Classes
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Agricultural & Biological Engineering II (ABE 222, Spring)
The functional requirements and operational principles of systems for the handling and processing of food and agricultural products are studied. The areas covered are mass and energy balances, gases and vapors, fluid flow, heat transfer, refrigeration and freezing, evaporation, and drying.
Humanity in the Food Web (TSM 311, Fall/Spring)
The human food web is the complex network of technologies, environments, people, and social institutions that produces, processes, and distributes the world's food supply. Students will study the food webs of the past, present, and future and will explore various human roles, including their own, in the global technology-environment-society-food system. Course topics include domestication, mechanization, urbanization, the green revolution, biotechnology, food safety, the environment, and appropriate technologies for developing countries.
Introduction to Agricultural & Biological Engineering (ABE 100, Fall)
Introduction to the engineering profession with career opportunities in the agricultural and biological engineering discipline. Interactive class activities include concepts necessary for becoming a successful engineer including time management, design concepts, ethics, and team building. Students become familiar with laboratories, computer facilities, internships, and other opportunities that are available to agricultural and biological engineering students. A team design experience is included. Class emphasis on technical communication and problem-solving skills as well as career planning.
Sustainable Biosystems International (ABE 498, TSM 499, Spring 2010)
Students work in small teams with students from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez on practical engineering-based projects focusing on the improvement of system sustainability. Examples of projects include analysis and integration of new technology in vertical aqua-ponics; optimization of sustainable coffee production; energy efficiency and reuse, waste handling and management of heat stress in dairy operations; and seed trial designs with local transgenic seed producers. Field trips, nature excursions, and cultural programs will be included.
Archive
A listing of past courses not currently planed to be offered in the near future. If you have interest in any of these courses please feel free to contact Luis F. Rodriguez. There may be an opportunity to revive the class or utilize the class as the template of an independent study.
