Course Description
Energy and mass exchange between living organisms and their environment will be developed and applied to animals, plants, and people.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will develop heat and mass transport models
that will assess heat (conduction, convection, and radiation)
and/or mass transfer among plants, plant canopies, animals,
humans, and the atmosphere for situations relevant to their
thesis or project research.
Athena Title
Environmental Biophysics
Prerequisite
ENGR 3150 or ENGR 3150E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Introduction to mass and momentum transport Fundamentals of atmospheric physics Temperature and biological development Wind above and within crop canopies Conductances for heat and mass transfer Heat flow in soil Water flow in soil Radiation basics and fluxes in the natural environment Animals and their environment Humans and their environment Heat and moisture transport around and within plants and plant communities
Topical Outline
Introduction to mass and momentum transport Fundamentals of atmospheric physics Temperature and biological development Wind above and within crop canopies Conductances for heat and mass transfer Heat flow in soil Water flow in soil Radiation basics and fluxes in the natural environment Animals and their environment Humans and their environment Heat and moisture transport around and within plants and plant communities Project related to animal comfort or plant water use