At a variety of levels of organization, from the molecular to the cellular to the organismal, biology is becoming more accessible to approaches that are commonly used in engineering, including mathematical modeling, systems theory, computation, and abstraction-based synthesis. Conversely, the accelerating pace of discovery in the biological sciences suggests new design principles that will have important practical applications in future synthetic biological and biomedical systems and devices. The BioEngineering Option at Caltech unites engineering analysis and synthetic approaches to solve frontier problems in biological engineering.

To respond to the diversity of backgrounds and objectives within our research community, the Bioengineering Option has recently created three Sub-Options, each offering an academic program tailored to the intellectual focus of the participating students:

	BioDevices and BioImaging (BDBI)
	BioMechanics & Bio-Inspired Design (BMBID)
	Synthetic and Systems Biology (SSB)

BE Visiting Weekend February 15-16, 2008
Selected candidates for admission to the BE PhD program will be invited to visit for interviews and an introduction to the Caltech faculty, students, and culture.

5th International BioFluids Symposium & Workshop, March 28 - 30, 2008
Please click here for information and to register for the Fifth International BioFluids Symposium & Workshop to be held at Caltech from March 28 - 30, 2008.

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News & Events

John Dabiri, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Bioengineering, has won an ONR Young Investigator Award for work in "Optimal Propulsion Methodologies for Hybrid Screw-based, Bio-inspired Systems". The objectives of the Young Investigator Program are to attract to naval research outstanding new faculty members, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. ONR announced 27 new awards for 2008.

550 million years of jet-setting (and jet paddling): modes of jellyfish propulsion are finally being understood and used for engineering inspiration. Read the recent cover story in Science News that highlights the work of Professor John Dabiri.

The NRG 0.1 lecture series, organized by Caltech's Energy Advisory Committee, will take place in Baxter Lecture Hall on Fridays from 2-3 p.m. through mid February.

Bioengineering faculty search underway. Click for details.

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