Program Overview

Bioengineering Undergraduate Major (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)

The Bioengineering Undergraduate Major is an interdisciplinary field that applies engineering principles and quantitative methods to the development of new and novel biologicals, materials, devices, and processes. In practice, bioengineers address issues surrounding the broad areas of bioprocess, biomedical, and bioenvironmental technology.

Overview

The bioengineering undergraduate program provides a solid background in biology, chemistry, physics, and math, in addition to the engineering sciences. It is organized around three themes:

• Bioprocessing
• Tissue Engineering
• Signals of Life

Requirements

Upper-level coursework in bioengineering includes the analysis and design of processes involving immobilized or suspended microbial cultures and the recovery of therapeutic products from bioreactors, as well as coursework in biomedical materials engineering, biomedical engineering principles, biomedical imaging processing, and selected coursework in cell engineering, surface analysis, among other topics. All students complete a capstone-design experience that integrates drug and medical device regulation.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Course List

The following courses are required for the Bioengineering Undergraduate Major:

• ENGR 110 & ENGR 115: +TRANSITIONS and THE OREGON STATE ENGINEERING STUDENT
• ENGR 102: +DESIGN ENGINEERING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
• ENGR 103: ENGINEERING COMPUTATION AND ALGORITHMIC THINKING
• ENGR 201: ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS I
• ENGR 211: STATICS
• ENGR 330: +INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE ENGINEERING
• MTH 251Z: +*DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
• MTH 252Z: INTEGRAL CALCULUS
• MTH 254: VECTOR CALCULUS I
• MTH 256: APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• MTH 264 & MTH 265: INTRODUCTION TO MATRIX ALGEBRA and INTRODUCTION TO SERIES
• COMM 111Z: +*PUBLIC SPEAKING
• WR 121Z: +*COMPOSITION I
• WR 227Z: +*TECHNICAL WRITING
• CH 201 & CH 204: GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS and +CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS LABORATORY I
• CH 202 & CH 205: CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERING MAJORS and LABORATORY FOR CH 202
• CH 203: GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
• CH 331: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• CH 332: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
• PH 211: +*GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS
• PH 212: *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS
• PH 213: *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS
• BI 231 & BI 241: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY
• BI 233: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• BB 450 & BB 451: GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY and GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY
• CBEE 211: MATERIAL BALANCES AND STOICHIOMETRY
• CBEE 212: ENERGY BALANCES
• CBEE 213: PROCESS DATA ANALYSIS
• CBEE 320: PROFESSIONALISM AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
• BIOE 240: A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL SIGNALS AND SENSORS
• BIOE 311: BIOENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
• BIOE 331: BIOTRANSPORT I
• BIOE 332: BIOTRANSPORT II
• BIOE 340: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES
• BIOE 350: MATHEMATICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS FOR BIOENGINEERS
• BIOE 351: BIOMATERIALS AND BIOINTERFACES
• BIOE 420: SOCIAL JUSTICE, ETHICS, AND ENGINEERING
• BIOE 453: BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
• BIOE 457: BIOREACTORS
• BIOE 462: BIOSEPARATIONS
• BIOE 465: BIOMEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING
• BIOE 495: ^BIOENGINEERING PRODUCT DESIGN
• BIOE 496: BIOENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN
• BIOE 497: +BIOENGINEERING PROCESS DESIGN

Engineering Electives

Select 8 credits from the following courses:

• BEE 320: BIOSYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND MODELING
• BEE 468: BIOREMEDIATION ENGINEERING
• BIOE 440: BIOCONJUGATION
• BIOE 445: SURFACE ANALYSIS
• BIOE 459: CELL ENGINEERING
• CHE 334: TRANSPORT PHENOMENA LABORATORY
• CHE 361: CHEMICAL PROCESS DYNAMICS AND SIMULATION
• CHE 445: POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
• CHE 446: POLYMER SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING
• CHE 450: CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS
• CHE 451: SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
• CHE 461: PROCESS CONTROL
• CS 446/BDS 446: NETWORKS IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
• ENGR 212: DYNAMICS
• ENGR 213: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
• ENGR 248: ENGINEERING GRAPHICS AND 3-D MODELING
• ENVE 321: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS
• ENVE 322: FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
• ENVE 421: DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
• ENVE 422: WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
• ENVE 425: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
• ENVE 431: FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Core Education

• Core Ed: Arts & Humanities
• Core Ed: Social Science
• Core Ed: Difference, Power & Oppression Foundations
• Core Ed: Seeking Solutions

Total Credits

Total Credits: 180

Accreditation

The Bachelor of Science and Honors Bachelor of Science degrees in Bioengineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Location

This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis