Courses
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
Credits: 0.5. Contact Hours: Laboratory 1.
8 week learning communities course focusing on student success, engineering, and department curriculum. Building community within the ABE Department. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2.
Laboratory-based, team-oriented experiences in a spectrum of topics common to the practice of agricultural and biosystems engineering. Report writing, co-ops, internships, careers, registration planning. (Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 3.
Prereq: Credit or enrollment in MATH 1430 or MATH 1650
Systematic problem-solving using principles of dynamics, statics, mass/energy conservation, and algorithmic thinking. Use of spreadsheet programs and computer programming language(s) to solve engineering problems. Graduation Restriction: Only one of ENGR 1600, ABE 1600, AERE 1600, CE 1600, CHE 1600, CPRE 1850, EE 1850, IE 1480, ME 1600, and SE 1850 may count towards graduation.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3.
Applications of multi-view drawings and dimensioning. Techniques for visualizing, analyzing, and communicating 3-D geometries. Application of the design process including written and oral reports.
(Cross-listed with TSM 2010).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: Major in AE, AST, BSE, or ITEC; Sophomore classification
8 week course. Professionalism in the context of the engineering/technical workplace. Development of intrapersonal and interpersonal qualities including talent assessment; key workplace competency demonstration; leadership practice assessment; preparation of resume; cover letter preparation and behavioral-based interviewing; readiness for internship attainment.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ABE 1600 or Permission of Department
Application of mathematics and engineering sciences in agricultural and biosystems engineering. Emphasis is on solving engineering problems.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 1, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 2160
Engineering design process with emphasis on criteria and constraints, ideation, and analysis. Fundamental principles of project management including project management software. Open-ended project(s) to apply core principles using concepts from prerequisite courses.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 0.7, Laboratory 0.6.
Prereq: ABE 1700 or TSM 1160
8 week-course. Creating, editing, and documenting part and assembly models using Solidworks. Emphasis on developing engineering drawings to communicate designs. Portfolio creation to document learning and understanding of parametric modeling.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 0.5, Laboratory 1.
Prereq: ABE 1700 or TSM 1160
8 week-course. Applications of Creo Parametric software. Create solid models of parts and assemblies. Utilize the solid models to create design documentation (standard drawing views, dimensions, and notes) and for the geometric analysis of parts and assemblies.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1.
Prereq: ABE 1700 or TSM 1160
8-week course. Application of 2-D AutoCAD software to create and interpret 2-D drawings of factories, facilities, and landscape structures. Topics include geometric construction, and design documentation using views, dimension, notes, and title blocks, and AutoCAD specific features such as Layers, Blocks, Standards, Styles.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
(Cross-listed with TSM 3250).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: CHEM 1630 or higher; MATH 1400 or higher
Converting biorenewable resources into bioenergy and biobased products. Biorenewable concepts as they relate to drivers of change, feedstock production, processes, products, co-products, economics, and transportation/logistics.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Credit or enrollment in TSM 3270
Engineering analysis of Livestock and Poultry production systems as related to applications of Precision Livestock Farming Technology (PLFT), economic and environmental management, and manure and nutrient management. Focus on the design of animal production systems based on ASABE/NRCS Standards and Local Codes. Concrete and earthen manure storages and open-lot runoff management structures; utilization of RUSLE-2 and P-index in the development of comprehensive nutrient management plans; making economic and environmental management decisions related to improving production, gaseous emissions reporting, and odor mitigation.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Introduction to principles of ecological engineering including ecosystems ecology, nutrient cycling, material and energy balances; emphasize the interaction of soil, water, plants, and microbes in ecosystems, the role of humans in ecosystems, and the application of ecological principles to design.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 2160
Principles of machine systems operation (tillage, cropestablishment, harvesting and crop protection). Principles ofsoil and crop interactions with machine systems. Experimentaland simulation techniques for testing and evaluation ofagricultural field machinery for equipment performance,functional analysis and crop production management.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: CHE 3810 or ME 2310
