Biological systems engineering or
biosystems engineering is a broad-based
engineering discipline with particular emphasis on
biology and
chemistry. It can be thought of as a subset of the broader notion of
biological engineering, though not in the respects that pertain to
biomedical engineering as
biosystems engineering tends to focus less on medical applications than on
agriculture, ecosystems, and food science. It involves aspects of
genetic engineering, particularly regarding the agricultural applications. The discipline focuses broadly on environmentally sound and sustainable engineering solutions to meet societies’ ecologically-related needs. Biosystems engineering integrates the expertise of fundamental engineering fields with expertise from non-engineering disciplines.