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 AENG 201 ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Formulation and solution of differential and systems equations in engineering. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: MATH 28 or its equivalent

AENG 203 HEAT, MASS AND MOMENTUM TRANSPORT

Principles of transport phenomena and their application to agricultural, biological and food systems. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prerequisite: COI

AENG 204 ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS

Thermodynamic theory of irreversible process. Selected application in physiological unit operations and separation processes. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisites: AENG 135 or COI 

AENG 205 NUMERICAL METHODS IN THERMO-FLUID ENGINEERING

Finite difference, finite element analysis and applications in agricultural process engineering. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prerequisite: AENG 201 or COI

AENG 225 ADVANCED HEAT TRANSFER

Analysis and application of steady state and transient heat conduction, radiant heat transfer, spectral properties, radiation networks, natural and forced convective transfer of heat and mass in boundary layers and in fluids with phase change. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prerequisite: ENSC 14a

 

AENG 226 CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER

Equations of convective heat transfer, solutions to laminar and turbulent forced convection, free and mixed convective heat transfer, property variation, condensation and heat transfer in porous media. 3 hours a week (class); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: AENG 225 or COI

AENG 232 DRYING, STORAGE AND PRESERVATION OF CEREAL AND FORAGE CROPS

Systems for drying, storage, and preservation of cereal and forage crops; theory of mass and heat transfer in drying and its relation to quality control. 5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: COI

 AENG 233 AGRICULTURAL PROCESS ENGINEERING

Design and operations of systems for drying and storage, material handling and refrigeration, other unit operations in the processing of agricultural products; 5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prerequisite: COI

AENG   235   AGRICULTURAL    PROCESS    SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

Modeling agricultural process equipment, system simu- lation, economic analysis of process system.                          3 hrs/wk (class); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: AENG 233

AENG 236 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AGRI- CULTURAL MATERIALS

Measurement and application of mechanical, rheological, thermal and electrical properties of agricultural materials. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prereq- uisite: AENG 233 or COI

AENG 237 PROCESS CONTROL IN AGRICULTURAL PROCESS ENGINEERING

Control systems analysis and design; simulation for process control. 3 hrs/wk (class); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prerequisites: AENG 270 or COI

AENG 238 DRYING AND DEHYDRATION OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS

Principles of drying and dehydration, drying methods, design and operation of drying systems. 3 hrs/wk (class); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisites: AENG 232 or COI 

 AENG 290 SPECIAL PROBLEMS

Credit 3 units; Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor; 1st, 2nd sem

AENG 291 SPECIAL TOPICS

Credit 2 units; 1st, 2nd sem

AENG 299 GRADUATE SEMINAR IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Credit 1 unit; 1st, 2nd sem 

AENG 300 MASTER’S THESIS

Credit 6 units 

AENG 400 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Credit 12 units