Thermodynamic principles and construction of tractor engines. Fuels, combustion, and lubrication. Kinematics and dynamics of tractor power applications; drawbar, power take-off and traction mechanisms.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 2160
Single phase and three phase circuit design. Electrical safety. Electric motors and controls. Programmable logic controllers. Digital logic, instrumentation and sensors.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: CE 2740
Properties of fluids. Fluid statics. Kinematics and kinetics of fluid flow. Mass, momentum, and energy conservation laws; dimensional analysis; flow in pipes and channels.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Credit or enrollment in EM 3780
Exploration of properties of fluids through selected laboratory experiments. Fluid statics. Kinematics and kinetics of fluid flow. Mass, momentum, and energy conservation laws. Dimensional analysis. Flow in pipes and channels.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: ABE 3160
Engineering analysis of biological systems, through the study of mass, energy, and information transport. Quantification and modeling of biological interactions, biological activities and bioreactor operations. Includes laboratory experiences on biological materials characterization, unit operation for bioprocesses and fermentation for producing bioproducts.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with CE 3880/ EE 3880).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Junior Classification in an Engineering Major
Multi-disciplinary approach to sustainable engineering and international development, sustainable development, appropriate design and engineering, feasibility analysis, international aid, business development, philosophy and politics of technology, and ethics in engineering. Engineering-based projects from problem formulation through implementation. Interactions with partner community organizations or international partners such as nongovernment organizations (NGOs). Course readings, final project/design report. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5030).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 3160, and ABE 3630, and MATH 2660 or MATH 2670
Modeling and simulation of dynamic systems with physical modeling tools such as Simscape or Modelica. System concepts and engineering system analogies. Time and frequency response of systems. Introduction to control theory. Open-ended term project required for graduate credit. Offered even-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5040).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 3160 and ABE 3630
Interfacing techniques for computer-based data acquisition and control systems. Basic interfacing components including A/D and D/A conversion, signal filtering and process control. Sensors and theory of operation applied to practical monitoring and control problems. Data collection, analysis, and calibration of sensors and data acquisition systems. Individual project required for graduate credit.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5100).
Credits: 3.
System architecture and design of electronics used in agricultural machinery and production systems. Emphasis on information technology and systems integration for automated agriculture processes. Design of Controller Area Network (CAN BUS) communication systems and discussion of relevant standards (ISO 11783 and SAE J1939). Application of technologies for sensing, distributed control, and automation of agricultural machinery will be emphasized. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with ME 4130).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 2160 or ME 2700 and Credit or concurrent enrollment in EM 3780 or ME 3350
Fundamental fluid power principles, symbols and schematics. Hydraulic fluid properties. Function and performance of components such as connections and fittings, filtration, pumps, valves, actuators, hydrostatic transmissions. Hydraulic system dynamics. Modeling and simulation of circuits. Analysis and design of hydraulic systems. Hydrostatic transmission design. Hands-on construction of circuits, measurement of system variables, and electrohydraulic control.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 1, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 3160 (majors only)
Engineering design process with emphasis on team delivery of: clearly defined deliverables; criteria and constraints; wide-field ideation; discipline-appropriate analysis methods; identification and application of relevant standards.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 1, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 4150
Final execution of the engineering design process with emphasis on team delivery of: oral and written communication in completion of the client-agreed deliverables.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: Senior classification or above
8 week course. Review of core concepts covered in the Fundamentals of Engineering examination with emphasis on statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, electric circuits, and engineering economics. Open to all College of Engineering seniors, however focus is on the general exam, not discipline specific exams.
(Dual-listed with CE 5240A/ ABE 5240A/ ENSCI 5240A).
(Cross-listed with CE 4240A/ ENSCI 4240A).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
1 cr. per module. Module A prereq for all modules; module B prereq for D and E.
(Dual-listed with CE 5240B/ ABE 5240B/ ENSCI 5240B).
