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Offered by: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
Administrative Contact: BEE Major Coordinator, 207 Riley-Robb Hall
Eligibility: Students in all Majors except Biological Engineering may participate in this minor.
Note: Students should meet with the BEE Major Coordinator at the time they decide to pursue the minor. At that time they will receive a BEE faculty advisor, who will guide them in completing the minor program.
Educational Objectives: Biological engineering is the application of engineering to living systems. Examples of engineering efforts in this major include the development of new biosensor technologies, study and control of biologically based matter transformation systems, and development of engineered devices to study and regulate fundamental biological processes. The Biological Engineering minor is an opportunity for students to further their understanding of living systems and to increase their knowledge of the basic transport processes that occur within these systems. Courses in the minor provide opportunities to analyze, design, and manipulate living systems at the molecular, cellular, and system levels.
Requirements
At least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits), chosen as follows:
Required Course
| BEE 350 (3) | Biological and Environmental
Transport Processes |
I. Analysis: Require two (2) from the following courses | MS&E 304 (3) | Kinetics, Diffusion, and Phase Transformations |
| CHEME 313 (3) | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics |
| CHEME 390 (3) | Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design |
| CEE 437 (3) | Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics |
II. Application: Require two (2) from the following courses | BEE 450 (4) | Bioinstrumentation |
| BEE 453 (3) | Computer-Aided Engineering: Applications to Biomedical Processes |
| BEE 454 (3) | Physiological Engineering |
| BEE 459 (4) | Biosensors and Bioanalytical Techniques |
| BEE 482 (3) | Biothermal Engineering for Humans |
| BEE 655 (3) | Thermodynamics and Its Applications |
III. Basic Sciences: Require one (1) from the following courses | BIOBM 233 (3) | Introduction to Biomolecular Structure |
| BIOMI 290 (3) | General Microbiology |
| BIOBM 330–333 (2–4) | Principles of Biochemistry |
| BIOBM 434 (3) | Applications of Molecular Biology |
| BIONB 470 (3) | Biophysical Methods |
Academic Standards: At least C-in each course in the minor and a GPA > 2.0 in all courses in the minor.
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