Biological systems engineering

Short description: Engineering discipline

Products of biological systems engineering Some biological molecular machines

Biological systems engineering or biosystems engineering is a broad-based engineering discipline with particular emphasis on non-medical biology. It can be thought of as a subset of the broader notion of biological engineering or bio-technology though not in the respects that pertain to biomedical engineering as biosystems engineering tends to focus less on medical applications than on agriculture, ecosystems, and food science. The discipline focuses broadly on environmentally sound and sustainable engineering solutions to meet societies' ecologically related needs. Biosystems engineering integrates the expertise of fundamental engineering fields with expertise from non-engineering disciplines.

## Contents

* 1 Background and organization
* 2 Specializations
* 3 Academic programs in agricultural and biological systems engineering
* 3.1 North America
* 3.2 Central and South America
* 3.3 Europe
* 3.4 Asia
* 3.5 Africa
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading
* 7 External links

## Background and organization

Many college and university biological engineering departments have a history of being grounded in agricultural engineering and have only in the past two decades or so changed their names to reflect the movement towards more diverse biological based engineering programs.[1][2] This major is sometimes called agricultural and biological engineering, biological and environmental engineering, etc., in different universities, generally reflecting interests of local employment opportunities.

Since biological engineering covers a wide spectrum, many departments now offer specialization options. Depending on the department and the specialization options offered within each program, curricula may overlap with other related fields. There are a number of different titles for BSE-related departments at various universities. The professional societies commonly associated with many Biological Engineering programs include the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)[3] and the Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE),[4] which generally encompasses BSE. Some program also participate in the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) [5] and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).[6]

A biological systems engineer has a background in what both environmental engineers and biologists do, thus bridging the gap between engineering and the (non-medical) biological sciences – although this is variable across academic institutions. For this reason, biological systems engineers are becoming integral parts of many environmental engineering firms, federal agencies, and biotechnology industries. A biological systems engineer will often address the solution to a problem from the perspective of employing living systems to enact change. For example, biological treatment methodologies can be applied to provide access to clean drinking water [7] or for sequestration of carbon dioxide.[8]

## Specializations

* Land and water resources engineering
* Food engineering and bioprocess engineering
* Machinery systems engineering
* Natural resources and environmental engineering
* Biomedical engineering

## Academic programs in agricultural and biological systems engineering

Below is a listing of known academic programs that offer bachelor's degrees (B.S. or B.S.E.) in what ABET and/or ASABE terms "agricultural engineering", "biological systems engineering", "biological engineering", or similarly named programs. ABET accredits college and university programs in the disciplines of applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ASABE defines accredited programs within the scope of Ag/Bio Engineering.