(Cross-listed with CE 4240B/ ENSCI 4240B).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
1 cr. per module. Module A prereq for all modules; module B prereq for D and E.
(Dual-listed with CE 5240C/ ABE 5240C/ ENSCI 5240C).
(Cross-listed with CE 4240C/ ENSCI 4240C).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
(Dual-listed with CE 5240D/ ABE 5240D/ ENSCI 5240D).
(Cross-listed with CE 4240D/ ENSCI 4240D).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
(Dual-listed with CE 5240E/ ABE 5240E/ ENSCI 5240E).
(Cross-listed with CE 4240E/ ENSCI 4240E).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
1 cr. per module. Module A prereq for all modules; module B prereq for D and E.
(Dual-listed with ABE 5310/ ENSCI 5310).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: EM 3780 or CHE 3560
Hydrology and hydraulics in agricultural and urbanizing watersheds. Design and evaluation of systems for the conservation and quality preservation of soil and water resources. Use and analysis of hydrologic data in engineering design; relationship of topography, soils, crops, climate, and cultural practices in conservation and quality preservation of soil and water for agriculture. Small watershed hydrology, water movement and utilization in the soil-plant-atmosphere system, agricultural water management, best management practices, and agricultural water quality.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5320/ ENSCI 5320).
Credits: 3.
Prereq: ABE 4310 or CE 3720
Characteristics and mechanisms of non-point source (NPS) pollution in agricultural and urban watersheds, modeling of NPS pollution for terrestrial and aquatic systems, statistical tools to assess environmental datasets, strategies to control and mage NPS pollution of water bodies, and integrated watershed management. Graduate students are required to develop/deliver lecture models on assigned topics and/or complete additional assignments. Offered irregularly.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5340).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Laboratory 3, Lecture 2.
Repeatable.
Prereq: (BIOL 2110, BIOL 2120 or BIOL 2510); (CHEM 1670, CHEM 1770, or CHEM 1780); (ABE 4310 or CE 3720)
Apply governing principles of ecological engineering, including biological, chemical, and physical conditions, to restoration design. Ecological concepts, such as water and elemental cycling, energy flow through systems, ecological disturbance, and natural and anthropogenic stresses. Design approaches focus on nature-based solutions, stakeholder engagement, and adaptive management. Restoration applications include streams, floodplains and riparian zones, wetlands, and prairies.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5370/ ENSCI 5370).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: CE 3720
A project-based course on watershed-scale models for improving water quality. Legislative and judicial basis of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program; approaches to TMDL development; principles and techniques for implementation; stakeholder engagement strategies. Hands-on experiences with GIS-interfaced models, data sources, calibration/validation, statistical assessment of model results, and simulation using multiple tools. In addition to other assignments, graduate students will present case studies of TMDLs using different modeling tools. Offered irregularly.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5500).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: ABE 3800
Overview, theory, unit operations, modeling, and engineering design of new technologies used in food and biomanufacturing, including bioreactors, culture- and cell-based products, pumping, heat transfer, separations systems, emerging technologies and processes.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5510).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ABE 2160 and Credit or concurrent enrollment in ME 4360 or CHE 3570 or FSHN 3510 and MATH 2660 or MATH 2670
Application of engineering principles and mathematical modeling to the quantitative analysis of transport phenomena in food and bioprocesses. Physical/chemical characteristics of foods and biological materials and systems, flow processes, thermal processes, cooling/freezing processes, dehydration processes and separation processes.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5690).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: ABE 2160
Cereal grain and oilseed production, properties, and quality assessment. Design of storage systems, drying systems, material handling, and size reduction systems. Design of cereal grain processing systems, including dry milling, wet milling, flour milling, feed milling, and fermentation facilities. Students enrolled in ABE 5690 will be required to conduct additional learning activities.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5720).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ABE 2160 and ME 2310
Principles and design of environmental control systems for animal and plant facilities. Insulation, heat and mass transfer, fans, ventilation, air distribution, heating and cooling equipment, and controls. Individual projects required for graduate credit. Offered even-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5780).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: EM 3240
Design of light-framed wood structures using LRFD and ASD design procedures. Includes analysis of wind, snow, dead, and live loads. Applications include animal housing, greenhouses, and storage structures. Fasteners, laminated posts, truss design and use of National Design Specifications. Offered odd-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 5800).
