Bioengineering

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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. Biotechnology also falls under the purview of the broad umbrella of bioengineering. Biological Engineering is the same thing as Agricultural Engineering, whereas Biomedical engineering (also known as bioengineering) is related with the medical field. Biological engineering is called Bioengineering by some colleges and Biomedical engineering is called Bioengineering by others. Therefore, people could easily get confused.

Biological engineers are similar to biologists in that they study living organisms. They are engineers because they have a practical goal in mind; they use research to create usable tangible products. In general, biological engineers attempt to 1) mimic biological systems in order to create products or 2) modify and control biological systems so that they can replace chemical and mechanical processes

See also Biomedical technology.

Modeling of the Spread of Disease

Examples

• Complex system
• Protein design
• Neural Network
• Genetic algorithm
• Systems biology
• Synthetic biology
• Bioinformatics
• Molecular engineering
• Biotechnology Red, Green, and White
• Aquaculture
• Biosensors
• Tissue Engineering
• Bio-based materials
• Biomaterials
• Drug Delivery
• Stem cell research
• Bionics
• Industrial fermentation
• Industrial enzymatic reactions
• Production and purification of biopharmaceuticals
• Orthopedic Implants
• Advanced life support system
• Artificial biospheres, e.g., Biosphere 2
• Animal locomotion

External links

• [Department of Bioengineering at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY]
• [Bioengineering companies]
• [Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, CA]
• [The Institute of Biological Engineering]
• [Imperial College, Department of Bioengineering]
• [Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook, NY]
• [Biological Engineering Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA]

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