这是宾夕法尼亚州立大学的工程学位。您将受益于工程学院和农业科学学院的严谨，深入，威信和大量资源。我们的重点是为食品生产，生物加工和自然资源保护方面的可持续性挑战创造解决方案。世界一流的教师从讲台后面移动，挑战您的袖子并运用工程原理，使我们的食品，纤维和水系统和产品更高效，可持续，健康，少浪费。农业工程选项-建立您对机械系统和结构设计的兴趣。毕业生为农业和工业设备制造商和工程公司工作，并继续毕业。食品和生物过程工程选项-设计可持续且高效的过程以生产食品和其他生物产品。研究生为食品和药品制造商以及生物技术公司
This major helps prepare students for careers involving the application of engineering principles to agricultural and biological production systems, processing systems, and conservation of land and water resources. Education in mathematics, physics, and engineering sciences common to all engineering disciplines is provided along with specialized training in biological and agricultural sciences. The curriculum covers all areas of biological engineering, including development of machines for biological processing and agriculture, postharvest handling and processing, natural resource management and utilization, biological processes, food engineering, and structures and their environmental modifications. A student must select the Agricultural Engineering option, Food and Biological Processing Engineering option or the Natural Resources Engineering option.<br><br>Principles of engineering design experiences are integrated throughout the junior-year curriculum by having students solve problems typical of those encountered in the agricultural and biological engineering profession. A year-long major design experience in the senior year emphasizes that biological engineers must learn not only how to develop engineering solutions to unique, practical problems using the newest technology, but also to assess and integrate the social and ethical implications of their solutions.<br><br>Careers for graduates include design, development, and research engineering positions involving biological processes, machinery development, natural resources management, materials handling, biological product development, and structural systems for animals, plants, and crop storage. Biological engineers are employed in industry, consulting firms, and governmental agencies in the United States and abroad. Graduates deal with the various engineering aspects associated with production and processing of food, fiber, and other biological materials, within the constraints of environmental protection and natural resource conservation.