(Cross-listed with ENSCI 4800/ GLOBE 4800).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: ABE 3800 or Permission of Department
Systems-level quantitative analysis of various biological systems, including applications in foods, feeds, biofuels, bioenergy, and other bio-based systems. Introduction to techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of these systems at multiple production scales. Applying these tools to evaluate and improve cost and sustainability performance. Students enrolled in ABE 5800 will be required to conduct additional learning activities.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent Study.
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent study.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent study in environmental bioprocessing engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent study in food engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent study in general ABE topics.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided instruction in land and water resources engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-5. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided instruction in advance machinery systems engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with TSM 4950).
Credits: 1-2. Repeatable.
Prereq: Academic Advisor Permission for Course
Preparation for, or follow-up of, study abroad experience (4960). For preparation, course focuses on understanding the tour destination through readings, discussions, and research on topics such as the regional industries, climate, crops, culture, economics, food, geography, government, history, natural resources, and public policies. For follow-up, course focuses on presentations by students, report writing, and reflection. Students enrolled in this course intend to register for 4960 the following term or have had taken 4960 the previous term. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with TSM 4960).
Credits: 1-4. Repeatable.
Prereq: Academic Advisor Permission for Course
Tour and study at international sites relevant to disciplines of industrial technology, biological systems engineering, agricultural systems technology, and agricultural engineering. Location and duration of tours will vary. Trip expenses paid by students. Pre-trip preparation and/or post-trip reflection and reports arranged through 4950. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
(Dual-listed with ABE 4030).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Modeling and simulation of dynamic systems with physical modeling tools such as Simscape or Modelica. System concepts and engineering system analogies. Time and frequency response of systems. Introduction to control theory. Open-ended term project required for graduate credit. Offered even-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4040).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Interfacing techniques for computer-based data acquisition and control systems. Basic interfacing components including A/D and D/A conversion, signal filtering and process control. Sensors and theory of operation applied to practical monitoring and control problems. Data collection, analysis, and calibration of sensors and data acquisition systems. Individual project required for graduate credit. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Applications of biologically inspired computational intelligence tools for data mining, system modeling, and optimization for agricultural, biological and other engineered systems. Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms, Bayesian and Decision Tree learning. Fundamental Machine Vision techniques will be introduced in the first part of course and be integrated into the lab exercises for learning different computational intelligence techniques. MATLAB will be used throughout the course for algorithm implementation. Offered even-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4100).
Credits: 3.
System architecture and design of electronics used in agricultural machinery and production systems. Emphasis on information technology and systems integration for automated agriculture processes. Design of Controller Area Network (CAN BUS) communication systems and discussion of relevant standards (ISO 11783 and SAE J1939). Application of technologies for sensing, distributed control, and automation of agricultural machinery will be emphasized. (Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Unit operations for production of bio-based, fermented fuels, beverages, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and coproducts. Taxonomy, metabolism, kinetics, and modeling of aerobic and anaerobic fermentation systems. Mass/energy balances, pretreatments, liquefaction, saccharification, separations, and process integration. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with SUSAG 5150/ AGRON 5150/ ANS 5150).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: SUSAG 5090 or Graduate Classification
Methods to maintain productivity and minimize the negative ecological effects of agricultural systems by understanding nutrient cycles, managing manure and crop residue, and utilizing multispecies interactions. Crop and livestock production within landscapes and watersheds is also considered. Course includes a significant field component, with student teams analyzing Iowa farms. Offered odd-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.
Repeatable.
