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

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1 Examples 2 Related topics 3 External links

Examples

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

Related topics

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

External links

• The Institute of Biological Engineering
• About biological engineering at MIT