<p>How competitive is the biomed engineering major? I was planning on applying to CALS over CoE, but I'm not sure. Help/ideas?</p>
<p>Btw, im not in-state, so the reduced cost of CALS really doesn't affect me.</p>
<p>There is no biomedical engineering major. Only a minor offered. You can major in Biological and Environmental Engineering, and minor in biomedical if you would like.</p>
<p>Be sure to check the course content within the biological and environmental engineering department. It may not be what you wish to learn.</p>
<p>Biological and environmental engineering at Cornell is unique that it has agricultural applications. I thought it was about planting chips in our body to make blind people see, but I discovered that it was more oriented toward agriculture. (I am applying for CALS and minor in Agriculture, however.)</p>
<p>Well, looks like it was a stupid question. So the BEE major is more agriculture-oriented according to the website. Sigh, I assume the biological sciences are extremely competitive?</p>
<p>Depends on your definition of competitive. Nobody is "cut-throat" but people study a lot. The vast majority are more than willing to help others.</p>
<p>Shifu Yoda, I don't know what you were looking at, or reading, but it definitely doesn't have an agricultural "flavor" if you don't want it to.</p>
<p>Cornell</a> Engineering : Biological Engineering</p>
<p>that has a list of all of the required courses, and </p>
<p>Courses</a> of Study 2008-2009: College of Engineering</p>
<p>is the list of all of the offered courses.</p>
<p>It is pretty much completely grounded on the basics of "regular" Bioengineering. I agree that you should check the course content, but I'm pretty sure if what you were thinking about is biomedical, I'm sure a major in Biological Engineering and a minor in Biomedical Engineering will surely satisfy what you were ever thinking of.</p>
<p>If you don't want to take the environmental aspect, you aren't required to.</p>
<p>Biological</a> Engineering Research</p>
<p>Notice I used the word "applications"?</p>
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*developing nonchemical methods of pest control through examination of insect-plant interaction
*maintaining product quality during handling and storing of fruits and vegetables
*automating grading systems and improving the quality of animal feed through control of silage fermentation and spoilage
*quantitative study of microwave heat transfer in liquid and solid foods
*moisture migration in solid foods under microwave heating
*heat transfer during thermal sterilization of foods
*automated milking
*poultry heat stress and thermoregulation
*environmental control systems for intensive aquaculture
*heat transfer between animals and their environment
*kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass
*microbial production of solvents from whey permeate
*electronics to milk flow measurement
*estrus and calving detection
*automatic cow identification
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<p>I don't think it is fair to speak of an interdisciplinary program that contains agricultural aspects in a negative tone. I think it is a quite positive experience for anyone who wishes to undertake traditional biology route to experience first-hand its applications in the field of agriculture.</p>
<p>I never said anything bad about the application of biology to agriculture, but your blanket statement that Biological Engineering at Cornell is being taught with an agricultural focus is false.</p>
<p>The research in the Biological Engineering department happens to be agriculture related, that in no way means that your education will be agriculturally tailored, any more so than the fact that AEM in the ag. school means you will be learning about agribusiness (unless of course you want to).</p>
<p>Even if they wanted to do research at the school, a BEE major can do research in any subject they would like, from Biomedical, to Biomolecular, to Sustainable Resources, to Civil.</p>
<p>Making false blanket statements like that about Cornell's programs gives people misinformation, which could potentially drive them away, when they would in fact have found it perfect otherwise. That was my overarching point.</p>
<p>Nah I never said it has "focus" on agriculture. My comment about "applications" was correct. Go ahead and interpret it differently but laymen will know what I mean.</p>