Agricultural Engineering - Description of Courses 462. Agricultural and Rural 376. Food Process Engineering 493. Power and Control Hydraulics Development in Developing Spring. 3(2-2) A E 352, C E 321. Winter. 4(3-2) CPS 112, C E 321. Nations Analysis of unit processes involved in handling, Properties of hydraulic fluids; performance Fall. 3(3-0) PAM 201 or EC 201; PAM processing, and distribution of liquid and solid parameters of fixed and variable displacement 260 recommended. Interdepartmental with biological materials. Flow of liquids, heating pumps and motors; characteristics of control Agriculture and Natural Remurces, and Food and cooling, freezing, concentration, dehydra­ valves and components; analysis and design of Systems Economics and Management. Adminis­ tion, and separation. hydraulic systems. tered by Food Systems Economics and Manage­ ment. 394. Systems of Agricultural Machines Traditional agricultural systems and the incen­ 494. Food Process Engineering Fall. 4(3-2) MMM 211. tive environment for economic growth in rural Fall. 3(3-0) C E 321, A E 376. areas. Adjustment to technological, institutional Functional requirement~ and operational char­ and human change. Strategies for rapid agricul­ acteristic!> of agricultural machines. Engineer­ Design of fluid handling equipment, mixers, and tural transformation. ing principles of machines dealing with soil and freezing systems for food. plant materials. Aspect~ of agricultural machin­ 480. Independent and Superoised Study ery management and economics. 495. Fundamentals of Design Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 1 to 9 Fall. 3(3-0) Senior majors or approval credits. May reenroll for a maximum of 9credits. 410. Professional Ethic$ and of department. Responsibilities Approval of department. Problem identification, working media, models, Spring. 1(2-0) Senior majors. procedures, and developing specifications. 490. Supervised Field Experience Personal and professional ethics and social Selection of individual design problems for A E Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 3 to 9 responsibilities will be addressed as related to the 496. credits. May reenroll for a maximum of 9 credits. professions of engineering and engineering tech­ nology. PAM Juniors, approval of department. 496. Design Project Laboratory Supervised field work in federal, state, or local government or organizations dealing with gov­ 46 I. Design of Agricultural Structures Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 1 to 4 ernment. Fall. 4(4-0) MMM 211, MMM 215. credits. May reenroll fora maximum of4 credits. A E 495. The analysis of structural systems and the design of components and connections. Examples Individual or team pursuit of the design project selected from agricultural machinery and build­ selected in A E 495. Activities include informa­ ings. tion expansion, developing alternatives, evalua­ tion and selection, and concluding project. 474. Processing Biological Products Spring. 3(3-0) A E 352, M E 311 or 809. Finite Element AJethod GEM 361. Fall, Winter, Spring. 4(4-0/ Approval Engineering principles of unsteady-state heat of department. Interdepartmenta with the AGRICULTURAL transfer, heat exehangers, drying, storage and departments of Metallurgy, Mechanics, and refrigeration a~ applied to the processing of bio­ Materials Science; and Civil Engineering. ENGINEERING AE logical products. Administered by the Department of Metallurgy, Mechanics, and Materials Science. 480. Special Problems Theory and application of the finite element College of Agriculture and Natural method to the solution of continuum type prob­ Resources Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 1 to 5 lems in heat transfer, fluid mechanics and stress credits. May reenroll fora maximum of 5 credits. College of Engineering Approval of department. analysis. Individual student research and study in: agri­ 152. Introduction to Agricultural cultural machines and tractors, waste manage­ 812. Bio-Processing Engineering Engineering ment, food processing, structures and environment, materials processing and han­ Winter. 3(3-0) Approval of depart­ Winter. 1(1-0) Interdepartmental with ment. Agricultural Engineering Technology. dling, water management, meteorology and cli­ matology, agricultural systems analysis. Topics will be presented pertaining to thermo­ An introduction to the agricultural dynamics, heat and mass transfer, thermal proc­ engineering profession with an examination of essing, fluid flow, dehydration and freeze drying existing problems. 481. Soil and Water Conservation of biological products or biological processes. Engineering 352. Heat and Mass Transfer in Winter. 4(5-0) C E 321, A E 353. Biological Processing Engineering analysis, design and construction of 814. Physical Properties of Agricultural Winter.4(4-0)CEM361orM E311or drainage, irrigation and erosion control systems. Products ClfE 311. Winter. 