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- Offers readers essential insights into biomimetic design methods for transferring design solutions from nature to technology
- Includes an extensive literature review on biomimicry as an engine of both innovation and sustainability
- Details the biomimetic design process, current biomimetic design methods and tools
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Research Method
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Research Methodology, Process and Results
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Experimentation
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Epilogue
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About this book
The book includes an extensive literature review on biomimicry as an engine of both innovation and sustainability, and discusses in detail the biomimetic design process, current biomimetic design methods and tools.
The structural biomimetic design method for innovation and sustainability put forward in this text encompasses (1) the research method and rationale used to develop and validate this new design method; (2) the suggested design algorithm and tools including the Find structure database, structure-function patterns and ideality patterns; and (3) analyses of four case studies describing how to use the proposed method.
This book offers an essentialresource for designers who wish to use nature as a source of inspiration and knowledge, innovators and sustainability experts, and scientists and researchers, amongst others.
Authors and Affiliations
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Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yael Helfman Cohen
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Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yoram Reich
About the authors
Since 2014, she has been a manager at the Biomimicry Lab at Tel Aviv University, and since 2009 she is co-founder and CEO of Biomimicry IL. An Editor of the Israeli biomimetic online journal, member of the Biomimetic ISO international committee and organizer of the yearly conference "Biomimicry- Academy & Industry", Dr. Helfman Cohen has years of teaching experience and is intensively involved in many academic activities. She has published several papers in journals and conference papers.
Yoram Reich is a Full Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University. He has practiced engineering design for more than 7 years and has held visiting positions at Carnegie Mellon University, DukeUniversity, and Stanford University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Research in Engineering Design, an associate editor of Design Science, and an editorial board member of 6 other international journals; a founder and past co-chair of the Design Theory special interest group of the Design Society, and an elected member of its Advisory Board.
He is also a Fellow of the Design Research Society. Previously, he was the chair of the Israeli chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and served several additional years on its managerial board. Prof. Reich’s research focuses on product design methods and theories, flexible development processes, computer-aided design, data mining, and design research methodology. He has published over 200 papers on these subjects and advised more than 40 graduate and PhD students.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomimetic Design Method for Innovation and Sustainability
Authors: Yael Helfman Cohen, Yoram Reich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33997-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33996-2Published: 07 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81651-7Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33997-9Published: 01 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Design, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity, Biostatistics, R & D/Technology Policy