### North America

Institution | Program | Web site

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Auburn University | Biosystems Engineering | www.eng.auburn.edu/
CalPoly San Louis Obispo | BioResource and Agricultural Engineering | www.brae.calpoly.edu/
California State University, Bakersfield | BioResource and Agricultural Engineering | [1]
Clemson University | Biosystems Engineering | [2]
Colorado State University | Chemical and Biological Engineering | [3]
Cornell University | Biological Engineering  | bee.cornell.edu/
Environmental Engineering
Dalhousie University | Engineering | www.dal.ca
Florida A&M University | Biological Systems Engineering | [4]
Illinois Institute of Technology | Chemical Engineering/Food Process Engineering | [5]
Iowa State University | Agricultural Engineering  | www.abe.iastate.edu/
Biological Systems Engineering
Kansas State University | Biological Systems Engineering | www.bae.ksu.edu/home
Laval University  | Agri-Environmental Engineering  | [6]
Food Engineering
Louisiana State University | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | www.bae.lsu.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Chemical-Biological Engineering | www.be.mit.edu
McGill University | Environmental Engineering | www.mcgill.ca/bioeng/
Mercer University School of Engineering | Bioresource Engineering | [7]
Michigan State University | Biosystems Engineering | www.egr.msu.edu/bae/
Mississippi State University | Biological Engineering  | www.abe.msstate.edu
Biomedical Engineering
Montana State University | Biological Engineering  | [8]
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
North Carolina State University | Biological Engineering | www.bae.ncsu.edu/
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University | Biological Engineering | [9]
North Dakota State University | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering | www.ndsu.edu/aben/
Northern Kentucky University | Biosystems Engineering | [10]
Oklahoma State University | Biosystems Engineering | biosystems.okstate.edu
Oregon State University | Ecological Engineering  | bee.oregonstate.edu/
Forest Engineering
Penn State University | Biological Engineering | abe.psu.edu/
Purdue University | Agricultural Engineering  | www.purdue.edu/abe
Biological Engineering
Rutgers University | Bioenvironmental Engineering | [11]
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry  | Bioprocess Engineering  | [12]
Environmental Resources Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | Bioprocess and Biochemical Engineering | [13]
South Dakota State University | Chemical and Biological Engineering | www.sdstate.edu/abe/
Texas A&M University | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | baen.tamu.edu/
Ohio State University | Agricultural Engineering  | fabe.osu.edu
Food, Biological, and Ecological Engineering
University of Alabama | Biological Engineering | [14]
University of Arizona | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering | cals.arizona.edu/abe
University of Arkansas | Biological Engineering | www.baeg.uark.edu/
University of California, Davis | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | bae.engineering.ucdavis.edu/
University of Colorado at Boulder | Chemical and Biological Engineering | [15]
University of Florida | Agricultural and Biological Engineering | www.abe.ufl.edu/
University of Guelph  | Biological Engineering  | [16]
Environmental Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
University of Georgia | Agricultural Engineering  | www.engr.uga.edu
Biological Engineering
University of Hawaii at Manoa | Biological Engineering | [17]
University of Idaho | Biological Engineering  | uidaho.edu/
Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois | Agricultural and Biological Engineering | abe.illinois.edu/
University of Kentucky | Biosystems Engineering | jokko.bae.uky.edu/BAEHome.asp
University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Agricultural Engineering  | bse.unl.edu
Biological Systems Engineering
Environmental Engineering
University of Maine | Bioengineering | [18]
University of Manitoba | Biosystems Engineering | http://umanitoba.ca/
University of Maryland | Bioengineering | [19]
University of Minnesota | Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering | www.bbe.umn.edu/
University of Missouri | Biological Engineering | bioengineering.missouri.edu/
University of Puerto Rico | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering | [20]
University of Saskatchewan | Biological Engineering  | [21]
Chemical Engineering
University of Tennessee | Biosystems Engineering | bioengr.ag.utk.edu
University of Washington | Bioresource Science & Engineering | [22]
University of Wisconsin | Biological Systems Engineering | bse.wisc.edu/
Utah State University | Biological Engineering | be.usu.edu
Virginia Polytechnic University | Biological Systems Engineering | www.bse.vt.edu
Washington State University | Biological Systems Engineering | bsyse.wsu.edu

### Central and South America

Institution | Department | Web site

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Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral | Food Industry Engineering |
Federal Institute of São Paulo (Campus of Avaré), Brazil | Biosystems Engineering |
Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil | Biosystems Engineering |
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey | Food Industry Engineering |
National University of Colombia | Agricultural Engineering |
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico | Irrigation Department | portal.chapingo.mx/irrigacion/
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi | Food Engineering |
Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
University of Campinas, Brazil | Agricultural Engineering |
Universidad de Cartagena | Food Engineering |
Universidad de las Américas Puebla | Food Industry Engineering |
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon | Food Industry Engineering | [23]
University of São Paulo (Campus of Piracicaba), Brazil | Biosystems Engineering |
University of São Paulo (Campus of Pirassununga), Brazil | Biosystems Engineering |
São Paulo State University (Campus of Tupã), Brazil | Biosystems Engineering |

### Europe

Institution | Department

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KU Leuven, Belgium | Department of Biosystems
University of Liege, Belgium | Biosystem engineering
Aarhus University, Denmark | Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany | Biosystems Engineering
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany | Biosystems and Horticultural Engineering,
University of Hohenheim, Germany | Agricultural Engineering
Technological Institute Of Larissa, Greece | Biosystems Engineering Mechanics, Agricultural, Food Science and Engineering, Biorobotics
University College Dublin, Ireland | Biosystems Engineering
University of Maribor, Slovenia | Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Technical University of Madrid, Spain | Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering
UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain | Agri-Food and Biosystems Engineering
Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands | Biosystems Engineering
Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Turkey | Agricultural Engineering
Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Bingöl University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Bursa Uludağ University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Düzce University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Erciyes University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Iğdır University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering
Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey | Biosystems Engineering

