Syllabus

1. Module: 1 Introduction to biomimicry: An overview of biomimicry, its purpose, and why it's important (6 classes)

2. Module 2: Biomimicry design process: How to use biomimicry to solve problems and find bio-inspired solutions, Biomimicry and substances: How different substances in nature can inspire designs, Biomimicry and structure: How plants, animals, and fungi use structure to achieve strength, flexibility, stability, or mobility (14 classes)

3. Module: 2 Biomimicry in engineering: How to apply biomimicry principles to engineering, Biomimicry in product design: How to apply biomimicry principles to product design, Biomimicry in business application: How to apply biomimicry principles to business applications (10 classes)

4. Module: 3 Biomimicry thinking and taught functionality: How to think about and apply biomimicry, Biomimicry and ethics: Ethical considerations in biomimicry, Biomimicry and Entrepreneurship (the path from idea to start-up) (10 classes)

• Describe the theory and methods behind biomimicry

• Learn the principles of biomimicry through examples

• Use the tools of biomimetic design for research and innovations

• Apply tools in fields such as biology, design, business or engineering

1. Gain understanding of principles and methods in biomimetics
2. Understand biomimetic approaches to solve engineering problems
3. Understand about the several case studies where biomimetics was used to solve engineering problems
4. Know about the tools and techniques in biomimicry
5 Able to apply biomimetics in research and innovation

Akhlesh Lakhtakia (Editor),Raúl José Martín-Palma (Editor), Engineered Biomimicry, Elsevier , 1st Edition, 2013

Bar-Cohen, Y., Biomimetics nature based innovation, CRC Press , 2012

Peter Forbes, The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature, W. W. Norton & Company , May 17, 2006

National Research Council, Inspired by Biology, The National Academies Press , 2008