Dear Milad,
It is not clear from your letter what IS your desired final result of
your work (project). Are you going to design some "biomimetic"
heat-echanger? Or you would like to study the role of butterfly wings
in this field? Why butterflies, but not stegosaurus with seemingly
very effective "heat exchangers" on its back? Are you sure that
butterfly's wings definitely perform this function better than all
other living creatures? Without clear answers to these questions it is
not easy to give you any advice...
It's a pity that you did not attend the exhibition at the Museum of
the Manchester University where we arranged exposition dedicated to
biomimetics (29 October 2010), otherwise you could get many answers
there.
But never mind, we would like to invite you to our workshop on
bioinspired design . There you can find out HOW TO formulate the
objectives and what kind of tools, techniques and procedures to apply
to achieve the result.
All the details you can find at our site: www.biotriz.com where you
are welcome.
With kind regards,
Olga & Nikolay Bogatyrev
Quoting Milad Arkian <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi,
>
> Im in my 3rd year of Mechanical Engineering and my project is self
> chosen and titled as Thermoregulation in Butterfly Wings. I have
> started collecting information from different thesis' but I would
> like some help on how a Biomimicry report should commence?
>
> How do I link the biology with the engineering or more appropriately
> how do I start looking for and translating relevant aspects of a
> butterflies heat regulation process for engineering purposes.
>
> You input would be greatly needed, especially to you Professor
> Julian Vincent when you told me to study Mechanical Engineering if I
> was interested in Biomimicry 4 years ago!!
>
> best regards
>
> Milad Arkian
> 3rd Year Mechanical Engineering
> University of Manchester
>
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