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Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Alfred Russel Wallace

 * In the section titled "Legacy and historical perception," there contains a biased sentence which leads into an entire paragraph. The editor writes "He was undoubtedly one of the greatest natural history explorers of the 19th century." I feel as if the sentence should be reconstructed in a way that gets across that his achievements were in fact significant, but without the use of weasel words. Possibly: "Wallace had many significant achievements and made many discoveries throughout his life, making him a prominent natural history explorer during his time." (adding during his time to tie in with the following sentence which states, "Despite this, his fame faded quickly after his death."

Assigned Article
My group's article is Biological engineering. We plan to expand the detail of this page and add a few new headings. The article only has two headings, History and Description, so we can include advancements as well as contributions. Jldgx6 (talk) 17:53, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Bibliography/Sources
Britannica

Encyclopedia.com

Applied Biological Engineering

Amazing Feats of Biological

Medical and Biological Enginneering PersonM1 (talk) 22:57, 2 March 2018 (UTC)PersonM1

Jldgx6 (talk) 20:12, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Original Biological engineering Edits

 * adding to the history section*

Biological engineering started growing more rapidly post-WWII. Before that period, this branch of engineering was a very new concept to people and was just being recognized as a branch of engineering. Electrical engineering is considered to pioneer this engineering sector due to its work with medical devices and machinery during this time.

When engineers and life scientists started working together, they recognized the problem that the engineers didn't know enough about the actual biology behind their work. To resolve this problem, engineers who wanted to get into biological engineering devoted more of their time and studies to the details and processes that go into fields such as biology, psychology, and medicine.


 * Branches of Bioengineering

Bioprocess engineering: develops technology to monitor the conditions of the where the process of making pharmaceuticals takes place

Biomedical engineering: application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (ex: making artificial organs that replace other body parts; install, adjust, maintain, repair, or provide technical support for biomedical equipment. )

Genetic engineering: direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology (ex: cloning, altering genetics)

Bionics: an integration of Biomedical, focused more on the robotics and assisted technologies. (Ex: prosthetics)

Agricultural engineering: application of engineering principles to the problems of biological production and to the external operations and environment that influence this production

Biochemical engineering: fermentation engineering, application of engineering principles to microscopic biological systems that are used to create new products by synthesis, including the production of protein from suitable raw materials

Human-factors engineering: application of engineering, physiology, and psychology to the optimization of the human–machine relationship

Environmental Health Engineering: application of engineering principles to the control of the environment for the health, comfort, and safety of human beings. It includes the field of life-support systems for the exploration of outer space and the ocean


 * Editing the current history section and moving information about biorobotics into the Description section, as well as a few more sentences from the last paragraph of History. Jldgx6 (talk) 16:40, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Biological Engineering Organizations

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is made up of 1,500 members. Their main goal is to educate the public about the value biological engineering has in our world, as well as invest in research and other programs to advance the field. They give out awards to those dedicated to innovation in the field, and awards of achievement in the field. (They do not have a direct contribution TO biological engineering, they more recognize those who do and encourage the public to continue that forward movement) ; Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) is a non-profit organization, they run on donations alone. They aim to encourage the public to learn and to continue advancements in biological engineering. (Like AIMBE, they don't do research directly, they do however offer scholarships to students who show promise in the field). **In the actual article I created a subheading for Biological Engineering Organizations so if more people ever want to add organization info, they know exactly where it fits in the article.Jldgx6 (talk) 17:30, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Note to J: I just combined what we gathered at the moment. I will work more with this later on. Just fix/add what we need still.PersonM1 (talk) 21:36, 14 March 2018 (UTC)PersonM1

