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ABE 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING II

Principles of farm power; crop production and processing to actual field operations; 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st, 2nd sem. Prerequisites: PHYS 3

ABE 56 ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS I

Physical characteristics, electrical, mechanical, thermal and optical properties of biological materials for food, feed, fiber and industrial uses. 5 hours a week (2 class, 3 lab); Credit 3 units; 1st and 2nd sem. Prerequisite: ENSC 13

ABE 65 QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES IN AGRICULTURAL  AND  BIOSYSTEMS   ENGINEERING

Mathematical tools for ABE applications: solutions of ordinary differential equations, vector analysis, linear al- gebra, linear programming, multi-criteria decision making in ABE. 3 hrs/wk (class); Credit 3 units; 1st, 2nd sem. Prerequisites: MATH 28

ABE 66 AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING I

Principles and practices in the primary processing, handling and storage of agricultural crops including refrigeration and cold storage systems. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st, 2nd sem. Prerequisites: ABE 56

ABE 80 COMPUTER-AIDED SOLUTIONS IN AGRICULTURAL AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Design and implementation of algorithms for solving agricultural and biosystems engineering problems. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st and 2nd sem. Prerequisite: MATH 28 and COI

AFBE 155 INTERMEDIATE THERMODYNAM- ICS IN AGRICULTURE AND BIOSYSTEMS

Reversible and irreversible processes and cycles, energy availability; real gases; thermodynamic relations of binary mixtures. 3 hrs/wk (class); credit 3 units; 2nd sem. Prerequisite: ENSC 14a or ENSC 14

AFBE 156 RHEOLOGY OF BIOLOGICAL MA- TERIALS

Mechanical properties, flow characteristics and mechanical damage of plant and animal products. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: ENSC 18 or ABE 56

AFBE 165 FUELS AND COMBUSTION FOR APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE AND BIOSYSTEMS

Properties of fuels; theory of combustion; burners and furnaces; design of heating systems. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: ENSC 14a or ENSC 15

AFBE 166 AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING II

Unit operations in agricultural process engineering. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units; 1st and 2nd sem. Prerequisite: ABE 66

AFBE 176 AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING PLANT DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

Principles and practices in plant design; process and economic analysis; plant operation and management. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 computation); credit 3 units. 2nd sem. Prerequisites: ABE 66 and IE 150 or FPPS 183

AFBE 186 INTERMEDIATE REFRIGERATION IN AGRICULTURE AND BIOSYSTEMS

Absorption refrigeration, thermoelectric cooling, miscella- neous refrigeration processes. 3 hrs/wk (class); credit 3 units; 1st sem. Prerequisite: ABE 66

AFBE 196 POSTHARVEST ENGINEERING OF PERISHABLE CROPS

Engineering aspects of postharvest handling systems and packaging oprations for perishable crops. 5 hrs/wk (2 class, 3 lab); credit 3 units, 2nd sem. Prerequisites: HORT 180 and ABE 66

ABE 198 INTERNSHIP

200 hrs; credit 3 units; 1st, 2nd sem, midyear term

ABE 200 UNDERGRADUATE THESIS, ABE 200b IN- NOVATIONEERING, ABE 200c ENGINEERING INDUSTRY RESEARCH

Credit 6 units; 1st, 2nd, midyear term. Prerequisite: COI