Biological engineering
Biological Engineering
Biological engineering or bio-engineering (pronunciation: /ˌbaɪoʊ.ɪnˈdʒɪərɪŋ/) is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically viable products.
Etymology
The term "biological engineering" is a combination of the words "biology" - the study of life and living organisms, from the Greek bios meaning "life" and logia meaning "study of", and "engineering" - the application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends, from the Latin ingenium meaning "cleverness".
Related Terms
- Biotechnology: The use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products.
- Genetic Engineering: The direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology.
- Bioinformatics: An interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data.
- Biomedical Engineering: The application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes.
- Biochemical Engineering: A branch of chemical engineering that mainly deals with the design and construction of unit processes that involve biological organisms or molecules.
- Environmental Engineering: A professional engineering discipline that takes from broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and also improve the health of living organisms and improve the quality of the environment.
See Also
- List of biological engineering topics
- History of biological engineering
- Biological systems engineering
- Synthetic biology
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Biological engineering
- Wikipedia's article - Biological engineering
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