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Overview and Program Areas
The Department has a strong teaching program offering graduate degrees. The program provides students with an opportunity to combine their interest in biological sciences and engineering. Even though there are many specialty areas within the discipline, the program focus in BSE is in two areas:
Bioprocess Engineering
Land and Water Resources Engineering
We offer degrees at the MS and PhD levels. The Department currently has 53 graduate students of which 27 are MS students and 26 are PhD students (as of Fall 2008).
Bioprocess Engineering
The Bioprocess Engineering option in Biological Systems Engineering deals with the design and development of processes for environmentally responsible manufacturing of food and industrial products from biological materials. Areas of interest include food safety, food engineering, functional food, biopharmaceuticals, biofuels and enzymes.
Land and Water Resources Engineering
The Land and Water Resources Engineering option in Biological Systems Engineering is designed for students interested in a career in environmental protection, natural resources management, and ecological restoration. Our main focus areas are in managing and understanding nonpoint sources of pollution and in obtaining/disseminating knowledge for use in stream and wetland restoration.
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