Students focus on the bioengineering problem of meeting the basic needs of an organism as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own model membrane.

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Juan Daniel, a boy from El Salvador, learns about bioengineering as he designs his own model membrane. [14:31]

Students think like bioengineers as they match natural objects with technologies that have similar functions.

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Juan Daniel, a boy from El Salvador, learns about bioengineering as he designs his own model membrane. [18:27]

In this video [12:44] students think like bioengineers as they match natural objects with technologies that have similar functions.

Dan Fletcher, a bioengineer, studies the movement of cells in the human body. He explains that it is practice that causes muscles to organize themselves for peak performance in an athlete. [5:39]

The science of regenerative medicine is developing methods for manufacturing new body parts such as organs, tissues, and muscles. Aired Sept. 21, 2012 [23:20 min]

Read and explore the current technologies in the treatment of hearing impairment. Learn about the promising future in this area of biomedical engineering.

Anthony Westphal combines both mechanical and electrical engineering while working on robots that mimic biological animals. [1:04]

When it comes to engineering tissues, the cells are doing the work, says bioengineer Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic.

A team of undergraduates use synthetic biology techniques to answer astrobiology questions. [5:55]