ABSTRACT
Engineering designs involving living things are interesting and challenging, perhaps so because the behavior of biological entities can only be partially anticipated. For the most part, designing using or applied to biological systems uses many of the same approaches and procedures necessary for biomedical designs meant mainly for human health care. The biggest difference, however, is in the range of possible objects of the design, just as the extra challenges of veterinary medicine compare to those related to human medicine. So, the information presented in this chapter is meant to supplement, not supplant, the materials presented elsewhere in this text. This chapter is meant to broaden horizons for the reader beyond those for a single species.
