Agricultural Structures and Environment

          

List of Courses for the Board of Study

Course No	Course Title	Credits
First Semester
AE 5101	Water for Agriculture	2
AE 5102	Thermodynamics	2
AE 5103	Hydrology and Meteorology	3
AE 5104	Engineering Drawing	2
AE 5105	Water and Society	2
AE 5106	Physical Properties of Agricultural Products	2
AE 5107	Water Quality for Agriculture and Environment	3
AE 5108	Groundwater Development	2
AE 5109	Soil Mechanics	2
AE 5110	Watershed Management	2
AE 5111	Engineering Mechanics	2
AE 5112	Farm Mechanization	2
AE 5113	Principles of Farm Machinery	2
AE 5114	Agricultural Structures and Environment	2
AE 5115	Electronics and Instrumentation in Agriculture	2
AE 5116	Farm Machinery Testing and Evaluation	1
AE 5117	Numerical Analysis in Agricultural Engineering Applications	2
AE 5118	Principles of Post-harvest Biology and Technology	2
AE 5151	River Basin Planning and Management	2
AE 5152	Environmental Impact Assessment	2
AE 5153	Principles of Ergonomics in Agriculture	2
AE 5154	Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture	2
AE 5155	Financing Water Development	2
AE 5156	Environment and Industry	3
AE 5157	Solid Waste Management	2
AE 5158	Organic Produce Certification and Marketing	1
AE 5159	Grading Packaging and Transportation of Fruits and Vegetables	2
AE 5160	Advanced Power and Machinery	2
AE 5161	Solar Energy Applications in Agriculture	2
AE 5162	Tillage Engineering	2
AE 5163	Analysis of Agricultural Systems	2
AE 5164	Combustion of Biomass	2
AE 5165	Natural Fibre Technology	2
AE 5166	Water Resources Management for Tropical Agriculture	3
AE 5198	Directed Study	2
AE 5199	Seminar	1
AE 6101	Advanced Irrigation Water Management	2
AE 6102	Advanced GIS and Geo-informatics	2
AE 6103	Modeling Hydrological Systems	1
Second Semester
AE 5201	Water and Industry	2
AE 5202	Water Application Systems	2
AE 5203	Food Process Engineering	2
AE 5204	Power and Energy for Agriculture	2
AE 5205	Ecologically Sustainable Industrial Development	1
AE 5206	Fluid Mechanics	2
AE 5207	Applied Heat Transfer	2
AE 5208	Advanced Hydrology	2
AE 5209	Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources   Management	2
AE 5210	Health, Sanitation and Wastewater Management	2
AE 5211	Hydraulics of Erosion and Sediment Transport	2
AE 5212	Water Supply	2
AE 5213	Bioreactor and Bio-Environment Design and Control Systems	2
AE 5214	Electrical Power and Machines	2

M.Sc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES          MANAGEMENT (IWRM)

7.3.5.1 List of Courses

   

Course No	Course Title	Credits	Option
First Semester
AE 5101	Water for Agriculture	2	Compulsory
AE 5103	Hydrology and Meteorology	3	Compulsory
AE 5105	Water and Society	2	Compulsory
AE 5107	Water Quality for Agriculture and Environment	3	Compulsory
AE 5108	Groundwater Development	2	Compulsory
AE 5109	Soil Mechanics	2	Compulsory
AE 5110	Watershed Management	2	Elective
EC 5107	Project Analysis	2	Elective
EC 5108	Water Resources Economics I	2	Compulsory
EC 5110	Introduction to Economics	2	Compulsory
EC 5101	Microeconomics Theory I	2	Elective
EC 5102	Mathematical Economics	2	Elective
EC 6102	Macroeconomic Theory II	2	Elective
EC 6105	Environmental Valuation	3	Elective
ST 5106	Computer Programming	2	Elective
SS 5101	Fundamentals of Soil Science	2	Elective
Second Semester
AE 5201	Water and Industry	2	Elective
AE 5202	Water Application Systems	2	Compulsory
AE 5206	Fluid Mechanics	2	Compulsory
AE 5208	Advanced Hydrology	2	Elective
AE 5209	GIS for Natural Resources Management	2	Elective
AE 5210	Health, Sanitation and Wastewater      Management	2	Compulsory
AE 5211	Hydraulics of Erosion and Sediment Transport	2	Elective
AE 5212	Water Supply	2	Compulsory
EC 5201	Macroeconomic Theory I	2	Elective
EC 5208	Water Resource Economics II	2	Elective
EC 5210	Managerial Resource Economics	2	Elective
EX 5208	Social Research Methodology	3	Elective
EX 5212	Environmental Sociology	2	Elective
CS 5212	Scientific Writing and Proposal Formulation	2	Elective
SS 5204	Management of Tropical Uplands	1	Elective
SS 5205	Management of Tropical Wetlands	1	Elective
SS 5209	Land Use Planning	2	Elective
Second Year First Semester
AE 5198	Directed study	2	Compulsory
AE 5199	Seminar	1	Compulsory
AE 5152	Environmental Impact Assessment	2	Elective
AE 5154	Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture	2	Elective
AE 5155	Financing Water Development	2	Elective
AE 6101	Advanced Irrigation Water Management	2	Elective
AE 6102	Advanced GIS and Geo-informatics	2	Elective
AE 6103	Modeling Hydrological Systems	1	Elective

