ENBE -- Biological Resources Engineering

ENBE 414 Mechanics of Food Processing (4) Prerequisite: PHYS 121. Formerly ENAG 414. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. Applications in the processing and preservation of foods, of power transmission, hydraulics, electricity, thermodynamics, refrigeration, instruments and controls, materials handling and time and motion analysis.

ENBE 422 Water Resources Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ENME 342 or ENCE 330. Formerly ENAG 422. Applications of engineering and soil sciences in erosion control, drainage, irrigation and watershed management. Principles of agricultural hydrology and design of water control and conveyance systems.

ENBE 435 Aquacultural Engineering (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Formerly ENAG 435. A study of the engineering aspects of development, utilization and conservation of aquatic systems. Emphasis will be on harvesting and processing aquatic animals or plants as related to other facets of water resources management.

ENBE 451 Water Quality: Field and Lab Analysis Methods (3) Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: CHEM 103 and (CHEM 104 or CHEM 113). Also offered as NRMT 451. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENBE 451 or NRMT 451. A broad range of water quality issues including water supply, wastewater treatment, water problems in developing countries, water borne diseases, point and nonpoint sources of pollution, stream monitoring, ground water, and nutrient cycling.

ENBE 453 Introduction to Biological Materials (3) Prerequisite: ENES 220 or equivalent. Basic engineering properties of biological materials, including animal tissues and agricultural products, and of traditional engineering materials such as metals, ceramics, alloys, and polymers. Course includes limited laboratory experiences.

ENBE 454 Biological Process Engineering (4) Prerequisites: MATH 246 and ENME 342 or equivalent, and one semester of life sciences, or permission of department. Formerly ENAG 454. Design of systems to pump, heat, cool, dry and control biological materials as part of food, environmental, and biological engineering. Effect of physical parameters on biological material response to these processes.

ENBE 456 Biomedical Instrumentation (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: (an electrical circuits course and one course in human physiology) or permission of department. Study of biomedical instrumentation and biomedical equipment technology. How biomedical equipment is used to measure information from the human body. Hands-on experience with representative biomedical equipment.

ENBE 462 Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment Techniques (3) Prerequisite: one course in hydrology or permission of department. Various techniques to identify and measure nonpoint source pollution. Primary focus is on agriculture and water.

ENBE 471 Biological Systems Control (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: an electrical circuits course and MATH 246, and one course in biological sciences or permission of department. Principles of control systems designed by biological engineers and analysis of control mechanisms found in biological organisms. Apparent control strategies used by biological systems will be covered.

ENBE 481 Creative Design with CAD/CAM (3) Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Formerly ENAG 481. Computer aided design (CAD) techniques applicable to a wide range of engineering applications.

ENBE 482 Dynamics of Biological Systems (1) Prerequisite: ENBE 454 or equivalent. Force-acceleration, work energy, and impulse-momentum relationships important for biological systems and whole-body organisms.

ENBE 484 Biosystems Responses to Environmental Stimuli (3) Two hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENBE 454 or permission of department. Descriptions of responses of biological systems to external stimuli, including temperature, water, atmosphere, light, chemicals, social interactions, and others. Mathematical models and engineering concepts applied to living systems. Useful to be able to analyze biological systems and design products and processes dealing with or intended for biological systems or organisms.

ENBE 485 Capstone Design I (1) One hour of lecture per week. Prerequisite: permission of department. Senior standing. For ENBE majors only. To complete the curriculum of an undergraduate engineer, design procedures and professional concerns will be presented. Students will begin planning and designing their capstone projects. CORE capstone credit for ENBE 485 and ENBE 486 will not be awarded until satisfactory completion of ENBE 486.

ENBE 486 Capstone Design II (2) Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: ENBE 485 taken in the immediately preceding semester. Senior standing. For ENBE majors only. To complete the curriculum of an undergraduate engineer, design procedures and professional concerns will be presented. A complete, comprehensive, and professional design project will be realized by the student. CORE Capstone credit for ENBE 485 and ENBE 486 will not be awarded until satisfactory completion of ENBE 486.

ENBE 488 Special Topics in Biological Resources Engineering (1-4) Prerequisite: permission of department. Lecture and conference courses designed to extend the student's understanding of biological resources engineering. Current topics are emphasized.

ENBE 489 Special Problems in Biological Resources Engineering (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Student will select an engineering problem and prepare a technical report. The problem may include design, experimentation, and/or data analysis.

ENBE 499 Special Problems in Agricultural Engineering Technology (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Formerly ENAG 499. Not acceptable for majors in agricultural engineering. Problems assigned in proportion to credit.

ENBE 601 Instrumentation Systems (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Formerly ENAG 601. Analysis of instrumentation requirements and techniques for research and operational agricultural or biological systems.

ENBE 602 Laboratory Applications of Microcomputers (3) Formerly ENAG 602. Laboratory instrumentation emphasizing microcomputers. Programming in BASIC, with all applications directed toward data acquisition and analysis. Program documentation, user-friendliness features, file handling, graphics, A/D conversion, digital filtering, and digital image processing.

ENBE 603 Transport Processes in Biological Systems (3) Prerequisites: differential equations and one semester of life sciences, or permission of department. Not open to students who have completed ENBE 454. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENBE 454 or ENBE 603. A study of the transport processes of fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer applied to biological organisms and systems, using analogical and systems approaches.

ENBE 631 Modeling Flow Through Porous Media (3) Prerequisite: ENBE 422 or permission of department. Formerly ENAG 631. A comprehensive study of the principles and processes governing flow of water, chemicals, and biological organisms through porous media.

ENBE 633 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Identification and control of Nonpoint Source (NSP) pollution. Primary focus is on the conjunctive use of mathematical modeling, artificial intelligence (AI), geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing (RS) in the development and validation of field, watershed, and regional scale NPS pollution control plans.

ENBE 643 Advanced Biotransport Process (3) Prerequisite: ENBE 603, or permission of department. Modern mathematical methods used in the engineering analysis and research on transport process in biological systems. Analytical methods of solution moment analysis, chaotic dynamics, finite elements, stochastic and deterministic upscaling applied to transport phenomena in aquaculture, food, physiology, ecology, and bioenvironments.

ENBE 653 Biological Engineering Materials and Mechanics (3) Not open to students who have completed ENBE 453. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENBE 453 or ENBE 653. Engineering properties of living and non-living materials and their relationships to biomechanics. Responses of biological tissues to imposed stresses.

ENBE 688 Advanced Topics in Biological Engineering (1-4) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 8 credits if content differs. Advanced topics of current interest in biological engineering.

ENBE 698 Seminar (1) Formerly ENAG 698. First and second semesters.

ENBE 699 Special Problems in Biological Resources Engineering (1-6) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 12 credits, if content differs. Individual study on various topics. Work assigned in proportion to amount of credit.

ENBE 701 Bioengineering Analysis of Human Physiological Response (3) Formerly ENAG 701. Modeling of human physiology yields insight, understanding and the ability to predict responses. This course will present physiological principles from a bioengineering viewpoint; survey basic models appearing in the literature and the mechanics and control of energetics, biomechanics, cardiovascular, thermal, and respiratory responses.

ENBE 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6) Formerly ENAG 799.

ENBE 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8) Formerly ENAG 899.