Bioengineering

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Biological engineering (also biosystems engineering and bioengineering) deals with engineering biological processes in general. It is a broad-based engineering discipline that also may involve product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems. Generally, bioengineering may deal with either the medical (see biomedical engineering) or the agricultural fields (see agricultural engineering).

Because other engineering disciplines overlap bioengineering living organisms (e.g., prosthetics in mechanical engineering), the term can be applied more broadly to include food engineering and biotechnology. Biological engineering is called Bioengineering by some colleges and Biomedical engineering is called Bioengineering by others, and is a rapidly developing field with fluid categorization.

Biological engineers are similar to biologists in that they study living organisms. They are engineers because they have a practical design aim 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, augment, or sustain chemical and mechanical processes.

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Biomechanics
Complex system
Protein design
Neuroengineering
Systems biology
Synthetic biology
Bioinformatics
Biomimetic
Machine Learning
Neural Network
Genetic Algorithm
Molecular engineering
Biotechnology
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

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