生物工程是结合科学和工程原理的新兴学科。该部门是研究密集型机构，专注于解决当前问题的研究应用。教职员工在以下领域拥有专业知识：健康与医学，环境和可再生能源。该系的研究范围包括开发生物柴油和生物塑料（从藻类到开发非侵入性的生物纳米技术），这些技术可以帮助发现健康问题并最终解决疾病疾病。该系的教职员工是国家认可的。该系甚至是USTAR教授的家。USTAR职位由犹他州发起的一项计划提供资金，该计划旨在招募最优秀的研究人员来解决能够解决当前问题并可能导致该州经济发展的问题。
The engineering and technological problems facing agriculture, environment, health care, and natural resources are growing increasingly complex. This program provides the broad knowledge and investigative skills to solve these problems.<br><br>In this program, you will explore and research advanced methods and tools to improve environmental quality, model impacts of climate on water supply & usage, design and manufacture medical devices, fabricate biomaterials for medical and pharmaceutical application, develop equipment to harvest and process food, or design and test new ways to produce alternative energy from feedstock.