3(3-0) Approval of depart­ Basic scientific principles and engineering the­ 482. Irrigation De.<Hgn Management ment. ory applied to biologicalsy.~tem.s and product~. Spring. 4(3-2) A E 481. Physical and mechanical behavior of fruits and vegetables, forages, grains and other agricul­ Water supply including wells, water transport, 353. Engineering Principles of Plant tural products under constant and dynamic pumping and pump selection, water require­ loading. Related to design parameters for pro­ Environment ment~, power supplies and irrigation equipment duction, handling and processing machinery. Fall. 4(4-0) CPS 112, MTH 310; GEM with emphasis on sprinkler and trickle method~ 152 or GEM 143. and design for agricultural application. Physical processes and properties of the bio­ 815. Instrumentation for Agricultural sphere as related to engineering the plant envi­ 490. Spec_ial T?pics in Agricultural Engineering Research ronment. Engmeenng Spring. 3(3-0) Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 1 to 4 Theory, method and techniques of measuring 354. Thermodynamic Applications in credits. May reenroll for a maximum of 12 cred­ temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, and Biological Processes its if different topics are taken. Approval of moi.~ture for biological materials. Associated Spring. 3(3-0) A E 352. department. recording and indicating equipment. Psychrometries and refrigeration. Engineering Design topics in agricultural engineer­ applications in animal production and food ing.such as food process engineering, machinery systems, structures, soil and water systems. 820. Research Methods in Agricultural processing. Environmental control. Engineering Fall. 1(1-0) 356. Electric Power and Control 492. Tractors and Power Transmission Discussion of procedures for initiating, develop­ Winter. 4(3-2) PHY 288. Systems ing, carrying out, and completing research pro­ Alternating current calculations; sizing conduc­ Winter. 4( 4-0) A E 394. jects. tors of single- and three-phase loads; electric Functional requirements, operational charac­ motors, their control and protection; switching terisitics, analysis and design of tractors includ­ logic; microprocessor applications. Examples ing power trains, hydraulics, traction, hitches, 822. Seminar drawn from agricultural applications. vehicle dynamics and operator comfort. Spring. 1( 1-0) A-13 Description- Agricultural Engineering of Courses 840. Advanced Power and Machinery 245. Agricultural and Automotive 4 26. Production and Storage Systems Winter of even-numbered years. 3(2-2) Engine.~ (AET 416.) Winter. 4(4-0) AET 311, A E394,A £492. (AET 243, AET 244.) Fall. 3(2-2) BCM312. Analysis of agricultural machine components Construction, maintenance and operating prin­ Layout of buildings and material handling sys­ and systems. Emphasis on hydraulic power ciples of gasoline and diesel engines used in agri­ tems; interior environment and its control; transmission, controls, and management of cultural and automotive applications. Ignitions, requirements for livestock production and crop machinery systems. fuels, lubricants, emission controls, and per­ storage. formance. Laboratory experiences in engine maintenance procedures. · 431. Irrigation, Drainage and Erosion 850. Dimensional Analysis and Control Systems Similitude Modelling 258. Technical Skills Spring. 4(3-2) CSS 210 or approval of Spring of odd-numbered years. 3(2-2) Fall, Winter, Spring. 1 to 7 credits. department. Approval of department. May reenroll for a maximum of 10 credits. Usc of surveying, design, construction and cost Use of dimensional analysis to develop general Majors or approval of department. estimates of drainage irrigation and water con­ prediction equations of physical systems. Model Selection, operation, and maintenance of physi­ trol systems. theory, distorted models, and analogies. Appli­ cal components of electrical, mechanical, envi­ cation to the problems in agricultural engineer­ ronmental and water management systems in 436. Microclimatology ing. agriculture and natural resources industries, including system design and component installa­ Winterofecen-numbered years. 3(3-0) tion. MTH 109or MTH 111. Interdepartmental with 880. Special Problems the Department of Geography. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. 1 to 4 Physical environment in the lower few hundred credits. May reenroll fora maximum of9credits. 265. Ilydraulic Power Systems meters of the atmosphere and within the bio­ Approval of department. Winter. 3(2-2) sphere. Individual student research and study in: agri­ Hydraulic power in mobile equipment. Opera­ cultural machines and tractors, waste manage­ tion and characteristics of system components 440. Agricultural Tractor and ment, food processing,