COURSE CAPSULES OF THE BOARD OF STUDY IN AGRICULTURAL  ENGINEERING

Courses Offered in the First Semester

            AE 5101. Water for Agriculture (2)

            Soil-water-plant relations, Soil moisture availability, Water movement through soil, Plant and         atmospheric systems, Impact of water stress on crop yield, Consumptive use, Determinations of      crop water requirements, Estimation of field irrigation requirements, Irrigation scheduling,             Determination of water requirements for field, Minor and major irrigation projects, Paddy vs. other field crops, Determination of water requirements under rainfed conditions.

            AE 5102. Thermodynamics (2)

            Fundamental concepts, Work and heat, Laws of thermodynamics and their applications,               Properties and relationships, Cycles, Mixtures and psychometrics.

            AE 5103. Hydrology and Meteorology (3)

            Atmospheric physics, Formation and classification of clouds, Formations of disturbances,               Depressions and cyclones, Rainfall governing mechanisms of Sri Lanka, Global weather events            and their impact on rainfall of Sri Lanka. Hydrology cycle , Identification and quantification        and analysis of hydrological processes, Ground water, Stream flow measurement, Hydrograph         analysis, Runoff prediction, Reservoir and flood routing, Introduction to computer modeling.

            AE 5104. Engineering Drawing (2)

            Introduction to engineering drawing and projection systems, Lines and planes, Sections of

            solids, and interpenetration, Tolerance, Limits and fits, Line conventions and dimensioning of

            drawings, Introduction to AUTOCAD and drawing projects.

            AE 5105. Water and Society (2)

            Hydraulic civilization: Structures & types of settlements based on river basins, reservoirs,       estuaries, lagoons. Water use policy and philosophy: Historical aspects, urbanization, rural      politics in water management and institutional structures, water policies (water laws, rights and         tax). Indigenous technology in water management in ancient society: Controlled water supply,     water harvesting and recharge in surface and groundwater usage. Public health & Sanitation:       Quantity and quality of water for human sustenance, Water quality deterioration and society,            Water born diseases and health problems. Communication: Communication skills for improved    management systems, Capacity mobilization, Participatory approach in management systems     for water and sanitation.

             AE 5106. Physical Properties of Agricultural Products (2)

            Introduction to physical characteristics of food and agricultural products, Volume and density

            measurements, Separation methods, Behaviour of particles in fluids, Centrifugation, Thermal

            Properties, Rheological Properties, Optical Properties, Structural and textural characteristics.

            AE 5107. Water Quality for Agriculture and Environment (3)

            Introduction to water quality, Quality parameters, Surface and ground water pollution, Effects        of pollution, Toxic material in water, Biological water pollution, Pollution control, Oxygen      demand (BOD & COD), Oxidation of organic matter, Effects of water quality on health and           environment, Eutrophication, Water quality and agriculture, Crop diseases, Harvest and        irrigation, Quality standards, Quality monitoring, Water sampling and analysis, Water quality     trends in Sri Lanka.

            AE 5108. Groundwater Development (2)

            Occurrence of groundwater: aquifers, aquifer characteristics, Groundwater movement:      determination of hydraulic conductivity (in-situ), Groundwater flow, Groundwater and well            hydraulics: steady and unsteady unidirectional and radial flow into well, Multiple well systems,      Surface investigation of groundwater: geologic method, Electro resistivity method, Seismic            refraction method, Well construction: testing wells for yield, pumping equipment, Groundwater   levels and Environmental influences, Quality of groundwater and Pollution.

