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From the mid‐1980’s into the 1990’s, several national forums in the U.S. debated whether a new engineering discipline based on the science of biology was indeed a relevant idea. There were passionate arguments by engineers and educators against this idea who strongly advocated that already the existing engineering disciplines dealing with biological materials (e.g., agricultural engineering and medical engineering) were biological engineering. They did not appreciate that discoveries in biology at “atomic” levels and the advances in computers and computational methods would make more quantitative representations in biology possible, and that these advances would lead to designing new systems based on principles of living systems and properties of biological materials. The possibilities of engineering living systems and engineered systems having living components were generally discarded or even ridiculed. The Institute of Biological Engineering was born in this environment at a two‐day meeting of ten invited individuals in February 1995 in Atlanta who came to discuss ways for advancing biological engineering within American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). A consensus emerged on the very first day that an autonomous organization was needed that would attract integrators of biology and engineering to lead the emergence of biological engineering. The ten participants conceptualized IBE with the vision to support the community of scientists and engineers for enhancing and promoting biological engineering in the broadest and most liberal manner through research, education and professional development. IBE became a community of ASAE in June 1995 but spun off in 1999 as an independent society to pursue its broader vision of biological engineering. IBE is the first and the only international society of biological engineering devoted to the development of the fundamental science of engineering in the context of biology. IBE is devoted to the promotion of professional development of members focused on biology‐inspired design. IBE also envisions playing a central role in forming a nexus of scientific and professional societies worldwide that together promote the biological engineering discipline. Partnership with the Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB) is the first successful effort beyond our own country’s borders. Forging partnerships with countries in Asia, Europe and South America are essential to the development of biological engineering. The 21st century is the golden age for biology and with it the use of biology‐inspired engineering and design. Indeed, our era presents the promise of innovative engineering approaches and new designs more harmonious with nature and more sustainable.

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• Brahm Verma [ Professor Emeritus, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and Associate Director Emeritus, The Faculty of Engineering, The University of Georgia ]

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  한국생물공학회 학술대회

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  1985~2013

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