Dear All,
It would be interesting to know the "biomimetic" subject: materials, structures in architecture, seem to exist. What exactly is being taught in these courses?
Thanks,
Ulrike
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On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:43 AM, "a.g.atkins" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Adrian,
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> Is any biomimetics going on in Engineering Science?
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> Tony
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> On Sep 19 2011, Adrian Thomas wrote:
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>> Oxford has elements of biomimetics in two of the third year modules
>> (scattered through the module lectures where appropriate, perhaps
>> amounting to a total equivalent to 8 lectures). We regularly have
>> explicitly biomimetic research projects, either dealing with sensors and
>> control (Graham Taylor), aerodynamics or hydrodynamics (me) or materials
>> (especially silks: Vollrath).
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>> Cheers,
>> Adrian
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>> On 19 Sep 2011, at 11:35, Julian Vincent wrote:
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>>> How many places are there in the UK which can offer some sort of
>>> education in in biomimetics (=biomimicry/bionics/bio-inspired design . .
>>> . )? Bath university has a whole lecture course in the last year of its
>>> engineering course and offers various projects in the area. I suspect
>>> much the same can be said of Reading. Cambridge engineering offers a
>>> substantial lecture series (Michelle Oyen). As far as I know, for the
>>> rest of the UK the students can do a project in the area, or there may
>>> be a lecture or two, but that's it. What do you say to anyone who wants
>>> to have some education in the area?
>>>
>>> Julian Vincent
>>> University of Bath
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>> Adrian L.R. Thomas,
>> Professor of Biomechanics,
>> University of Oxford,
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