biological engineering

American  

noun

1. bioengineering.

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Etymology

Origin of biological engineering

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

"There are established processes to produce tagatose, but they are inefficient and expensive," said Nik Nair, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at Tufts.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Richard Murray, Caltech’s chair of the biology and biological engineering division, experienced the problem firsthand.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

“The potential impact will be huge,” said Madjid Mohseni, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of British Columbia who led the research.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023

Luís Amaral, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University, says he and his colleagues did not initially set out to examine gene length.

From Scientific American • Jan. 6, 2023

So doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital used "base editing" to perform a feat of biological engineering to build her a new living drug.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2022