Prereq: ABE 1600
Introduction to research methods associated with data science concepts and their applications. Analyses and research related to agricultural and biosystems engineering and technology; methods to develop and maintain reproducible data analysis pipelines; best practices of data visualization and communication of data-driven results to broad audiences; concepts of data integrity and ethics.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with CE 4240A/ ABE 4240A/ ENSCI 4240A).
(Cross-listed with CE 5240A/ ENSCI 5240A).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
1 cr. per module. Module A prereq for all modules; module B prereq for D and E.
(Dual-listed with CE 4240B/ ABE 4240B/ ENSCI 4240B).
(Cross-listed with CE 5240B/ ENSCI 5240B).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
1 cr. per module. Module A prereq for all modules; module B prereq for D and E.
(Dual-listed with CE 4240C/ ABE 4240C/ ENSCI 4240C).
(Cross-listed with CE 5240C/ ENSCI 5240C).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: CE 5240A; CHEM 1780 or PHYS 2310 and PHYS 2310L; MATH 1660 or 3 credits in statistics. Senior classification or above.
(Dual-listed with CE 4240D/ ABE 4240D/ ENSCI 4240D).
(Cross-listed with CE 5240D/ ENSCI 5240D).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: CE 5240A, CE 5240B; Either PHYS 2310L or CHEM 1780 and either MATH 1660 or 3 credits in statistics. Senior classification or above
(Dual-listed with CE 4240E/ ABE 4240E/ ENSCI 4240E).
(Cross-listed with CE 5240E/ ENSCI 5240E).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Prereq: (CHEM 1780 or [PHYS 2310; PHYS 2310L]); (MATH 1660 or 3 credits in STAT); Senior classification or above
1 cr. per module. Module A prereq for all modules; module B prereq for D and E.
(Dual-listed with ABE 4310).
(Cross-listed with ENSCI 5310).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Hydrology and hydraulics in agricultural and urbanizing watersheds. Design and evaluation of systems for the conservation and quality preservation of soil and water resources. Use and analysis of hydrologic data in engineering design; relationship of topography, soils, crops, climate, and cultural practices in conservation and quality preservation of soil and water for agriculture. Small watershed hydrology, water movement and utilization in the soil-plant-atmosphere system, agricultural water management, best management practices, and agricultural water quality. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4320).
(Cross-listed with ENSCI 5320).
Credits: 3.
Characteristics and mechanisms of non-point source (NPS) pollution in agricultural and urban watersheds, modeling of NPS pollution for terrestrial and aquatic systems, statistical tools to assess environmental datasets, strategies to control and mage NPS pollution of water bodies, and integrated watershed management. Graduate students are required to develop/deliver lecture models on assigned topics and/or complete additional assignments. Offered irregularly. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with NREM 5330/ ENSCI 5330).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Soil erosion processes, soil loss equations and their application to conservation planning, sediment properties, initiation of sediment motion and over land flow, flow in alluvial channels and theory of sediment transport, channel stability, reservoir sedimentation, wind erosion, BMPs for controlling erosion. Offered even-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4340).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Laboratory 3, Lecture 2.
Repeatable.
Apply governing principles of ecological engineering, including biological, chemical, and physical conditions, to restoration design. Ecological concepts, such as water and elemental cycling, energy flow through systems, ecological disturbance, and natural and anthropogenic stresses. Design approaches focus on nature-based solutions, stakeholder engagement, and adaptive management. Restoration applications include streams, floodplains and riparian zones, wetlands, and prairies. (Typically Offered: Spring Quarter)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4370).
(Cross-listed with ENSCI 5370).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
A project-based course on watershed-scale models for improving water quality. Legislative and judicial basis of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program; approaches to TMDL development; principles and techniques for implementation; stakeholder engagement strategies. Hands-on experiences with GIS-interfaced models, data sources, calibration/validation, statistical assessment of model results, and simulation using multiple tools. In addition to other assignments, graduate students will present case studies of TMDLs using different modeling tools. Offered irregularly. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Laboratory 2, Lecture 2.
