Nature-Inspired Science and Engineering for Sustainable Future
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Biomimetics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
2. School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Interests: aerodynamics; bioengineering; turbo machinery; mechanical design; energy and power; renewable energy; engineering education and accreditation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the quest for sustainable and renewable energy sources, scientists and engineers have increasingly turned to nature for inspiration. Biomimicry learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature and has become an effective tool for creating ground-breaking renewable energy solutions. Several new technologies have been inspired by nature as designers increasingly look to biomimicry for creating new ideas for wind turbines, solar cells, and hydropower. For instance, scientists studied the effective distribution of water and nutrients by leaf veins, which provided inspiration for the microchannel design of solar panels. Scientists also studied the structure and movement of bird wings, using bionic concepts to develop flexible wing structures and streamlined shapes.
This Special Issue will investigate biomimetics as drivers of design on several scales as a tool for sustainable development, which focused on bio-inspired approaches used for reducing the operational energy of different engineering systems including that of buildings, road vehicles, passenger cars, trucks, locomotives, aeroplanes/aircrafts, submarines, or underwater vehicles. Scientific contributions are invited from scientists, researchers, engineers, and industry professionals as a means of disseminating recent design strategies, inventions, and developments in the field. Review papers presenting the state of the art of this research area and identifying new directions for further research are also welcome.
This Special Issue was developed in collaboration with the Australian Society of Energy and Power (ASEP) and aligned with the 5th International Conference on Energy and Power (ICEP2024), and for the Conference details, see the following link: https://www.asep.org.au/icep-conference/5th-icep-2024.
Dr. Harun Chowdhury
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomimicry design
- power and energy technologies
- bio-energy
- renewable
- efficiency
- sustainability
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