Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machinery

Covers engineering design principles for agricultural machinery used in crop production, processing, and handling.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Jeff Nelson

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.42 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.29 GPA, 58.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.83 GPA, 45.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

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Declared in Biological Systems Engineering or Mechanical Engineering and (M E 240,E M A 202,PHYSICS 201, 207, or 247), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

BSE/ME 475

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.42 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.29 GPA, 58.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.83 GPA, 45.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JEFFREY NELSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction14 / 220
LAB 302Classroom Instruction14 / 220
LEC 001Classroom Instruction4 / 220
LAB 302Classroom Instruction4 / 220

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.42 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.29 GPA, 58.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.83 GPA, 45.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Crop production, processing, and handling machinery
  • Environmental and biological factors in machine operation
  • Economic and capacity analysis

Skills

  • Engineering design principles for agricultural machinery
  • Analyzing environmental and biological factors in machine design
  • Economic and capacity analysis of agricultural systems

Grades

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BSE/ME 475 · Fall 2026

Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machinery

Recorded 2026-09-07
BSE/ME 475 · Fall 2026

Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machinery

Recorded 2026-09-07
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