Print PageBoth ecology and environmental engineering seek to solve human-related and environmental problems. Both disciplines have complementary goals, but their histories and perspectives have been quite different, limiting direct dialogue between classical ecologists and engineers. It is important for ecologists and bioprocess engineers to work together more closely on key environmental issues, because both will benefit from synergistic interactions.
Results/Conclusions
Examples from bioproduct engineering, wastewater engineering, and biofuels research will be used to demonstrate how ecological theory can be used to inform, guide, and enhance engineering biology practice, and how engineered biosystems can provide valuable models for basic ecological research.
