AI 4208 Processing of Agricultural Products II 3 credits
Prerequisite: AI 3204 Processing of Agricultural Products I
Mechanical properties of agro-industrial products and related equipment such as milling, tanning, fabricating. Stress, strain, stress-strain relationships, rate of shear and elasticity. Temperature teffects and dimensionalanalysis.
AI 3207 Unit Operation for Agro-Industry I 3 credits
Prerequisite: BT 3013 Introduction to Bioprocessing Engineering
Application of chemical engineering concepts such as dimensional analysis, order of magnitude analysis, macroscopic and microscopic balances and mathematical modelling to the study of various unit operations importantto the agro-industry. These include fluid mechanics agitation, filtration, separation by gravity and by centrifugation;heat transfer by transduction, transmission and radiation.
AI 3206 Agro-Industrial Management and Marketing 3 credits
Prerequisite: BG 2403 Introduction to Economics
The principles and problems involved in the transfer of agricultural products from producer to consumer; consumer psychology, production and distribution policies, costing and pricing, sales promotion and the improvement of marketing efficiency. This course will also include the fundamentals of agro-industrial management such as: plant location, design and maintenance, work study, network analysis, marketing and product design, development andmanufacture control of production, inventory, costs and quality. Capital budgeting and investment criteria.
AI 3205 Biochemical Engineering 3 credits
Prerequisite: BS 2010 Basic Biochemistry
BS 2011 Introduction to Microbiology
The application of biological organisms to production processes in fermentation, bioprocessing and enzyme technology. Topics include fermentation processes; factors in processing and operation, fermentation kinetics and modelling; aeration and agitation, sterilization, bioreactors, scale-up and downstream processing.
AI 3204 Processing of Agricultural Products I 3 credits
Prerequisite: AI 3201 Biological Material and Biodegradation
Factors and processes for converting agricultural raw materials into value-added finished products. Chemical, physical, mechanicl and biological properties of the raw materials such as cow hides, starch, rubber, fiber, woods, etc.
AI 3202 Introduction to Agro-Industry 2 credits
The natural environment and the problems of world agricultural production. Scientific and technological aspects of converting animal and plant products into a variety of agro-industrial products, improvement and acceptability
evaluation.
AI 3201 Biological Material and Biodegradation 3 credits
Biodeterioration in natural materials; its causes, effects and prevention. The effects of different organisms in the decay of a variety of natural materials including metals, and organisms used in biodeterioration testing. The techniques used in assessing the extent and cause of deterioration. Biodeterioration of timber in aquatic environments, petroleum products, synthetic polymers, tobacco and rubber in contact with water and sewage. The microbial degradationof preservatives and antimicrobial agents and pesticides. Product resistence to microbial attack structural factors influencing biodegradability.
AD 4602 Advertising Workshop II 3 credits
Prerequisites: AD 4601 Advertising Workshop I
CA 3011 Communication Arts Research Continuing study in higher level producing advertisements based on the advertising strategy.
AD 4601 Advertising Workshop I 3 credits
Prerequisites: AD 3101 Principles of Marketing Communication
CA 3011 Communication Arts Research
A training in advertising planning through the study of marketing trends, analysis of data, planning of marketing promotion. This course encourages students to choose their own topics under the supervision of the instructor.
AD 4600 Seminar in Advertising 3 credits
Prerequisite: AD 4602 Students Only
A study of facts and conditions relating to problems in advertising in the past and present with emphasis on theactivities in Thailand, in cluding concepts of prominent advertising agencies for application in business. Students will be trained to analyze problems and propose solution to the problems.