### Asia

Institution | Department

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Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
China Agricultural University | Agricultural Engineering
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China | Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering
Shanghai Jiatong University, China | Biological Engineering; Food Science and Engineering
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China | Energy and Power Engineering
Yunnan Agricultural University, China | Agricultural Water-Soil Engineering
Zhejiang University, China | Biosystems Engineering and Food Science
National Taiwan University | Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering
Bogor Agricultural University | Mechanical dan Biosystem Engineering
Arak University  | Biosystems Engineering
Tarbiat Modares University, Islamic Republic of Iran | Biosystems Engineering
University of Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran | Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran | Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems
University of Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran | Biosystems Engineering
Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka | Biosystems Technology
Gorgan University of agricultural sciences and natural resources, Islamic Republic of Iran | Biosystems Engineering Department
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka | Biosystems Engineering Department
Institut Teknologi Sumatera, Indonesia | Biosystems Engineering
Kyungpook National University (KNU), Korea  | Bio-Industrial Machinery Engineering
Chungnam National University (CNU), Korea  | Biosystems Machinery Engineering
Seoul National University (SNU), Korea  | Biosystems Engineering
Kangwon National University (KNU), Korea  | Biosystems Engineering
Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University | Agricultural Biosystem and Mechanical Engineering
University of Sumatera Utara (USU) | Agriculture and Biosystem Engineering
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik | Agricultural Engineering
Mapua University | Biological Engineering
Mapua Institute of Technology | Biological Engineering
Tribhuvan University (TU, IOEPC), Nepal | Agricultural Engineering
Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering (BSSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India | Biological Systems Science and Engineering
Plaksha University ([24]), India  | Biological Systems Engineering

### Africa

Institution | Department

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Hawassa University, Ethiopia  | Biosystems Engineering
Ambo University, Ethiopia  | Agricultural and Bioprocess Engineering
Haramaya University, Ethiopia  | Agricultural Engineering
Adama University, Ethiopia  | Agricultural Engineering
University of Nairobi, Kenya | Environmental and Biosystems Engineering
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya  | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Gulu University, Uganda | Biosystems Engineering

## See also

Related engineering fields

* Agricultural engineering
* Aquaculture engineering
* Biological engineering
* Biomedical engineering
* Civil engineering
* Chemical engineering
* Ecological engineering
* Environmental engineering
* Food engineering
* Hydraulic engineering
* Mechanical engineering
* Sanitary engineering

Closely related sciences

* Agriculture
* Animal Science
* Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology
* Chemistry
* Ecology
* Environmental science
* Forestry
* Horticulture
* Hydrology
* Plant Science
* Soil science

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## References

1. ↑ For example the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was established as agricultural engineering in 1920, and renamed in 1992 to reflect new focus areas in the teaching, research and extension programs.
2. ↑ The Department of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln began within Mechanical Engineering, awarded its first degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1908, and changed its name to Biological Systems Engineering in 1990. http://engineering.unl.edu/bse/history/
3. ↑ Website American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
4. ↑ Website Institute of Biological Engineers
5. ↑ Website Biomedical Engineering Society,
6. ↑ Website American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
7. ↑ Website http://www.jbioleng.org/content/5/1/2/ Biological approaches for addressing the grand challenge of providing access to clean drinking water
8. ↑ Website http://www.jbioleng.org/content/5/1/14/ Addressing the Grand Challenge of atmospheric carbon dioxide: geologic sequestration vs. biological recycling

## Further reading

* 2003, Dennis R. Heldman (ed), Encyclopedia of agricultural, food, and biological engineering.
* 2002, Teruyuki Nagamune, Tai Hyun Park & Mark R. Marten (ed), Biological Systems Engineering, Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, 320 pages.
* 2012, Paige Brown Jarreau, What is Biological Engineering, http://www.scilogs.com/from_the_lab_bench/what-is-biological-engineering-ibe-2012/

## External links

* UC San Diego, Department of Bioengineering, UCSD BE part of University of California, San Diego

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