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Biomimetic
Design Method for Innovation
and Sustainability |
Yael Helfman-Cohen Yoram
Reich |
1. Introduction
2. Additional Related Information
3. Workshops /Seminars Available
4. Publication
5. Funding
Biomimicry
is a multidisciplinary discipline that studies nature's structures, process and
systems to imitate or take inspirations from to solve human problems in a
sustainable and innovative ways. While in formation, the Biomimetic discipline
still lacks a clear theoretical and applicative framework of reference that
could bridge the gap between biology and engineering.
The purpose
of this research is to develop a biomimetic design method that would lead the
practitioner in a sequential design process from the first step of problem
definition to the final step of environmentally sustainable and innovative
design concept. The method will provide tools to define and transfer biological
knowledge to other domains, mainly to engineering and technology.
The research method is based on analyzing large number of
biological systems by advanced TRIZ (Systematic Inventive thinking) tools in
order to uncover their structural principles. Analysis of biological systems using TRIZ tools provides an operational
language that eases the description of those systems and improves their
understanding.
So far, few
structural patterns have been identified and related to generic functions.
Those structural patterns repeat in different biological systems and in various
scales from nano to macro scales. Analysis of these
biological systems by the Law of system completeness [1] revealed several structural patterns that function
like engines and enable the usage of available environmental energy and
material resources. Substance Field analysis of potential interactions between
those structural patterns and environmental elements exposed the generic
functions associated to these structures.
Those structural
patterns are one of possible bridges to transfer biological knowledge to engineers.
They provide better understanding of nature's structures that may be imitated
and their related functions. Therefore, those structures will be the foundation
of the developed biomimetic design method.
While we used
technological knowledge driven from TRIZ to understand biological systems, we
aim to bring back biological knowledge to technology by biomimetic design
method for innovation and sustainability.
The research was introduced at Dublin during the TRIZ future
conference 2011 and in Tel-Aviv during the convention "Environment
2050" in March 2012.
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ETRIA- The European TRIZ Association
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לזה
חיקינו –
עיתון חי
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בן
אדם אחרי קוף –
את עיצוב
Email Yoram Reich (yoram @ eng.tau.ac.il)
· Helfman, C.Y., Reich, Y., Greenberg, S. What can we learn from biological systems when applying the law of system completeness? TRIZ future, 2011, Dublin, Ireland.
The work was also presented in
the following occasions:
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"Environment
2050", March 2012.
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The work appeared/mentioned in
popular press
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מה הקשר
בין עור הכריש
ורגל השממית
לחיסכון באנרגיה? – מעריב NRG
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