This sounds just the sort of thing that BIONIS (a UK-wide discussion
group based in Reading and Bath) should be interested in! The web site
is at www.biomimetics.org.uk and it's run by Jo Lakeland at Reading.
Have a look and see what you think - the main idea is to encourage links
between biomimetics and industry. It sounds as if your presentation
would be a superb resource for the group. Contact Jo via the web site
and see what can be done.
Best wishes
Julian Vincent
MARK DORFMAN wrote:
>
> I've recently completed a PowerPoint presentation through a short fellowship
> at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. It compares chemistry in
> nature with chemistry in industry, and provides examples of potential
> biomimetic materials and manufacturing processes. It asks the overall
> question: "Can biomimicry transform the chemical industry into a cleaner and
> more efficient system?" I've given the presentation at a handful of public
> interest environmental orgs in the US and would like to make it available to
> science-minded undergraduates, and eventually, to government regulators and
> legislators. It is not quite a stand-alone slide show at this point, but I'm
> seeking funds to create an interactive web version, and to conduct follow-up
> case-study research aimed at raising biomimicry awareness and activity in
> government, academia, the public interest community, and of course, industry.
> If anyone is interested in reviewing the presentation, please let me know.
>
> Mark Dorfman
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> William Megill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > Julian Vincent wrote:
> > > An extension might be to suggest a biomimetics teaching kit
> > > (a set of instructions on preparation of demonstration material plus a
> > > set of slides, as transparencies or PowerPoint) which could be made
> > > available as a downloadable resource to Vega (or any other web site),
> > > also to have a list of URLs for further study. Comments?
> >
> > Elementary school teachers are always looking for these sorts of materials,
> > and certainly our field has a definite "neato" factor where kids are
> > concerned. I think we'd be doing teachers a big favour to put something
> > like this together. The bits that go into it needn't be hugely complicated
> -
> > often all the teachers need is an idea to get them started. As a concrete
> > starting point - could I suggest we all contribute sets of links from our
> own
> > parts of biomimetics to material we think teachers might be interested in?
> > I'll volunteer to collate the links and put an initial website together, if
> folks
> > are interested.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > William
> >
> > ________________________
> > William Megill, Ph.D.
> > Post-doctoral Fellow
> > Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
> > University of Wollongong, Australia
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> Mark H. Dorfman, MSPH
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