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Biological Engineering

Biological Engineering. Healthy Planet. Healthy People. A job-ready degree to create a sustainable world. This Is Where We Design. Source: NASA. Population Growth—3 billion more people by 2040 Land Use Changes and Habitat Loss Food, Feed, Fiber, and Fuel

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Biological Engineering

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  1. Biological Engineering Healthy Planet Healthy People • A job-ready degree to create a sustainable world

  2. This Is Where We Design Source: NASA

  3. 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 Opportunities and Challenges Source: NASA

  4. Low Impact Development for Habitat for Humanity Source: NASA

  5. Growing Algae for the Production of Biofuels Source: NASA

  6. Low Cost Drinking Water System for Belize Source: NASA

  7. Pharmaceutical Removal Arsenic Removal Heat Stress Feeding Tube Aquaculture Solar Coffee Dryer Prosthetics Clean Drinking Water Our Students Design Local and Global Engineering Solutions Source: NASA

  8. Biological Engineering is a Path to the Solution… • This “new biology for the 21st century” is focused on food, environment, energy and human health. New Biology • Our curriculum provides this foundation… letting students solve societal problems. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2010

  9. Calculus Physics Chemistry Technical Writing Statics Thermodynamics Electric Circuits Fluids Materials Design Engineering Knowledge Common to Nearly All

  10. Biology Microbiology Cell biology Ecology Organic Chemistry Ecological Design Biokinetics Biochemistry Biological Materials Biomedical Design Engineering Knowledge for Biological Engineering The focus on biology sets Biological Engineering apart from others.

  11. 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 equipment Erika Ellis, 2010 Graduate at UCSD Medical School

  12. 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

  13. How Does the BENG Program Make You into a Biological Engineer? • 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

  14. Pharmaceutical Removal Arsenic Removal Heat Stress Feeding Tube Aquaculture Solar Coffee Dryer Prosthetics Clean Drinking Water In senior design, students address local issues and global problems. Source: NASA

  15. 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

  16. What Our Students Think… “The Biological Engineering program treats the student as a person not just a number.” --- Rusty Tate, Class of 2008

  17. 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

  18. Who Hires Biological Engineers? Grace Richardson, 2008 graduate, working at the innovative BlueInGreen

  19. Who Hires Biological Engineers? Tyler Gibson, 2002 graduate, City of Tulsa and Cherokee Nation

  20. 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

  21. 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 Source: NASA

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