Our B.S. graduates are well prepared for careers in the food industry, pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology, and bioprocessing as well as entrance into graduate or medical school. Students may select a major and plan of study within biological engineering that is tailored to their specific career goals.  Some areas of focus include:

Bioprocess engineering and bioenergy engineering: This is rapidly becoming a critical forefront research area as advances in genetic engineering lead to new types of crops and new processing methods to create value added products.

Cellular and biomolecular engineering: This emerging field is expected to rapidly advance and open opportunities in biomanufacturing, drug design, human therapeutics, tissue and organ regeneration, bioenergy and biofuel production, bioremediation, and biodefense.

Food process engineering: This is an interdisciplinary field that applies the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering to convert agricultural commodities into edible foods and biological materials through various processing steps.

Careers in Biological Engineering - multiple concentrations

• Research and development of new foods and biological and pharmaceutical products
• Development and operation of manufacturing, packaging, and distributing systems for drug, food, and bio-based products
• Design and installation of food/biological/pharmaceutical production processes
• Design and operation of environmentally responsible systems, energy, and products
• Marketing and technical support for manufacturing plant
• Business/industry positions in design, analysis, marketing, sales, engineering, and management consulting