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BID – References

Course week(s) Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Course subject(s) Introduction The Bio Inspired Design Approach Biostructure and Bioenergy (muscle configurations) Bioenergy (biological springs) Biopropulsion (macroscale) Bioclamping (hands) Biobehaviours and Group Intelligence Bioclamping (other clamping methods) Bioclamping and Biopropulsion (microscale) Bioreproduction and Regeneration Biomaintenance and Repair

Reference Materials

Chiu, I. and Shu, L.H. (2007). Biomimetic design through natural language analysis to facilitate cross-domain information retrieval. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 21, 45-59.

Reich, Y.(1995). A critical review of General Design Theory. Research in Engineering Design, 7 (1) 1-18.

Helms, M., Vattam, S.S. and Goel, A.K.(2009). Biologically inspired design: process and products. Design Studies, 30, 606-622

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