Biomimicry for materials, design and habitats : innovations and applications /

Biomimicry for Materials, Design and Habitats: Innovations and Applications and is a survey of the recent work of recognized experts in a variety of fields who employ biomimicry and related paradigms to solve key problems of interest within design, science, technology, and society. Topics covered in...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Eggermont, Marjan (Editor), Shyam, Vikram (Editor), Hepp, Aloysius F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Biomimicry education: Tools and perspectives
  • Biom*: On becoming a teachable discipline / Shoshanah Jacobs and Kristina Wanieck
  • Introduction to bio-inspired materials: Design, processing and applications / Seyed M. Allameh and Avery Lenihan
  • The pattern alphabet: Nature's patterns are the language of spatial reasoning and biomimicry / Alex Wolf, Vijal Parikh, and Isabella De Lisi
  • Material culture, design studies, and human ecology: A biocentered perspective / Carlos Fiorentino and Megan Strickfaden
  • Inspiration from paleomimetics: Fossil does not equal failure / Stephen P. Howe and Vikram Shyam
  • Part II: Bio-inspired systems engineering and computer applications
  • Biomimicry for natural and synthetic composites and use of machine learning in hierarchical design / Mario Milazzo, Flavia Libonati, Shengfei Zhou, Kai Guo, and Markus J. Buehler
  • Tools, behavior, and materials: What should we learn from animal nest construction? / Maria C. Tello-Ramos, Shoko Sugasawa, Meron Dibia, and Hunter King
  • Sample digitization techniques for bio-inspired engineering / Christin T. Murphy, Rolf Muller, and Sunghwan Jung
  • Assessment of an ant-inspired algorithm for path planning / V. Sangeetha, R. Krishankumar, K.S. Ravichandran, and Amir H. Gandomi
  • Part III: Bio-inspired innovation: Materials, manufacturing and applications
  • Functional synergy of biomimicry and additive manufacturing: Toward a bio-enhanced engineering approach / Anton du Plessis and Chris Broeckhoven
  • Smart textiles through bio-inspired innovation / Kony Chatterjee, Shuzhen Wei, and Tushar Chosh
  • Polymerization in nature yields clues to innovation in additive manufacturing / Thomas A. McKeag
  • Syntheses, mechanisms, and applications of bio-inspired self-cleaning surfaces / Quan Xu, Travis Shihao Hu, Xiaowei Wang, Jie Wang, and Zhenhai Xia
  • Commercialization journeys: Bringing biomimetic innovation to the market / Jacques Edouard Chirazi
  • Part IV: Biomimetic habitation: Architecture and sustainable environments
  • Morphological differentiation for the environmental adaptation of biomimetic buildings: Skins, surfaces, and structures / Lidia Badarnah and Katia Zolotovsky
  • A case study in biomimetic roofing: Moisture dissipation from leaf-shaped shingles / Ariana I.K.S. Rupp and Petra Gruber
  • Design studies and applications of mycelium biocomposites in architecture / Onur Kidok, Didem Akyol Altun, Hanaa Dahy, Lena Strobel, E. Esin Hames Tuna, Gulden Kokturk, Ozge Andic Cakir, Ayca Tokuc, Feyzal Ozkaban, and Aylin Sendemir
  • Green Harbors Project: Biomimicry in action / Anamarija Frankic.