 The term biological engineering may also be applied to environmental modifications such as surface soil protection, slope stabilization, watercourse and shoreline protection, windbreaks, vegetation barriers including noise barriers and visual screens, and the ecological enhancement of an area.Because other engineering disciplines also address living organisms, the term biological engineering can be applied more broadly to include agricultural engineering.The first biological engineering program was created at University of California, San Diego in 1966, making it the first biological engineering curriculum in the United States.