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It has been ten years since I first read Janine’s book and I am pleased to see that the field of Biomimicry, Biomimetics—or whatever you want to call it—continues to grow! I am especially thrilled that there has been such a meaningful adoption of such principles in the basic and applied sciences. While technology trends [...] The Biological Systems and Materials Division has been focusing on embracing and serving the duality of its membership, which consists of many established members of the society and the field of theoretical and applied mechanics who are developing research programs focusing on biological systems and materials, and simultaneously numerous researchers from the biological sciences who [...] You can download the brochure for this special symposium that brings together state-of-the-art developments in clinical imaging techniques, computer modeling, medical device testing and materials characterization with a focus on medical implants, their design and the Experimental Mechanics underlying device interaction with the human body. The 6F LifeStent NT is an implantable self-expanding nickel titanium alloy (Nitinol) stent. The stent is manufactured from small diameter Nitinol tubing and is loaded into a delivery catheter for placement/deployment into a vessel. The stent is based on a helical design which offers a wide range of performance advantages when compared to stents with circumferential [...] My first recollection of the term “ecopreneur” was when Gifford and I were talking on the phone while I was visiting David Oakey at Interface Carpets. We had been brainstorming various ways to develop the ideas of biomimicry and intrapreneuring. We discussed writing a book and establishing a consulting practice but neither of these ideas [...] In June of 2000 the first Symposium on Biologically Inspired Materials was held at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Spring meeting. You can download the agenda which included presentations by Mehmet Sarikaya,Randal Shogren, K.T. Ramesh, Angela M. Belcher, Frank van Swol, T.J.Deming, Peter Ifju, T. Wyrobek and Marc Alper. You can also download a panel [...] In 1998 I founded ECHOBIO to invent and develop new materials that would transform the world. It was a heady goal but I strongly believed—and still do—that there is an enormous, untapped potential in looking to nature for inspiration and opporunities for sustainable solutions to technical problems. My original plan was to develop novel materials for [...] The idea of looking to Nature for solutions to technological problems is not an entirely new idea, and Janine Benyus in her book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature reminds us that in addition to inspiration, Nature also provides us with models of successful systems as well as criteria to measure our impact and success. For [...] |
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