Bioengineering
Biological engineering (also biosystems engineering and bioengineering) is a broad-based engineering discipline that deals with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems. Generally, bioengineering encompasses other engineering disciplines when they are applied to living organisms (e.g. prosthetics in mechanical engineering). Bioengineering is often synonymous with biomedical engineering, though in the strict sense the term can be applied more broadly to include food engineering and agricultural engineering.
ExamplesAquacultureBiosensors Bio-based materialsBiomaterialsBionicsIndustrial fermentationIndustrial enzymatic reactionsProduction and purification of biopharmaceuticalsAdvanced life support systemArtificial biospheres, eg. Biosphere 2Animal locomotion
External linksThe Institute of Biological EngineeringAbout biological engineering at MIT
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