BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Thanks to Curt McNamara (INCOSE NSWG) and Jared Yarnall-Schane (Biomimicry Institute) for the following.  

I am reaching out with an opportunity from our friends at the Biodesign Challenge. They are currently recruiting student and professional teams to participate in a newly formed Biodesign Sprint, in partnership with Google, and they are hoping to have some biomimicry designs and solutions in the program. If you are interested or would like more information, please let me know and I can connect you with the program leads.

In addition, they are currently accepting enrollment into their annual Biodesign Challenge (information deck attached). If you are interested in continuing to leverage design challenges and competitions with your students, I would be happy to connect you with them to learn more. I think they have a top notch program, and they are leading some critical conversations about the ethics of biotech and biodesign, and have an explicit commitment to bring more biomimicry into their community.

We also wanted to point you to the challenges run and organized by Conservation X Labs. We are an ecosystem partner with them for their Microfiber Innovation Challenge, and we look forward to continuing to support their work.

I hope these resources are helpful!

All the best,

Jared

Public attachment: 

BDC 2021 Schools Deck_opt.pdf