            AE 5109. Soil Mechanics (2)

            Mass volume relationships, Particle size distribution, Engineering classification of soils,   Capillarity and permeability, compaction, compressibility and consolidation, effective stress and     pore pressure, soil strength, state of stress and failure criteria, earth pressure and foundations.

            AE 5110. Watershed Management (2)

            Concepts and definitions of watershed management, Current problems in watersheds. Processes            operating in a watershed. Quantification of hydrological and soil erosion processes. Impacts of     land management on quantity and quality of water resources. Strategies to prevent watershed    degradation. Formulation of watershed management projects. Methodologies for cost/benefit         assessments. Integration of participatory approaches to watershed management. Case studies.

            AE 5111. Engineering Mechanics (2)

            Stress-strain relationships, Elastic constants. Direct stresses, Combined stresses due to bending,

            Deflection of beams, Torsion in circular shafts, Fluid static, Steady, Unsteady, Uniform and   non-uniform flow, Laminar and turbulent flows, Bernoulli s equation and its application,     Momentum equation and its application, Flow in pipes. Kinematics and dynamics of a particle,

            Plane kinematics of a rigid body, Velocity and acceleration diagrams (application of vectors) of

            simple mechanisms, Belt drive, Vibration of a single degree of freedom systems.

            AE 5112. Farm Mechanization (2)

            Introduction to mechanization and farm machinery, Measuring field performance and      introduction to crop production equipment. Costing of farm machinery, Selection of optimum

            power requirements; Human factors and safety on operations.

            AE 5113. Principles of Farm Machinery (2)

            Research and development of farm machinery, Agricultural tractor, Mechanical and hydraulic

            power transmission. Soil tillage and traction. Tillage implements. Tractor stability. Design of

            field equipment.

            AE 5114. Agricultural Structures and Environment (2)

            Functional planning and principles of environmental control, cost estimation, structural        component analysis and properties of building materials. Design of storage structures.

            AE 5115. Electronics and Instrumentation in Agriculture (2)

            Basic concepts and terminology. Electrical circuit analysis, bridge circuits. Semiconductor

            components; Diodes, Transistors, Thyristors. Basic electronics; Rectification and power supplies, OPAMPS and their uses, Logic circuits, Number systems, counters. Instrumentation;

            sensors and transducers for measurement of pressure, temperature, force etc. Introduction to

            control systems. Computer interfacing; introduction to computer hardware, A/D and D/A

            conversion, Data acquisition and storage, automatic control.

            AE 5116. Farm Machinery Testing and Evaluation (1)

            Introduction to testing and evaluation of tillage machinery, Testing and evaluation of walking

            type tractors, Testing and evaluation of reapers and threshers, Ergonomic appraisal and safety

            testing, Testing and evaluation of four wheel tractor, PTO, Draw bar, Testing and evaluation of

            four wheel tractor, ROPS, Hydraulic handing, Testing and evaluation of water pumps and

            sprayers, Instrumentation for power measurements.

            AE 5117. Numerical Analysis in Agricultural Engineering Applications (2)

            Solutions of equations by iteration, Solving sets of equations, Interpolating polynomials,   Numerical differentiation and numerical integration, Numerical solutions of ordinary          differential equations, Boundary-value problems and Characteristic-value problems, Numerical solutions of elliptic partial differential equations, Hyperbolic partial differential equations,            Curve-fitting and approximation of functions, and applications in agricultural engineering.

            AE 5118. Principles of Post-harvest Biology and Technology (2)

            Cereal grains and other durable commodities: Cereals; Structure, composition and functional       constituents of commercially important grains. Pulses: classification and physical properties.    The spices and nuts: a brief overview on post harvest techniques. Grain harvesting, threshing,   drying and storage, milling processes and quality control especially paddy, rice and seed paddy.          Perishables and semi-perishables: Post harvest sites of losses and principles of post harvest            physiology, handling stress management, Design principles of temperature and humidity

            management systems. Post harvest handling of commercially important tropical fruits and        vegetables. Quality control, cost benefit analysis and appropriate technology for post harvest           systems. Field visits to post harvest handling and processing centres.

