Engineering Mechanics of Biologically Inspired Products and Structures
In nature, shape and structure evolve in response to environmental conditions leading to improved performance. Often, materials and structures designed based on biological concepts combine multiple beneficial properties, making research into mimicking them very complex but rewarding.
A symposium is proposed to bring together investigations that deal with products and structures, that qualify to be complex, multi-functional, hierarchical, adaptive, autonomic materials, sensor-built, etc. that are typical characteristics of the biological world. Sub-topics could be:
1) Products inspired by natural world
2) Concepts based on Biological world
3) Structures designed/developed mimicking biological structures
4) Distributed Sensor based on Biological Concept
5) Hierarchically structured and self-assembled materials
6) Bio-inspired Imaging.
Organizers
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Ashok Kumar Ghosh
New Mexico Tech
575-835-5505
ashok@nmt.edu -
Eric N. Brown
Los Alamos National Laboratory
505-412-5873
en_brown@lanl.gov
Schedule
Monday 1
Room | Time | Talk |
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Knowledge Room | 8:00 AM |
Deformation mechanism of nacre and nacre-inspired composites Horacio Espinosa, Felix Latoute, Jee E Rim |
Knowledge Room | 8:40 AM |
Hierarchical Modelling of Gecko Toe Adhesion Bin Chen, Peidong Wu, Huajian Gao |
Knowledge Room | 9:00 AM |
Topology optimization of structures using hybrid cellular automaton: Application to the design of periodic materials Kumar Vemaganti, Raghavender Cheerkapally |
Knowledge Room | 9:20 AM |
An Experimental Investigation into the Explosive Characteristics of Fluid-filled Porous Structures - A Simplified Model of the Human Skull Cancellous Structure Ashok Ghosh, Jason L. Mathews |
Monday 2
Room | Time | Talk |
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Knowledge Room | 11:00 AM |
Non-linear Fracture of Implant Polymers: Polytetrafluoroethylene and Polyethylene Eric N. Brown |
Knowledge Room | 11:20 AM |
Effects of a bio-inspired interfacial modification on the properties of polymer matrix nanocomposites Lesley Hamming, Phil Messersmith, Cate Brinson |
Knowledge Room | 11:40 AM |
Nature-inspired Hybrid Structural Materials Robert O. Ritchie |
Monday 3
Room | Time | Talk |
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Knowledge Room | 2:00 PM |
Mechanically Efficient Cellular Microstructures in Plants Lorna Gibson, Lorna Gibson |
Knowledge Room | 2:40 PM |
Influence of Weak Anchoring Upon the Alignment of Planar Lipid Bilayers with Surface Pretilt Raffaella De Vita, Iain W. Stewart |
Knowledge Room | 3:00 PM |
Magnetoelastic MEMS Sensors for Detection of Biological Species Bart Prorok |