BioInspired! So What? Now What!

Presented by Dr. Jacquelyn K.S. Nagel, Department of Engineering,  James Madison University

Biological organisms, phenomena, and strategies provide insight into sustainable and adaptable design— which can be used to inspire engineering innovation. Although the biologically-inspired solutions are innovative and useful, the majority of inspiration taken from nature has happened by chance observation, or through dedicated study of a specific biological entity (e.g., gecko). This reveals a fundamental problem of working across domains. The effort and time required to become a competent engineering designer creates significant obstacles to becoming sufficiently knowledgeable about biological systems (the converse can also be said). This research aims to remove the element of chance, reduce the amount of time and effort required to developing biologically-inspired engineering solutions. We seek to bridge the seemingly immense disconnect between the engineering and biological domains—through the development of systematic design tools and techniques. Using functional representation and abstraction to describe biological systems presents the natural designs in an engineering context. Thus, the biological information is accessible to engineering designers with varying biological knowledge, but a common understanding of engineering design methodologies.

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