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Biological engineering
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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
Last updated: 03-13-2005 10:47:28