bioengineering
Noun
Meaning
the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
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Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops.
“After thorough analysis, we have come to the conclusion that our friends in the bioengineering department really pulled one over on us,” said lead researcher Shannon Padgett.
However, their blossoming romantic relationship is shattered when he makes an inadvertent remark about "hideous, bioengineered mutants" referring to some bugs Mark has been bioengineering.
By contrast, bioengineering is generally thought of as a related field that more heavily emphasizes higher systems approaches (not necessarily the altering or using of biological materials directly) for interfacing with and utilizing living things.
The study's co-senior author is Paul Weiss, a UCLA distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, of bioengineering and of materials science and engineering.
Syracuse's College of Engineering also founded the nation's second oldest computer engineering and bioengineering programs.