principles applied to the expanding fields of agricultural biotechnology, ecotechnology, and biomedical technology. Special applications include waste treatment and ecological engineering, bioreactor propagation of plant and animal cells and tissues, applied genomics and synthetic seed production, biosensors and biomonitoring, biological implants and materials biocompatibility. Preq: B E (CH E) 428.

B E 638 Bioprocess Engineering Design 3(2,2)
Design and analysis of systems for processing materials. Topics include biotechnology, thermodynamics, transport processes, and biological properties related to bioprocess design and computational simulation. Unit operations include basic bioreactor operation, bioseparations, and preservation techniques. Preq: B E 428.

B E 640 Renewable Energy Resource Engineering 3(2,2)
Investigation into merging renewable energy resources, including detailed study of solar, wind, and bioenergy alternatives. Also includes principles, technologies, and performance evaluation of components for these technologies and an introduction to tidal, hydro, geothermal, and other energy; energy conservation; cogeneration; financial, economical, and other issues related to alternative energy sources. Preq: Science or engineering major, consent of instructor.

B E 642 Properties and Processing of Biological Products 2(1,3)
Study of engineering properties of biological materials and their uniqueness as design restraints on systems for handling, processing, and preserving biological products. Preq: B E 333, C E 341, M E 302, 310.

B E (EE&S, FOR) 651 Newman Seminar and Lecture Series in Natural Resources Engineering 1(0,2)
Topics dealing with development and protection of land, air, water, and related resources are covered by seminar with instructor and invited lecturers. Current environmental and/or resource conservation issues are addressed. Preq: Senior standing, consent of instructor.

B E 664 Non-Point Source Management in Engineered Ecosystems 3(2,3)
Fundamentals of nonpoint source pollution including quantification of environmental impact and ecosystem management related to contaminants and nutrients and to planning and design of ecological systems. Preq: MICRO 305, senior standing in engineering, or consent of instructor.

B E (EE&S) 684 Municipal Solid Waste Management 3(3,0)
See EE&S 684.

B E 781 Special Problems 1-3(1-3,0)
Students select subjects and conduct library, laboratory, and/or field research. A technical report documenting the study is required. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. Preq: Master’s degree candidate in Engineering.

B E 835 Industrial Biotechnology Techniques 4(3,3)
Introduces industrial biotechnology techniques with emphasis on bioproduction, pilot bioprocessing equipment operation, biopharmaceutical storage, process simulation and economics, project management, good laboratory practice (GLP), and current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) geared toward the biotechnology industry. Preq: B E 638 or BIOCH 633, GEN (BIOSC) 616, or consent of instructor.

B E 838 Advanced Bioprocess Engineering 3(3,0)
Advanced bioprocessing techniques with emphasis on processing and modeling aspects of eukaryotic systems and associated bioproducts. Modules include thermal processing, supercritical fluid extracion, and advanced biological thermodynamics, chromatography, and spectroscopy. Preq: B E 438/638 or consent of instructor.

B E 865 Advanced Biological Transport Processes 3(3,0)
Study of transient transport processes in biological materials and systems. Incorporates mathematics describing active and passive cellular transport. Emphasizes numerical solution techniques for coupled transport relationships in nonideal, heterogeneous systems, including biological kinetic and thermodynamic considerations. Preq: BIOCH 305, CH E 601, MTHSC 634, or consent of instructor.

B E 871 Selected Topics in Biosystems Engineering 1-3(1-3,0)
Supervised, in-depth study of an area related to biosystems engineering not covered in other courses. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.

B E 891 Master’s Thesis Research 1-12

B E 901 Special Problems in Agricultural Engineering 3(3,0)
Library and/or laboratory research on one of the following subjects, depending on student’s field of study or interests: power and machinery, soil and water resources, farm structures, electric power and processing, food engineering, forest engineering or waste management. A technical report is required.

B E 991 Doctoral Dissertation Research 1-12