            AE 5152. Environmental Impact Assessment (2)

            Need for EIA, Definitions, EIA process, Methods in EIA, Multidisciplinary approach to EIA,            Assessment of impacts, implementations, EIA legislation, policy & institutions, Case studies.

            AE 5153. Principles of Ergonomics in Agriculture (2)

            Introduction to human factors engineering, Human factors and work efficiency, Biomechanics             and materials handling techniques; lifting, carrying, other handling operations and packaging       ergonomics. Ergonomics for safe work, Organization of work, design of work places and      applied ergonomics for office and the use of ergonomic check list for evaluation of work places.

            AE 5154. Application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture (2)

            Introduction to remote sensing, Basic principles of electromagnetic energy, Types of sensors,           Data sources and platforms, Visual interpretation, Software for image processing, Digital image      processing including radiometric and geometric corrections, Enhancement, Classification.            Accuracy assessment, Applications in agriculture and related disciplines, Case studies.

            AE 5155. Financing Water Development (2)

            Economic value of water and cost reflective pricing, Commercial, fixed asset accounting.     Analysis of financial statements, Tariff principles, increasing block tariffs and lifeline tariffs,     Average historical cost accounting and long run marginal costing, Demand responsiveness:        Ability to pay and willingness to pay. Pricing and service differentiation for the poor. Sources of         finance for a long-term asset based industry, Decision-making for financial management: The     Waterman Simulation

            AE 5156. Environment and Industry (3)

            Location theory of industrial development. Impact of industry on environment. Inter             Relationship between industry, environment, resource base and agriculture. Rural industrial

            development and alternative land use. Industrial waste disposal. Energy used in industry and

            environment considerations. Scale of operations, Infra structure development and impact on

            environment. Transport and disposal of hazardous wastes. Regulation - local and international

            relating to industrial development and environment. Environmental carrying capacity for

            industries. Greenhouse effects.

            AE 5157. Solid Waste Management (2)

            Classification of wastes, Agricultural, Industrial, Domestic, Municipal and Hazardous, Available methods of waste management, Design of Landfills, liner material, leachate formation and           seepage, gas generation and migration, Landfill management and final closer, Design of aerobic    and anaerobic digesters, Combines systems with constructed wetland, Incinerators: Design and          operation open and close looped systems, Hazardous waste management, Secure landfills,   incinerators and management of clinical wastes, Application of Cleaner Production (CP) and           Green Productivity Concepts.

            AE 5158. Organic Produce Certification and Marketing (1)

            Organic produce concepts and problems, controlling organizations and certifiers, IFOAM.          Consumer attitudes, market trends and packaging requirements. Standards and procedures in       certification: growers, packers and shippers. Standards and procedures in certification.    Marketing procedures. Canceling and renewing licenses and charges made for inspection.

            AE 5159. Grading Packaging and Transportation of Fruits and Vegetables (2)

            Introduction to primary processing of perishables for fresh market protection required by fresh

            fruit and vegetables, pack house operations and ergonomics of packing, International quality

            standard and commercial requirements, Transportation environment, Types of packaging and

            package design, Testing and evaluation of transport packages, packing patterns and analysis of

            packing forces in containers.

            AE 5160. Advanced Power and Machinery (2)

            Analysis of agricultural machine components and systems. Emphasis on hydraulic power transmission, Controls and management of machinery systems.

            AE 5161. Solar Energy Applications in Agriculture (2)

            Solar energy and available solar radiation, Heat transfer applied in solar energy, Theory of flat

            plate collectors, Concentrating collectors, System thermal calculations and experiments, Solar

            heating, Solar process economics, Design of solar systems, Solar industrial process heat,

            Conversion to mechanical energy, Evaporative processes and salt gradient ponds, project.

            AE 5162. Tillage Engineering (2)

            Analysis of stresses and strains in soils due to machine applied loads, Optimum soil conditions

            for tillage and relevant soil properties, Mechanics of interaction between agricultural soils and

            tillage equipment and traction devices, Tillage equipment.

            AE 5163. Analysis of Agricultural Systems (2)

            Identification and definition of systems, Systems Approach and its importance, Dynamic system

            modeling and interactions, Stocks and flows, Problems solving in agriculture through system

            analysis approach, Model formulation and estimation, Stereo type models, Model validations

            and evaluations.

