Bioengineering - Definition and Overview

Biological engineering (a. k. a. biosystems engineering, bioengineering) is any type of engineering--for example, mechanical engineering--applied to living things.

Examples

• Aquaculture
• Biosensors
• Bio-based materials
• Biomaterials
• Industrial fermentation
• Industrial enzymatic reactions
• Production and purification of biopharmaceuticals
• Advanced life support system
• Artificial biospheres, eg. Biosphere 2
• Animal locomotion

Related topics

Biological engineering has significant overlap with food process engineering, agricultural engineering and biomedical engineering.

External links

• The Institute of Biological Engineering (http://www.ibeweb.org/)
• About biological engineering at MIT (http://web.mit.edu/be/index.htm)