How is the BE SB different from other Engineering SB Degrees?
The BE SB focuses on applying engineering analysis, design, and synthesis to modern molecular life sciences and has nine core subjects developed specifically for this purpose. All faculty members who teach in BE focus on problems in molecular life sciences and thus the examples and homework problems in the BE core engineering subjects involve biological applications. Other engineering majors cover a different spectrum of underlying science and emphasize many application areas outside of biology, though they may include some biological applications in core subjects or have elective subjects devoted to biological applications. The spectrum of application areas in a given department can be gauged by examining the research areas of faculty members in that department on the web.
