BIOEN 5030 - From Biology to Engineering

This directed reading/discussion project course in the area of biobased engineering is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students without biology backgrounds. The course rapidly surveys modern biology and then focuses on unique phenomena with potential engineering applications, such as bioluminescence, photosynthesis, bio-hydrogen, anhydrobiosis, salt glands, thermogenesis, extremophilia, electric organs, and wall-forming organisms.