Biomimetic & Bioinspiration

Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of life’s genius.

― Janine Benyus

Biomimetics is the study of nature and natural phenomenon geared towards creating similar structures, devices, materials or processes for the benefit of humans. It is based on several principles; at first, all biology represents evolved adaptations, secondly, within the multitudes of these adaptations in animals and plants may be ‘solutions’ to challenges facing human beings, and thirdly, by studying the natural world, humans can leverage these evolved solutions to innovate and solve problems. Biomimetics has the potential to accelerate innovation in many fields including engineering, architecture, synthetic chemistry and medicine. Although the past 10 years has witnessed a surge of interest in biomimicry (‘copy nature’) and biomimetics (‘inspiration by nature’) in many disciplines, such as robotics, tissue engineering, architecture and material design, its development in the biomedical sciences has been limited.

Fish-inspired Design

Title

investigation and stimulation of flow over hydrophiles inspired from sturgeon denticles

Aim

Recent developments within the biomimetic field in industry include innovations, such as Velcro inspired by the tendency of the burr of the fruit to stick to dogs hair, novel architectural designs with improved thermoregulation inspired by termite mounds , stable building structures inspired by the backbone of turban shells, bionic cars inspired by boxfish, fluid‐drag reduction swimsuits inspired by the structure of shark’s skin, design of airplanes inspired by birds, design of the Shinkansen train inspired by kingfisher birds, explosive chemical jet inspired by Bombardier beetle and robotics inspired by motor mechanisms of insects. In this study we aim to mimic sturgeon denticles and copy this pattern on hydrophiles for investigation of denticles effects on water flow.

Materials

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Project Executives

Dr. Faezeh Yazdani Moghaddam, Reza Mirzaie

Project Collaborators

Dr.Mahmoud Pasand

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