<p>Is bio-engineering mostly concerned with the design of new medical devices or applying engineering principles to living systems such as stem cell research or studying and manipulating the genome? If it is mostly concerned with designing new medical devices what would be the best major for an undergrad to pursue in order to be able to go into the field of genetics and "bio-engineer" living systems?</p>
<p>It’s both, there are different specializations and two that are included in bioengineering are cell and tissue engineering and medical devices. There are other specializations too. This might be helpful to just understand the specializations better
[4-Year</a> Course Plans Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program](<a href=“http://www.bme.ucdavis.edu/undergrad/academics/4yearcourseplans/]4-Year”>http://www.bme.ucdavis.edu/undergrad/academics/4yearcourseplans/)</p>
<p>^Truth bomb</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Bioengineering/Undergraduate/Concentrations/]Concentrations[/url”>http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Bioengineering/Undergraduate/Concentrations/]Concentrations[/url</a>]</p>
<p>An example listing 4 concentrations of Bioengineering</p>