            AE 5164. Combustion of Biomass (2)

            Introduction to energy management, Consumption in Sri Lanka and present systems of energy

            generations and utilization and comparisons with developing and developed countries,        Combustion of Biomass and fossil fuels: Chemical reactions of combustion, physical and

            dynamic aspects of gas in combustion, Spontaneous expansion, Combustion of premixed gases,

            Diffusion flames, Laminar and turbulent, Biomass, Pyrolysis, Gasification and liquefaction,

            Review of existing furnaces, gasifiers, Incinerators and dendro thermal systems, Design and

            control systems for new reactors with atmospheric pollution control systems.

            AE 5165. Natural Fibre Technology (2)

            Introduction to natural fibre use and management, Physical and chemical properties of wood,

            bamboo and other natural fibres, Martial fibre use in agriculture and forestry, 'technologies for

            manufacturing fibre materials for soil conservation measures and planting media, Preservation

            and treatment of natural fibres, Fibre board manufacture from agriculture wastes and other

            materials, Manufacture of organic resins and other tubes of glues, Paper manufacture,               Construction methods using materials, Bamboo, thatch, grass, reeds, coir wastes, Assessment of

            future needs.

            AE 5166. Water Resources Management for Tropical Agriculture (3)

            Introduction to tropical climate, rainfall occurrence, patterns and distribution, Hydrological   measurements, hydrological data analysis and interpretation, Surface water resources, Ground      water resources, Soil moisture analysis and determination, Water movement through soil, plant            and atmosphere, Hydrological processes and interactions, Consumptive use and crop water          requirements, Irrigation scheduling, Water resource assessment and inventory, Sustainable        management of tropical water resources.

            AE 5198. Directed Study (2)

            AE 5199. Seminar (1)

            AE 6101. Advanced Irrigation Water Management (2)

            Climatic environment in relation to irrigation. Selection, classification and preparation of             irrigable land. Problems and procedures in determining water supply requirements irrigation          projects. Water measurements. Selected problems on farm water management Importance of     agricultural drainage, Determination of drainage spacing under  steady state and unsteady state          conditions Leaching requirement. Determination of drainage design parameters. Drainage      systems design.

            AE 6102. Advanced Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Geo-informatics (2)

            Introduction to Geo-informatics, Geo-informatics and spatial data quality, Temporal dimension       in spatial data, Software and hardware for GIS/ Geo-informatics, Global Positioning Systems   (GPS) for GIS and Geo-informatics, Remote Sensing (RS) and Geo-informatics, Spatial    modeling, Simulations and Geo-computations, Legislation and Digital Data Products, Training         and Education in Geo-informatics, Development of Geographical Information science.

            AE 6103. Modeling Hydrological Systems (1)

            Hydrological modeling concepts, Modeling approaches and applications, Process based   modeling, Spatial dynamics and modeling, Temporal modeling, Scale issues in modeling, Data           requirements and limitations for modeling.

7.3.7.2 Courses Offered in the Second Semester

            AE 5201. Water and Industry (2)

            Water use in industry: Quantity & Quality of water in different types of industries- agro based,      textile, garments, leather, chemical, organic fiber, mineral and manufacturing, Impact of       industrial use of water on resources, pollution levels - quality of water, Abutment measures and      technology for water use: Minimize reduction and reuse, effluent treatment systems, Interaction          of enterprises in managing water and sanitary systems.

            AE 5202. Water Application Systems (2)

            Selection of water application methods. Introduction to basin, border furrow and other surface   irrigation methods, design, evaluation, operation and maintenance of surface irrigation systems,      Introduction to design, Evaluation, Operation and maintenance of sprinkler and drip irrigation. Selection of water application methods, Introduction to basin border, furrow and other surface        irrigation methods, Design, evaluation, Operation and maintenance of surface irrigation      systems, Introduction to design, Evaluation, Operation and maintenance of sprinkler and drip

            irrigation systems.

            AE 5203. Food Process Engineering (2)

            Introduction to processing food: Basic principles, raw materials, processing methods,         Preliminary operations, Pre-treatments: trimming, peeling blanching: cross infection hazards,

            Flow: viscous and turbulent flow; multi-phase flow. Diffusive transfer of heat and mass,

            Conductive heat transfer. Thermal processing for microbial destruction, Non thermal processing

            for microbial destruction. Chilling and freezing, principles and practice, Freeze drying, theory

            of extrusion, Mixing, Distillation, Extraction, Concentration, Solid-Liquid separation.      Equipment for filling, closing and heat sealing, Aseptic packing, Waste water treatment and

            disposal of food waste.

