Engineering Principles of Agricultural and Biorenewable Systems

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of engineering principles to students in the non-engineering Agricultural and Biorenewable Systems Management major, but who are likely to encounter challenges that require quantitative solutions. Problem solving skills are extremely important to technology. At the end of the course, students will be able to: solve problems related to agricultural and biorenewable systems using a structured, logical method combining concepts from physics and math; recognize and apply unit factoring and dimensional analysis to problem solving; quantify physical relationships and apply engineering principles to evaluate basic engineering technology problems. Hands-on examples are used throughout the course to tie the course material to applications in agricultural and biorenewable industries. This course provides the groundwork for topics explored in more detail later in the Agricultural and BioRenewable Systems Management curriculum.