I added the links to each branch of engineering like our reviews suggested, as well as omitted some of the branches of bioengineering that are lacking in sources (I feel like we shouldn't include them if we can't give someone a clear understanding of them. I also cited the sources from where I got the info for each branch from. I think we have good quality information so far, and I'm still planning to add some history about which institutions/universities helped progress bioengineering in its early stages. Jldgx6 (talk) 20:15, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Article Additions
Make a Beginnings heading which can include some of the following facts: I feel like the most efficient way to address the branches of bioengineering is to just add the heading "Branches of Bioengineering" and link the Wiki articles (if applicable) of those branches. After the branches are all listed out, we could give examples of products or achievements made in each branch to give readers a better understanding of what each branch focuses on, considering they can all sound very similar and blur together. Examples would help to distinguish each branch. Add the heading "Bioengineering Organizations, list contributions made by each.
 * Biological engineering started growing more rapidly post-WWII. When engineers and life scientists started working together, they recognized the problem that the engineers didn't know enough about the actual biology behind their work. To resolve this problem, engineers who wanted to get into biological engineering devoted more of their time and studies to the details and processes that go into fields such as biology, psychology, medicine, etc. Jldgx6 (talk) 01:34, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Branches include: Bioprocess Engineering (ex: technology is developed to monitor the conditions of the where the process of making pharmaceuticals takes place), Biomedical Engineering (ex: making artificial organs that replace other body parts), Genetic Engineering (ex: cloning), Bionics (an integration of Biomedical, focused more on the robotics and assisted technologies. Ex: prosthetics), Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Health Engineering, Medical Engineering (all from Britannica)
 * Organizations inlude: American Institute of Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 1,500 members, their main goal is to educate the public about the value biological engineering has in our world, as well as invest in research and other programs to advance the field. They give out awards to those dedicated to innovation in the field, and awards of achievement in the field. (They do not have a direct contribution TO biological engineering, they more recognize those who do and encourage the public to continue that forward movement); Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) is a non-profit organization, they run on donations alone. They aim to encourage the public to learn and to continue advancements in biological engineering. (Like AIMBE, they don't do research directly, they do however offer scholarships to students who show promise in the field). Jldgx6 (talk) 21:36, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey I don't know how else to let you know this, but sorry I am not at class today, my water heater at my house started leaking and I have to be here to keep the water from getting to the carpet until the repair guys get here. I'll start drafting a bit more by tonight. -Jamie

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"Because other engineering disciplines also address living organisms (e.g., prosthetics in bio-mechanical engineering), the term biological engineering can be applied more broadly to include agricultural engineering and biotechnology, which notably can address non-healthcare objectives as well (unlike biomedical engineering). In fact, many old agricultural engineering departments in universities over the world have rebranded themselves as agricultural and biological engineering or agricultural and biosystems engineering. Biological engineering is also called bioengineering by some colleges, and biomedical engineering is called bioengineering by others, and is a rapidly developing field with fluid categorization. Depending on the institution and particular definitional boundaries employed, some major fields of bioengineering may be categorized as (note these may overlap): " original content from article, saving in sandbox if I later find a spot in the article to include this info in Jldgx6 (talk) 06:59, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Re-edit due to computer errors: For the history section: Biological engineering was barely known before world war II. Even if most engineering sectors such as Agricultural, chemical, and civil engineering that is broadly categorized as a bioengineering. Electrical engineering is also considered to pioneer this engineering sector due to its work with medical devices and machinery.

For the description section: Agricultural Engineering: application of engineering principles to the problems of biological production and to the external operations and environment that influence this production. Bionics: study of living systems so that the knowledge gained can be applied to the design of physical systems. Biochemical Engineering: fermentation engineering, application of engineering principles to microscopic biological systems that are used to create new products by synthesis, including the production of protein from suitable raw materials. Human-factors engineering: application of engineering, physiology, and psychology to the optimization of the human–machine relationship. Environmental health: application of engineering principles to the control of the environment for the health, comfort, and safety of human beings. It includes the field of life-support systems for the exploration of outer space and the ocean.

We need to find sources on the actual history of this. Also maybe drag most of whats in history to description maybe? PersonM1 (talk) 18:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)PersonM1

Peer Review
I like the addition of the branches in their own section with links to their Wikipedia pages. I do think it is a good idea to include examples with each of those, that gave me clarification when I was reading. Everything you mentioned does seem relevant to the article and talked about in a neutral way. I would just make sure you add sources and cite everything you can. I didn’t see any of the sentences in the Article Additions section linked to references, but the sources in the Bibliography/Sources section look good. Grammar errors I noticed: Make sure when you talk about World War II that it is capitalized. Also, when you mention the engineering sectors, agricultural was capitalized but chemical and civil was not.

Rloy92 (talk) 18:20, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Rloy92: Thanks for the peer review. We will work in the reference corrections and the grammar as well. PersonM1 (talk) 16:22, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I liked all of the additions you had so far, and would agree with Rloy92 that you just need to find as many sources as you can for each item. An idea for you is that you could focus on the introduction of biomedical engineering into schools more, looking at when programs started and how they've developed/changed over time. Also for the description section, are you going to just list definitions of different sectors of biomedical engineering? If so I would advise creating new sections and writing descriptions of those and how they've developed over time, since just listing definitions would be outside of the scope of this class.Andrew.Jacobs (talk) 21:29, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Andrew.Jacobs: I added in the links to each of the branches of biological engineering, that was a good idea to encompass the main idea for Wikipedia in our edits. I also added the sources at the end as well, I just forgot to do that the first time around so thanks for pointing that out. As far as using universities in the history, someone has already included that in the original article, as well as some information about some more current degree programs. As far as going into more detail about each branch, I think we're going to limit that to examples and not go into descriptions of each. I figure that would defeat the purpose of me adding the links, so if people are interested in a description/definition, they can go to the link and probably gain a better understanding of it than the one I could provide. Jldgx6 (talk) 16:34, 23 March 2018 (UTC)