13. BIOENGINEERING

Biological engineering or bioengineering is branch of science which deals with engineering of biological processes in general. Or more specifically, it is a developing speciality featuring a multidisciplinary approach to the solution of problems in medicine and biology.It generally engineers the biological processes through biotechnological or genetic engineering interventions. It may also be a broad-based engineering discipline that involve product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems. Generally, bioengineering deals with either the medical or the agricultural fields.

Biological engineers are similar to biologists in that they study living organisms. They are engineers because they have a practical design aim in mind - they use research to create usable tangible products. In general, biological engineers attempt to

         i.      Mimic biological systems in order to create products or

        ii.      Modify and control biological systems so that they can replace, augment, or sustain chemical and mechanical processes.

Bioengineering processes are often employed to scale up a bio processes from the laboratory scale to the manufacturing scale.