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Agricultural and Biological Engineering (A B E)

A B E 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Spring 2008 Ending: Summer 2010

A B E 500 Research Methods in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (3) Introduction to research philosophy(ies), methodologies, issues and policies; measures of research quality; research report writing; research ethics.
Effective: Spring 1997

A B E 504 Mechanics and Properties of Particulate Materials (3) Constitutive equations for cohesionless and cohesive particulate materials; measurement of properties; application to storage, flow, and consolidation.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 513 Applied Finite Element, Finite Difference, and Boundary ELement Methods (3) Applications of numerical methods in the areas of structures, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, and machine design.
Effective: Fall 1996

A B E 517 Surface Transport of Agricultural Pollutants (3) Understanding and modeling the surface transport processes of agricultural pollutants; particularly erosion, sediment transport, and movement of sediment-attached constituents.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 559 Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation (3) Continuous simulation modeling of biological and physical systems, numerical simulation techniques, validation and verification, difference measures, sensitivity analysis.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite: MATH 111 orMATH 141

A B E 562 (E MCH 562) Boundary Element Analysis (3) Numerical solution of boundary value problems using fundamental solutions; application to problems in potential theory, diffusion, and elastostatics.
Effective: Spring 1996
Prerequisite: A B E 513 orE MCH 461 orE MCH 560

A B E 568 Food Safety Engineering (3) Predictive microbiology and modeling, conventional and novel detection and enumeration methods, conventional and novel processing methods, applied to plant layout, construction materials, and equipment design for microbial food safety.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: A B E 308

A B E 572 Wood Engineering (3) Advanced topics in wood engineering including LFRD, diaphragms, SIPs, non-prismatic members, creep models, post-frame and composite wood systems.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: A B E 462 orW P 412

A B E 590 Colloquium (1-3) Continuing seminars which consist of a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 596 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 597A Biological Derived Nanomaterials (3) This course will focus on the synthesis, purification and application of biologically based nanomaterials with emphasis on sustainability.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009

A B E 600 Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 601 Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) Supervised experience in development of instructional materials, organizing and conducting lectures, laboratories, and evaluating students in undergraduate Agricultural Engineering courses (1-499).
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 610 Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Spring 1996

A B E 611 Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Spring 1996

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