BE 429.  Fundamentals of Food Engineering

Credits: Total Credits: 3   Lecture Hours: 3
Description: Definition and measurement of food properties, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and mass transfer.

 

BE 350.  Heat and Mass Transfer in Biosystems

Credits: Total Credits: 3   Lecture Hours: 3
Description: Steady state and transient heat conduction. Radiation and convection heat transfer.  Mass transfer applications in biosystems engineering

 

BE 477.  Food Engineering: Fluids

Credits: Total Credits: 3   Lecture Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 2
Description: Unit operations, process engineering, equipment, and industrial practice of the food industry with emphasis on fluid food products: sanitary pipeline design, tanks, pumps, valves and fittings, heat exchange, pasteurization, homogenization, mixing and agitation, refrigeration and slurry freezing, evaporation, membrane separation, cleaning, sanitation, and clean-in-place systems.

 

BE 478.  Food Engineering: Solids

Credits: Total Credits: 3   Lecture Hours: 2   Lab Hours: 2
Description: Analysis and design of unit operations and complete systems for handling, processing, and manufacturing bulk, granular, and solid food products.  Material variability and microbial, chemical, and physical hazards.

 

BE 825.  Properties of Biological Materials

Credits: Total Credits: 3   Lecture Hours: 3
Description: Determination, analysis, and modeling of engineering properties of materials encountered in biological engineering.