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Title

Biological and Food Process Engineering

Degree Level

Bachelor of Science

Minor Code

Advisor's Name

Ganesan Narsimhan

Advisor's Phone

(765) 494-1199

Advisor's Email

narsimha@purdue.edu

Information

The need for high quality, naturally derived biological products, such as foods, pharmaceuticals, and biochemicals has produced a high demand for knowledgeable, capable engineers who understand the complexity and sophistication of biological materials, combined with solid engineering skills. Employment and career advancement opportunities have been excellent for graduates, not only nationally, but also internationally. Graduates of this Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering program are successful in various positions in the biological and food process industry, such as research development, process and product development, environmental and corporate engineering, and management.

Credit Hours

137

Description

Freshman Year

First Semester

(4) CHM 11500 (General Chemistry)

(4) ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition)

(3) ENGR 12600 (Engineering Problem Solving and Computer Tools)

(4) MA 16500 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus I)

(1) College of Agriculture or College of Engineering orientation

Total Credits: 16

Second Semester

4) CHM 11600 (General Chemistry)

(3) COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)

(4) MA 16600 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus II)

(4) PHYS 17200 (Modern Mechanics)

(3) Social science or humanities elective

Total Credits: 18

Sophomore Year

Third Semester

(3) ABE 20100 (Thermodynamics in Biological Systems I)

(1) ABE 29000 (Sophomore Seminar)

(4) CHM 25700 (Organic Chemistry)

(4) MA 26100 (Multivariate Calculus)

(3) PHYS 24100 (Electricity and Optics)

(3) General education elective*

Total Credits: 18

Fourth Semester

(3) ABE 20200 (Thermodynamics in Biological Systems II)

(3) MA 26500 (Linear Algebra)

(3) MA 26600 (Ordinary Differential Equations)

(3) Analytical biochemistry or food science elective

(3) Engineering technical elective

(3) General education elective *

Total Credits: 18

Junior Year

Fifth Semester

(3) ABE 30100 (Modeling and Computational Tools in Biological Engineering)

(3) ABE 30300 (Applications of Physical Chemistry to Biological Processes)

(3) BIOL 23000 (Biology of the Living Cell)

(3) CHE 37700 (Momentum Transfer)

(1) Quantitative biology of the living cell or biotechnology laboratory elective

(3) General education elective*

Total Credits: 16

Sixth Semester

(3) ABE 37000 (Biological/Microbial Kinetics and Reaction Engineering)

(4) ABE 45400 (Transport Processes in Biological and Food Process Systems)

(4) BIOL 22100 (Introduction to Microbiology)

(3) CHE 37800 (Heat and Mass Transfer)

(3) Engineering elective

Total Credits: 17

Senior Year

Seventh Semester

(1) ABE 49000 (Professional Practice in Agricultural and Biological Engineering)

(4) ABE 55500 (Biological and Food Processing Unit Operations)

(4) Biological science or food science elective**

(3) Engineering elective**

(6) General education electives*

Total Credits: 18

Eighth Semester

(3) ABE 46000 (Sensors and Process Control)

(4) ABE 55600 (Biological and Food Process Design)

(3) ABE 58000 (Process Engineering of Renewable Resources)

(3) Biological science or food science elective**

(3) General education elective*

Total Credits: 16

Additional Information

*Eighteen credit hours of general education electives must be chosen in accordance with the general education document available in the Student Academic Center located in ABE 201. Of the 18 credit hours, three must be economics (ECON 251 or 252) and three must be an additional communication elective. The plan of study must include six credits of international understanding electives or equivalent.

**Restricted elective. See list of approved courses in the ABE Student Handbook. Selectives: F&N 315, F&N 534, FS 361, FS 362, FS 453, FS 467.

Department

ABE

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