Courses

• Descriptions for courses with ERE prefix

FEG 132. Orientation Seminar: Forest Engineering (1)
One hour of lecture, discussion and/or exercises per week. Introduction to campus resources available to ensure academic success. Introduction to engineering as a design profession. Fall.

FEG 300. Engineering Design (1)
One hour of lecture or three hours of laboratory per week. A focus on application of design processes to the needs and desires of society, with emphasis on systems useful in resource manipulation and development. Concepts of planning and design are reinforced through study, conduct and critique of design exercises and projects. Fall.

FEG 340. Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics (4)
Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory and discussion per week. Introduction to water resources engineering. Hydraulics processes explored include pipe flow, open-channel flow, flows within control structures, and flow through porous media. Hydrologic processes explored include scaling rainfall across time and space, computing the timing and magnitude of watershed runoff, and routing flood waves through detention basins and streams. Engineering analysis
to link hydrologic and hydraulic systems and use probability distributions to access the system failure. Spring.
Pre- or co-requisite: MAE 341 or equivalent.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 340 and ERE 540.

FEG 350. Introduction to Remote Sensing for Engineers (2)
Two hours of lecture per week. The fundamentals of acquiring, analyzing and utilizing remote sensing data in the performance of natural resource inventories, environmental quality surveys and site development analyses. Oriented for multidisciplinary participation. Spring.
Prerequisite: Junior status.

FEG 352. Introduction to Remote Sensing (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Qualitative and quantitative introduction to the fundamentals of acquiring, analyzing and utilizing remote sensing data in the performance of natural resource inventories, environmental quality surveys, site development studies and land use analyses. Oriented for multidisciplinary participation. Spring.
Prerequisites: Junior status, physics and calculus or permission of instructor.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 352 and ERE 552.

FEG 363. Photogrammetry I (3)
Two hours of lecture and discussion, three hours of laboratory per week. Basic photogrammetric and photo interpretation concepts as a means of acquiring reliable data for engineering and management planning. Potentials, limitations, instrumentation and unique requirements are considered. Fall or Spring.
Prerequisite: ERE 371.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 363 and ERE 563.

FEG 410. Structures (4)
Three hours of lecture, three hours of computation laboratory and discussion per week. Engineering principles in the analysis, planning design and construction of components and framed structures under various types of loadings. The proportioning of wood, steel and composite members and the design of statically determinate structural systems.
Emphasis is placed on the relationship between theoretical stress analysis and codes and specifications for appropriate materials and structural design practices. Fall.
Prerequisites: ERE 362, scientific computing.

FEG 420. Harvest Systems Analysis (1)
Three hours of discussion, demonstration and/or field exercises per week. An introduction to mensuration, harvesting operations, methods analysis, mechanization, and interrelationships between the pro-duction and silvicultural aspects of harvesting is presented. Fall.
Prerequisites: FOR 321, ERE 362.

FEG 430. Engineering Decision Analysis (3)
Three hours of lecture per week. Classical engineering economics: time value of money, nominal and effective interest, and present worth, annual worth, rate of return, and benefit-cost ratio comparison techniques. Identification and evaluation of alternative investment and borrowing decisions, including the role of inflation, depreciation, taxes and uncertainty. Investment theory including the potential risks and rewards associated with investments options. Simulation and optimization techniques to aid in management decisions. Fall

FEG 437. Transportation Systems (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Interrelationships between natural features, transportation types, design and management objectives to provide the most effective system within a given framework. Basic engineering principles in the planning, location, design, construction and maintenance of suitable transportation systems to serve various aspects of forest resource management. Spring. Prerequisites: ERE 371, CIE 337, FEG 340.

FEG 448. Open Channel Hydraulics (3)
Three hours of lecture and discussion per week. Classroom instruction and exercises introduce advanced concepts in open channel hydraulics, including the energy and momentum principles, critical flow, uniform flow, flow profiles, and unsteady flow, as appropriate. Suitable as an engineering design elective in the forest engineering curriculum. Fall.
Prerequisite: FEG 340 or equivalent, senior standing.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 448 and ERE 548.

FEG 454. Power Systems (2)
Two hours of lecture. Application of alternative technologies to the matching of power needs and resource constraints. Topics include tractive power, wind power, cogeneration, alternative fuels and photovoltaics. Spring.
Prerequisites: ERE 351, FEG 420.

FEG 464. Photogrammetry II (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. General analytic photogrammetry including interior and exterior orientation systems, intersection, space resection and orientation. Correction of photo coordinates for film deformation, lens distortions, atmospheric refraction, and earth curvature. Introduction to photogrammetric plotters. Planning for photogrammetric projects and designing optimum procedures for selected photogrammetric tasks. Fall.
Prerequisite: FEG 363.
Note: Credit will not be granted for both FEG 464 and ERE 664.

FEG 489. Forest Engineering Planning and Design (3)
Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. A curriculum capstone course designed to integrate other coursework with a systematic approach to real life engineering problems. Semester-long laboratory projects are selected to provide experience in dealing not only with technical and economic constraints, but also with environmental, social, legal and political aspects of the planning process. Spring.
Prerequisite: Senior status in forest engineering.

FEG 498. Research Problem in Forest Engineering (1-3)
Independent research in topics in forest engineering for the highly motivated undergraduate student. Selection of subject area determined by the student in conference with appropriate faculty member. Tutorial conferences, discussions and critiques scheduled as necessary. Final written report required for departmental record. Fall, Spring and Summer.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.