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

Source: NASA This Is Where We Design

Source: NASA Opportunities 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 21 th century what oil was to the 20 th ”—Fortune

Source: NASA Low Impact Development for Habitat for Humanity

Source: NASA Growing Algae for the Production of Biofuels

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Source: NASA Our Students Design Local and Global Engineering Solutions Pharmaceutical Removal Arsenic Removal Aquaculture Prosthetics Clean 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. New Biology  This “new biology for the 21 st 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 Design The 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 equipment Erika 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 Removal Arsenic Removal Aquaculture Prosthetics Clean 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