            AE 5204. Power and Energy for Agriculture (2)

            Introduction to energy management in agricultural processing: Solar energy conversion and

            utility systems, Combustion of fuels and gasification, Hybrid and co-generation plants,             Electricity and power measurements, Effect of power factor in industrial applications, Steam

            generation and application in processing, control and efficient use of steam, Optimisation and

            excess power generation for rural development, Water driven machines, Energy audit.

            AE 5205. Ecologically Sustainable Industrial Development (1)

            Introduction to Ecological sustainable Industrial Development Concepts (ESID); Environmental            disasters, importance of ESID. Productivity concepts: Green productivity methodology,     strategies and case studies, Cleaner production methodology, CP success stories. Environmental    management systems; ISO 14000 methodology.

            AE 5206. Fluid Mechanics (2)

            Fundamentals of fluid flow, continuity, momentum and energy equations and their applications.

            Behaviour of real fluids, laminar flow, turbulent flow, steady flow in pipes, pipelines systems.

            Steady flow in open channels. Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude. Fluid machinery.

            AE 5207. Applied Heat Transfer (2)

            Introduction to heat transfer, Modes of heat transfer, Multimode heat and mass transfer,

            Diffusion mass transfer, Applications in agriculture.

            AE 5208. Advanced Hydrology (2)

            Introduction to hydrologic modeling, Probabilistic, stochastic and deterministic models,           Simulation of component processes of hydrologic cycle, Applied computer, Models in        hydrology,. Ground water occurrence and exploration. Ground water hydraulics. Solution to           ground water problems; Analogue, Analytical and numerical methods. Flow nets. Well       hydraulics pumping test. Bore hole design. Ground water recharge. Ground water use.

            AE 5209. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resource Management (2)

            Introduction to GIS, Historical background, Development of GIS, Contributing disciplines and            Technologies, Spatial information for decision making, Geographical Entities, Attribute data,          Scale of spatial data, Spatial data Acquisition, Sources of Spatial data, Map References &        Scales, Feature representation, Projections speciation in GIS, Digital Cartography, Data models,    Comparison of model structures, Strengths & weaknesses, Data model selection, Storage structures of data base, Shared databases, Database design & management, GIS selection        criteria, Data sources, Essential functionality, System specifications, Maintenance & log term        sustainability, Training and awareness.

            AE 5210. Health, Sanitation and Wastewater Management (2)

            Health and Hygiene: Classification of water and excreta-related diseases, risk behaviors in

            relation to water and excreta-related diseases. On-site excreta disposal system: unimproved pit

            latrines, VIP latrines, pour-flush latrines, composting latrines, septic tanks and soaking systems.

            Urban sanitation: Excreta disposal in high density settlements, Wastewater treatment and reuse,

            Conventional low-cost sewage treatment, Unconventional systems, wastewater stabilization

            ponds and reed beds, Wastewater for irrigation

            AE 5211. Hydraulics of Erosion and Sediment Transport (2)

            Mechanism of soil erosion by rain drops and sheet flow, Erosion problems in irrigation lands,          Open channels, Streams and watersheds. Principles of cohesive and non-cohesive sediment           transport, Bed load functions and sedimentation problems in estuaries.

            AE 5212. Water Supply (2)

            Estimation of yield, surface and underground sources, Existing type of reservoirs and its             efficiencies, Improvement of water supply reservoirs, river intakes, wells, including bore holes, Water quality control and management, Hydraulic of water conveyance systems and        distribution, pumping plants, open channels, pipes valves and its repair ands maintenance.

            AE 5213. Bioreactor and Bio-Environment Design and Control Systems (2)

            Introduction to bioreactors: Bio-Mathematics applied in chemical kinetics, Identification of          depended & independent variables & functional relationships of kinetics with enzymes and     microbes (Inhibition, Toxicity, Catalytic & Process conditions), Design & operation of  bioreactors for processing and effluent treatment, Constructed wetlands, Design & Development         of control systems for bioreactors , Heat & mass transfer in bio- environment, Controlled     environment in agriculture & constructed wetlands.

            AE 5214. Electrical Power and Machines (2)

            Measurement of AC voltages & currents , Average and RMS values, Use of complex numbers          in AC circuit analysis, Transformers, Measurement of AC power, DC and AC motors,            generators, Machinery.