 | | Course ID: | AENG 2100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Systems Engineering | Course
Description: | The history and philosophy of systems engineering, the guiding
principles and steps of the "systems engineering approach" used
in problem solving, and an introduction to the basic tools used
in systems engineering analysis, project planning, and
management. | | Athena Title: | Principles of Systems Engr | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG(BIOE) 2920. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Engineering Design Methodology | Course
Description: | An introduction to the basic concepts in the design process,
theory and tools in design methodology, with a focus on the
engineering systems development cycle. Students will solve design
problems that are open-ended, requiring creative and iterative
solutions. | | Athena Title: | Engineering Design Methodology | | Pre or Corequisite: | (MATH 2500 or MATH 2500E) and (ENGR 2120 or ENGR 2120E or ENGR 2120H) and ENGR 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 3100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Motion and Time Studies | Course
Description: | The techniques of motion study, time study, and applications. The
overarching goal is to support the development of dynamic
simulation models of feed, food, and fiber handling operations. | | Athena Title: | Motion and Time Studies | | Prerequisite: | AENG 2100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 3540. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Physical Unit Operations | Course
Description: | Physical unit operations for processing plants. Systems for handling liquids or gases include pump or fan driven systems. Physical separation of solids in liquid or gas medium. Psychometrics for process environment control. Water or solvent transport from materials. | | Athena Title: | Physical Unit Operations | | Prerequisite: | (ENGR 3160 or ENGR 3160E) and (ENGR 3150 or ENGR 3150E or ENVE 3220) | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Postharvest Facilities Engineering | Course
Description: | Investigation of components necessary for postharvest processing
and handling of important food and fiber crops. Logistics,
refrigeration, and sorting/sensing systems are covered. Microbial
safety for agricultural products and good manufacturing practices
relating to agricultural products are surveyed. | | Athena Title: | Postharvest Facilities Engr | | Prerequisite: | ENGR 2110 and ENGR 2170 and (ENGR 3150 or ENGR 3150E) | | Pre or Corequisite: | AENG 4140/6140 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4120/6120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Logistical Engineering | Course
Description: | An introduction to operational research, graph theory, optimal
paths, linear programming dynamic programing, and scheduling with
PERT. Maximizing flows in networks and modelling road networks is
covered. The course will emphasize handling of biological
materials. | | Athena Title: | Logistical Engineering | | Prerequisite: | AENG 3100 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4130. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Precision Farming Controls and Sensors | Course
Description: | Precision farming uses sensing and data analytics technologies to
define a decision support system for agricultural systems, which
aims to maximize the productivity and quality of agricultural
production and minimize environmental impacts (e.g., chemical
spray and irrigation) simultaneously. Precision farming brings
efficient tools for managing agricultural systems that are highly
spatial and temporal variable. | | Athena Title: | Precision Farming | | Prerequisite: | ENGR 2170 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4140/6140. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Systems Modeling | Course
Description: | Introduction to the solution of engineering/scientific problems
in biological and agricultural systems through computer
simulation. Students will learn about concepts and
methodologies related to the modeling/simulation of continuous-
time and discrete-event systems. | | Athena Title: | Systems Modeling | | Prerequisite: | ENVE 3510 and AENG 2100 | | Graduate Pre or Corequisite: | STAT 6210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4150/6150. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Environmental Biophysics | Course
Description: | Energy and mass exchange between living organisms and their
environment will be developed and applied to animals, plants, and
people. | | Athena Title: | Environmental Biophysics | | Prerequisite: | ENGR 3150 or ENGR 3150E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4160/6160. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Operations Research | Course
Description: | The scientific approach to decision-making that involves the
operations of organization systems commonly associated with
movement of feed, food, and fiber handling beyond the farm gate. | | Athena Title: | Operations Research | | Prerequisite: | ENVE 3510 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG(CVLE) 4170. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Wind and Water Erosion Prediction | Course
Description: | Water and wind erosion control will be explored via the climate,
soil, and management practices coefficients in models such as
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE2), the Wind Erosion
Prediction System (WEPS), and other similar models. The course
will highlight rural and urban applications. The course will also
look at comprehensive water quality as predicted using tools such
as the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and sediment routing
models such as SedCAD. | | Athena Title: | Wind Water Erosion | | Prerequisite: | ENGR 3160 or ENGR 3160E | | Pre or Corequisite: | ENGR 3410 or ENVE 3410 or ENVE 4435/6435 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG(CVLE) 4180. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Irrigation Systems Design | Course
Description: | The design of pipe-based irrigation systems for supplying the soil
storage reservoir in ways that deep percolation losses are
accommodated and crop evapotranspiration demands are met. | | Athena Title: | Irrigation Systems Design | | Prerequisite: | ENGR 3160 or ENGR 3160E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4910. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Capstone Design I | Course
Description: | This capstone design course is the first in a two-semester
sequence that is project-based and focused on problem framing,
stakeholder analysis, concept generation, and project management
skills. The projects are designed to provide students with a
major design experience in mechanical engineering prior to
graduation. | | Athena Title: | Capstone Design I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ENGR 4910, ENGR 4920 | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will meet with assigned faculty to discuss their
individual project execution, progress, and attend a common
lecture hour each week. | | Prerequisite: | AENG(BIOE) 2920 and permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | COMM 1110 or AGCM 1200 or GRMN 3010 or GRMN 3015 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | AENG 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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