Graduate Credit Courses in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE)

The following senior- and graduate-level courses are offered by the ABE Department and may be used to fulfill a portion of a student's Graduate Program degree course requirements.

400-Level Courses

400 Biological Systems (3 credits)
401 Modeling Methods for Biological Systems (3 credits)
402 Transport Processes for Biological Production and Processing (2 credits)
403 Structural Systems in Agriculture (2 credits)
404 Engineering Properties of Food and Biological Materials (3 credits)
405 Agricultural Measurements and Control Systems (3 credits)
406 Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines (2 credits)
407 Principles of Soil and Water Engineering (2 credits)
408 Engineering Elements of Biochemistry and Microbiology (3 credits)
461 Design of Fluid Power Systems (3 credits)
462 Design of Wood Structures (3 credits)
465 Food and Biological Process Engineering (3 credits)
467 Design of Stormwater and Erosion Control Facilities (3 credits)
468 Microbiological Engineering (3 credits)
469W Optimization of Biological Production and Processing Systems (3 credits)
475 Food Engineering Equipment Design (3 credits)
490W Agricultural and Biological Engineering Colloquium (1 credit)
494H Senior Honors Thesis (1-9 credits)
495 Agricultural Engineering Internship (1-6 credits)
496 Independent Studies (1-18 credits)
497 Special Topics (1-9 credits)

500-Level Courses

500 Research Methods in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (3 credits) Introduction to research philosophies, methodologies, issues and policies; measures of research quality; research report writing; research ethics.


504 Mechanics and Properties of Particulate Materials (3 credits) Constitutive equations for cohesionless and cohesive particulate materials; measurement of properties; application to storage, flow, and consolidation.


513 Applied Finite Element, Finite Difference, and Boundary Element Methods (3 credits) Applications of numerical methods in the areas of structures, fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, machine design.


517 Surface Transport of Agricultural Pollutants (3 credits) Understanding and modeling the surface transport processes of agricultural pollutants; particularly erosion, sediment transport, and movement of sediment-attached constituents.


559 Agricultural and Biological Systems Simulation (3 credits) Continuous simulation modeling of biological and physical systems, numerical simulation techniques, validation and verification, difference measures, sensitivity analysis. Prerequisites: MATH 111 or 141.


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


572 Wood Engineering (3 credits) Advanced topics in wood engineering including LFRD, diaphragms, SIPs, non-prismatic members, creep models, post-frame and composite wood systems. Prerequisite: ABE 462 or W P 412.


590 Colloquium (1-3 credits)


596 Individual Studies (1-9 credits)


597 Special Topics (1-9 credits)

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