Biological Engineering
Location: N Building, Sexton Campus
1360 Barrington St.
Halifax, NS B3J 1Z1
Telephone: (902) 494-3275
Fax: (902) 423-2423
Email:
bio.engineering@dal.ca
Dean
Leon, L.J., BSc, MSc, PhD (Dal), PEng
Department Head, Process Engineering and Applied Science
Pegg, M.J., BSc, PhD (Leeds), PEng
Undergraduate Program Co-ordinator
Ghanem, A., BScEng (UNB), PhD (Cornell), PEng
I. Introduction
Biological Engineering occupies a unique position in the engineering professions in applying the principles of engineering to the biological world. Biological Engineers are involved in many areas in which the principles of engineering are applied to bio-systems, such as: bioprocessing, environment, food biotechnology and biomedical.
The curriculum in Biological Engineering is tailored to providing an education across many fields of engineering and their application to the biotechnology and the agri-food industries. As a result, co-op students and graduates are to be found in a very wide range of professional jobs in both the public and private sectors. In the public sector, Bio-Engineers are employed in the federal and provincial departments of agriculture and food, fisheries and environment. In the private sector, Bio-Engineers are to be found in consulting, machinery manufacturing, and food processing in all levels of design and management and in other diverse industries where their breadth of training is required.
II. Curriculum and course descriptions
Refer to Sections IIA and IIIA, Biological Engineering Program, in the Process Engineering and Applied Science section of this calendar, pages 302 and 306.
III. Co-operative program and schedule
Refer to section F. Technical Co-op Program, in the Engineering section of this calendar page 270.
IV. Admissions
The entrance requirement to the Biological Engineering program is a successful completion of the first year engineering at a recognized university. Students who have completed a first year of a science program will also be considered for admission into this program. Students who have completed two or more years of university studies will be considered for admission on the basis of transfer of credits.
