Biomimicry is an interdisciplinary design approach that provides solutions to engineering
problems by taking inspiration from nature. Given the established importance of biomimicry …

Preliminary empirical research conducted by the leading author has shown that design
students using biological analogies, or models across different contexts, often misinterpreted …

Every day, engineers are confronted with complex challenges that range from personal to
municipal to national needs. The ability for future engineers to work in cross-disciplinary …

This research aims to understand the significance of biological-analogies in fostering
novelty by comparing biological-analogies with other design methods for idea generation …

Biomimetics is a known innovation paradigm of the twenty‐first century with significant
impact on science, society, economy, and challenges of sustainability. As such, it can be …

Biomimicry practice and pedagogy unify biology and design for problem solving inspired by
nature. Pedagogy that supports biomimicry practice can facilitate the development of novel …

As catalysts for product innovation and product development, different approaches for
biologically inspired design (BID) are exciting options. However, while general BID theory …

Companies need to innovate quickly to adapt to the current rapidly changing market
environment. Therefore, methods to support the computer-aided creative design process …

One of the human endeavors to understand nature is to decipher natural objects, such as
biology, to form novelties, such as in biotechnology. The descriptions then have a model …

Biomimicry refers to a cooperative process that develops a sustainable world by taking
inspiration from the structure, function, process, and mechanism of an organism adapted to …