Assessing the state of biologically inspired design from three perspectives: academic, public, and practitioners

MG Jastrzembski, BC Watson… - Bioinspiration & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Biologically inspired design (BID) applies natural solutions to engineering challenges. Due
to the widespread success of BID, we examine the following research question: how does …

[HTML][HTML] Examining an Evolving Biologically Inspired Design Professional Learning Environment through Conjecture Mapping and Design-Based Research

AP Rehmat, AA Towner, M Alemdar, ME Helms… - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biologically inspired design (BID) in engineering is a convergent, systematic approach that
uses analogies from biological organisms to develop solutions for human engineering and …

[HTML][HTML] Biologically inspired design for engineering education: A multiple year evaluation of teachers' professional learning experiences (Evaluation)

A Rehmat, A Towner, M Alemdar, R Moore… - 2022 ASEE Annual …, 2022 - peer.asee.org
This evaluation paper focuses on how high school engineering teachers' professional
learning experiences advance their understanding of bio-inspired design integration into …

Using functional decomposition to bridge the design gap between desired emergent multi‐agent‐system resilience and individual agent design

I Hernandez, BC Watson, MJ Weissburg… - Systems …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing the resilience of modern infrastructure systems is recognized as a priority by both
the International Council on Systems Engineering and the National Academy of …

Intradisciplinary Growth of Sustainability-Minded Engineers through Conservation Technology

A Schulz, C Shriver, A Patka, C Greiner, B Seleb… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Background The need for sustainability-minded engineers prepared to address complex
societal challenges has grown exponentially in recent years. Frameworks like the United …

Creating biologically inspired design units for high school engineering courses

RA Moore, H Ehsan, E Kim, M Helms… - 2021 IEEE Frontiers …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This innovative practice work in progress paper presents the Biologically Inspired Design for
Engineering Education (BIRDEE) project, to create socially relevant, accessible, highly …

Using structures, functions, and mechanisms to access biological analogies: Experiences from high school engineering teachers' professional development

RA Moore, H Ehsan, E Kim, M Helms… - 2021 IEEE Frontiers …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This innovative practice work in progress paper presents Biologically inspired design (BID)
to transfer design principles identified in nature to human-centered design problems. The …

Biologically Inspired Design For High School Engineering Students (Work in Progress)

M Alemdar, D Baptiste_Porter, A Rehmat, M Helms… - 2023 - par.nsf.gov
Biologically inspired design (BID) has gained attention in undergraduate and graduate
engineering programs throughout the United States, and more post-secondary institutions …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring High School Engineering Students' Integration of Biological Concepts in the Engineering Design Process

In our evolving society, the proficiency of future engineers in navigating ''multidisciplinary,
interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary environments''[1](p. 2) has become an essential …