Biological Engineering

Healthy Planet

Healthy People

A job-ready degree to create a sustainable world

Source: NASAThis Is Where We Design

Source: NASAOpportunities and Challenges

Population Growth—3 billion more people by 2040

Land Use Changes and Habitat Loss Food, Feed, Fiber, and

Fuel “Water will be to the 21th

century what oil was to the 20th”—Fortune

Source: NASA

Low Impact Development for Habitat for Humanity

Source: NASA

Growing Algae for the Production of Biofuels

Source: NASA

Low Cost Drinking Water System for Belize

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Our Students Design Local and Global Engineering Solutions

Pharmaceutical RemovalArsenic Removal

Aquaculture

ProstheticsClean Drinking

Water

Heat Stress

Solar Coffee Dryer

Feeding Tube

Biological Engineering is a Path to the Solution…

Our curriculum provides this foundation… letting students solve societal problems.

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This “new biology for the 21st century” is focused on food, environment, energy and human health.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2010

Engineering Knowledge Common to Nearly All

Calculus Physics Chemistry Technical

Writing Statics

Thermodynamics

Electric Circuits Fluids Materials Design

Engineering Knowledge for Biological Engineering

Biology Microbiology Cell biology Ecology Organic

Chemistry

Ecological Design

Biokinetics Biochemistry Biological

Materials Biomedical

DesignThe focus on biology sets

Biological Engineering apart from others.

Our Curriculum Prepares You for Medical, Pharmacy and Vet School

Rigorous degree Think like an engineer

to develop judgment Broad education in

many sciences (MCAT) Studying human health

systems (experience) Good knowledge base

for understanding new technologies and equipmentErika Ellis, 2010 Graduate at

UCSD Medical School

Engineering Methods for Biological Engineering

Based on the activities and constraints of living systems

Focus is on the future, locally and globally New area REQUIRES different approach, innovation

and independent thought

Relevant coursework for the Biological Engineering method

Hands-on experience to connect theory with practice that is required for innovation

Design Studio experiences to encourage entrepreneurs to build the future

Service to people – biological engineers usually work closely with people

Senior Design Project – real world work

How Does the BENG Program Make You into a Biological

Engineer?

Source: NASA

In senior design, students address local issues and global problems.

Pharmaceutical RemovalArsenic Removal

Aquaculture

ProstheticsClean Drinking

Water

Heat Stress

Solar Coffee Dryer

Feeding Tube

Biological Engineering Also Offers Honors Research

Opportunities Collecting water samples

and measuring water quality to evaluate the effects of human activities on our streams and rivers

Culturing bacteria that will be used to convert algae into biofuels

Designing and testing a body temperature monitoring system to provide a remote warning for oncoming heat illness

What Our Students Think…

“The Biological Engineering program

treats the student as a person not just a number.”

--- Rusty Tate, Class of 2008

Our Program Makes You Job Ready

Industries, Consulting and Government Jobs:

ADEQ Archer Daniels Midland Beaver Water District CH2MHill-OMI Garver Engineers EPA NRCS USGS USACE

Tyson Foods Riceland Foods Kraft Foods Cargill Glaxo Smith Kline M&M/Mars Estee Lauder Exxon Mobile Wal-Mart

Who Hires Biological Engineers?

Grace Richardson, 2008 graduate, working at the innovative

BlueInGreen

Who Hires Biological Engineers?

Tyler Gibson, 2002 graduate,City of Tulsa and Cherokee

Nation

Other Senior Engineers also go on to Graduate School... Virginia Tech University Purdue University Iowa State University Colorado State University Auburn University Johns Hopkins University John Brown University Texas A&M University University of California SD Tufts University Vanderbilt University Georgia Tech University University of Missouri University of Tennessee Oklahoma State University

Zak Johnston, 2010 BENG graduate pursuing a

Master’s Degree at the UofA

Source: NASA

Things to Remember about Biological Engineering

New area, more applications than you can imagine

Requires innovation and independent thinking

You must seek out opportunities and not be passive

The solutions are sustainable, integrating biology, engineering, environment and human health