Principles of soil and crop material characterization, constitutive relationships for modeling soil and crop material behaviors, and applied computational and experimental methods for soil-crop-machine interactions for design and evaluation of off-road machine systems.
(Dual-listed with ABE 4500).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Overview, theory, unit operations, modeling, and engineering design of new technologies used in food and biomanufacturing, including bioreactors, culture- and cell-based products, pumping, heat transfer, separations systems, emerging technologies and processes. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4510).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Application of engineering principles and mathematical modeling to the quantitative analysis of transport phenomena in food and bioprocesses. Physical/chemical characteristics of foods and biological materials and systems, flow processes, thermal processes, cooling/freezing processes, dehydration processes and separation processes. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Dual-listed with CRP 4560).
(Cross-listed with CRP 5560).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Introduction to automated geoprocessing in Geographic Information Systems using Python. Focus on learning scripting language and object-oriented programming, automation of custom-designed geoprocessing scripts, and application toward student research and/or interests. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4690).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.
Cereal grain and oilseed production, properties, and quality assessment. Design of storage systems, drying systems, material handling, and size reduction systems. Design of cereal grain processing systems, including dry milling, wet milling, flour milling, feed milling, and fermentation facilities. Students enrolled in ABE 5690 will be required to conduct additional learning activities. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4720).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Principles and design of environmental control systems for animal and plant facilities. Insulation, heat and mass transfer, fans, ventilation, air distribution, heating and cooling equipment, and controls. Individual projects required for graduate credit. Offered even-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4780).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Design of light-framed wood structures using LRFD and ASD design procedures. Includes analysis of wind, snow, dead, and live loads. Applications include animal housing, greenhouses, and storage structures. Fasteners, laminated posts, truss design and use of National Design Specifications. Offered odd-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with ABE 4800/ ENSCI 4800/ GLOBE 4800).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Systems-level quantitative analysis of various biological systems, including applications in foods, feeds, biofuels, bioenergy, and other bio-based systems. Introduction to techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of these systems at multiple production scales. Applying these tools to evaluate and improve cost and sustainability performance. Students enrolled in ABE 5800 will be required to conduct additional learning activities. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.
Repeatable.
Understanding and appreciation of sustainable development issues related to food, water, energy, and climate change nexus and its implications for environmental sustainability, nutrition security, one health, and economic development of communities in the US and other countries. Application of basic agricultural, biological, math, and engineering/applied sciences to solve society's problems for water, food, energy, and environment systems. Emphasis placed on learning from case studies and developing sustainable solutions for communities. Students will learn to lead by example, improve their leadership and communication skills to understand local conditions and motivate themselves and others to improve the world around us. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided instruction and self-study on special topics relevant to agricultural and biosystems engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Courses for graduate students:
(Cross-listed with TSM 6010).
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.
Keys to starting a successful graduate research project. Effective literature review, formulating research questions, and setting goals. Practicing effectively communicating research and science. Effective strategies for scholarly writing, professional development, responding to feedback, peer-reviewing, successful publishing in journals, and curating scholarly output. (Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with SUSAG 6100/ AGRON 6100/ ANTHR 6100/ SOC 6100).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Historical, biophysical, socioeconomic, and ethical dimensions of agricultural sustainability. Strategies for evaluating existing and emerging agricultural systems in terms of the core concepts of sustainability and their theoretical contexts. (Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Advanced topics.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with TSM 6940).
Credits: 1-3.
Graduate student experience in the agricultural and biosystems engineering departmental teaching programs. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
Credits: Required. Repeatable.
One semester and one summer maximum per academic year professional work period. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in biosystems engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in biosystems engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in environmental systems.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in food engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in occupational safety.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in power and machinery engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in structures.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in process engineering.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in environment and natural resources.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Guided graduate research in waste management.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)