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Fall Semester, 2006

BAE 504 Animal Waste Management

Credits: 3 credits

BAE 504 -  graduate level engineering

Student Office Hours:   TBD

Course Description: 

Systems approach to the management, analysis and design of systems for the collection, storage, treatment, transport and utilization of livestock manure and organic wastes wastewaters applied to agricultural land. 

Objectives:
1.   To familiarize students with the physical, 
      chemical and biological properties of livestock
      manure, industrial and municipal wastewaters 
      and residuals, and organic wastes on the 
      environment.

2.     To develop the student’s abilities to analyze
       and design systems for the collection, 
       handling, treatment and utilization of manure 
       and organic wastes.

3.      To expand and reinforce the student’s education
       in his/her major of study through a semester
       project in the area of manure and
      organic waste management.

Class Format:

One 3-hour lecture per week (Tuesday 6:00-
9:00 p.m. MT, 5:00-8:00 p.m. PT.  Course will
be broadcast via compressed video from the Twin 
Falls Research and Extension Center to the 
University of Idaho campuses in Boise 
and Moscow .

Texts:

Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook - Downloadable PDF www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/awm/awmfh.html

Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship Curriculum- www.lpes.org

Web Resource:

NRCS Animal Waste Management

www.kimberly.uidaho.edu/AgWaste/

Homework:

Homework will include problems that require careful calculations and good written communication, and will be graded on both attributes.  Homework is due the week after it is assigned, unless denoted by the instructor.  If students are confused by a homework question, first - contact the instructor, second - discuss it with your peers, and third - make an assumption, write down why it was made and complete the problem.  Exams are open book.  The enhancement project will include grades for your written work, class presentation and peer questions.

Grades: