NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 農業廢棄物資源利用(5150)
	(Eng.) Utilization of Agriculture Wastes
Offering Dept	Department of Agronomy
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	CHEN CHIEN TEH ect.
Department	Department of Agronomy/Graduate	Language	English	Semester	2025-FALL
Course Description	This course introduces the utilization of agricultural waste, focusing on the technical discussion of converting it into biomass energy and fertilizer. Including biomass gasification, liquefaction, application of biochar, etc. The course will have practical operations and experiments. The production of biochar will be led by Mr. Wu Gengdong from the Forestry Department. In this course, students are divided into groups to discuss and guide them step by step to formulate the outline of the plan. Through the interactive discussion between teachers and students, the plan is revised to achieve the goal of explaining doubts and deepening the course. In order to enable students to understand the reports of each group, this course includes individual participation questions and suggestions, as well as personal learning process and experience reports as assessments instead of examination assessments.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Based on the existing content knowledge, it is intended to provide students with interesting and in-depth research goals that they find on their own, and then propose plans and implement them. With the dual support of the Green Energy Research Office of the Forestry Department and the Crop Environment Research Office of the Department of Agronomy, it is expected that students will not only gain cross-field knowledge, but also participate in cross-field research. In order to increase the breadth and depth of knowledge application, students will be encouraged to form cross-departmental teams in groups to stimulate the integration of knowledge in different fields, which can be implemented in R&D and application.			Lecturing Practicum Visit	Quiz Assignment Attendance Written Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Week syllabus/classwork [homework] 1 Introduction to the course Week 2 2 Agricultural cycle and global warming issues/grouping of class students [group research on Swedish environmental protection girl news] Week 3 3 Status of Agricultural Waste Treatment / Group Report on Global Warming Issues Week 4 4 Introduce biochar/ [each group looks for agricultural wastes that can be used on farms on and off campus] Week 5 5 Biochar process/group discussion and proposal of reusable agricultural waste [each group must collect the agricultural waste to be used in the course by next week] Week 6 6 Safety issues of biochar/interactive discussion on possible disposal methods of agricultural waste collected by each group [each group must complete the pre-processing of agricultural waste by next week] Week 7 7 Implant preparation, crushing / on-site explanation and operation [practice to deal with agricultural waste] Week 8 8 Pyrolysis of agricultural wastes / Each group should coordinate with the Green Energy Research Office to complete the thermal cracking within one week [Each group must complete the thermal cracking of agricultural wastes before the next week] Week 9 9 Utilization of thermal cracking products / Each group shows the products produced and possible applications [each group will propose the application plan of the produced products next week] Week 10 10 Application project proposal presentation/interactive discussion on the feasibility of each group’s plan and the required materials and measurement items [each group prepares experimental materials] Week 11 11 Group progress report/interactive discussion [group implementation] Week 12 12 Industry visit/site visit to interact with industry Week 13 13 Progress review/interactive discussion of each group [Data processing of each group] Week 14 14 Group Analysis 1 (Soil, Biochar, Plant) / According to the experimental needs of each group, they will be assigned to the teacher’s laboratory for analysis [Group implementation] Week 15 15 Group Analysis II (Soil, Biochar, Plants) / According to the experimental needs of each group, they will be assigned to the teacher’s laboratory for analysis [Group implementation] Week 16 6 Progress review/interactive discussion of each group [Data processing of each group]Ϲ Results review and reinforcement/interactive discussion of each group [reinforcement experiment for each group]Ϻ Group results presentation and evaluation self-directed learning    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.    06.Participation in field trips and outdoor instructional activities at other NCHU campuses or branches, including experimental forests or test sites.
Evaluation
Report participation in questions and suggestions (2 points for each article, maximum 20 points) Project proposals of each group (10%) Performance presentation and evaluation of each group (40%) Personal learning process and experience report (30%)
Textbook & other References
self-taught lecture
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
i-learning
Office Hours
Every Friday 3-5pm
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.    06.Participation in field trips and outdoor instructional activities at other NCHU campuses or branches, including experimental forests or test sites.    07.Affordable and Clean Energy   09.Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure   11.Sustainable Cities and Communities   13.Climate Action   15.Life On Land   17.Partnerships for the Goals include experience courses：Y

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