Biological & Ecological Engineering

Introduction to the concepts and practice of ecological engineering including characteristics, classification, and modeling of ecosystems; ecosystem protection; and sustainable uses of ecosystems, including treatment wetlands, land treatment systems, and ecologically sensitive stormwater management, to meet the needs of human societies. PREREQS: One year of college biology and chemistry and MTH 256 or instructor approval required.

Fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid motion, conservation of mass, momentum and energy for incompressible fluids, dimensional analysis, ecological engineering applications. Lec/rec. PREREQS: Consent of instructor.

A study of the transport processes of fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer applied to biological organisms and ecological systems. PREREQS: BEE 320

Empowers students interested in global change research to focus on the interactions between changes in human land use and climate. Using an innovative online data and mapping tool called Data Basin, students will explore topics accessing the highest quality datasets available in an all-in-one platform.

Principles of soil physics and plant water use applied to irrigation system design. Design of gravity, pressurized, and trickle irrigation systems, improving on-farm water management, performance characteristics of pumps and other irrigation equipment. Lec/lab. Offered alternate years.

Multipurpose river use; natural physical processes in alluvial rivers; channel modification practices; river structures; design practices; impact of river modification; problem analysis; and impact minimization. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 313

Examines strategies for using a variety of biological processes for treating municipal, agricultural and industrial contaminants. This course is a Hybrid. PREREQS: MTH 251 and professional school standing.

Engineering design processes for ecological engineering applications, including specifications, performance criteria, timelines, and project logistics, principles and practices of working in engineering teams. PREREQS: BEE 469, senior standing or consent of instructor.

This Course is the second in a two-course sequence for non-engineering majors. BEE 473 topics include conservation of mass and energy plus fundamentals of heat transfer as applied to food processing operations

This course covers features, characteristics, applicability, advantages/disadvantages, and design of water supply and wastewater treatment components and systems for municipal, commercial, and residential facilities not able to connect to a centralized system. The course material will be applicable mainly to facilities in rural or suburban settings and in developing countries and for water or wastewater flows typically in the range of 100-100,000 gallons per day.

Empowers students interested in global change research to focus on the interactions between changes in human land use and climate. Using an innovative online data and mapping tool called Data Basin, students will explore topics accessing the highest quality datasets available in an all-in-one platform.

Principles of soil physics and plant water use applied to irrigation system design. Design of gravity, pressurized, and trickle irrigation systems, improving on-farm water management, performance characteristics of pumps and other irrigation equipment. Lec/lab. Offered alternate years.

Multipurpose river use; natural physical processes in alluvial rivers; channel modification practices; river structures; design practices; impact of river modification; problem analysis; and impact minimization. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: CE 313

Problem solving in nonpoint source pollution. Methods for evaluating the extent, rate, timing, and fate of Non-Point Source (NPS) pollutants in agricultural and urban environments.  Offered yearly in Spring term, as a hybrid section for even years and an ecampus section for odd years.

This course is the first in a two-course sequence for non-engineering majors.  BEE 572 provides principles of mass and energy conservation plus fundamentals of fluid flow dynamics as applied to food processing operations.

Mathematical and experimental techniques for quantitative descriptions of microbial bioreaction processes and an introduction to the principles and methodologies of metabolic engineering.  Pre-requisites:  Differential equations, linear algebra, biochemistry.

This course provides an introduction to the use of tracers in understanding the function of ecohydrological systems. This course will cover both natural and artificial tracers through examination of experimental data, mathematical models, and case studies. Pre-Requisites: None

Bioethenal is one of the important alternatives to fossil fuels. This course will provide an overview of the biofuel feedstocks for production of fuels, feed and industrially valuable chemicals. Issues in feedstock utilization such as suitability, availability, sustainability and economic viability will be addressed. This course will cover the preprocessing, post processing and fermentation technologies in ethanol production. Influence of feedstock composition and process technologies on ethanol and coproducts will be discussed.