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| ME4008 | Biomimetics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ömer Necati CORA | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to provide fundamental knowledge regarding with engineering design based on biomimicry. Examples from variety of fields will be discussed, and students will be encourages to design their own biomimetic applications by means of term project. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand how the natural mechanisms, the way of living of plants and animals can inspire engineering solutions. | 1,3 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 2 : | give examples of biomimicry from different fields. | 1,3 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 3 : | establish relations between the physiology of animals and engineering parts, machines. | 1,3 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 4 : | develop or suggest solutions based on physical principles already available in nature. | 1,3 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| - Fundamental definitions, historical development of biomimicry
- Natural mechanisms and their biomimetic applications in aerodynamics, winglets design
- Bio-inspired design examples, biologically inspired mechanisms and machines
- Bioinspired vehicle design
- Biomimetic applications in materials, composites
- Biomimetic applications in electronics, optics
- Biomimetic applications in energy
- Bioinspired photonic materials
- Biologically inspired smart materials, sensors, robots
- Biomimetic surfaces
- Smart materials, biomaterials, biocompatible materials
- Artificial organs.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, fundamental definitions, historical development of biomimicry | | | Week 2 | Natural mechanisms and their biomimetic applications in aerodynamics, winglets design | | | Week 3 | Bio-inspired design examples, biologically inspired mechanisms and machines
| | | Week 4 | Bioinspired vehicle design
| | | Week 5 | Biomimetic applications in materials, composites | | | Week 6 | Biomimetic applications in electronics, optics | | | Week 7 | Biomimetic applications in energy
| | | Week 8 | Bioinspired photonic materials | | | Week 9 | MIDTERM EXAM | | | Week 10 | Biologically inspired smart materials, sensors, robots | | | Week 11 | Biomimetic applications in structures, manufacturing | | | Week 12 | Biomimetic surfaces | | | Week 13 | Smart materials, biomaterials, biocompatible materials | | | Week 14 | Artificial organs | | | Week 15 | Term project demonstrations | | | |
| 1 | Biomimetics: Bioinspired Hierarchical-Structured Surfaces for Green Science and Technology, Bharat Bhushan, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016. | | | 2 | Biomimetics: A Molecular Perspective, Raz Jelinek, Walter de Gruyter, 2013, 256 pages. | | | 3 | Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Proceedings of 6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017,Stanford, CA, USA, July 26-28, 2017,Mangan, M., Cutkosky, M., Mura, A., Verschure, P.F.M.J., Prescott,T., Lepora, N. (Eds.), Springer, 2017 | | | |
| 1 | Biomimetics in Photonics, Olaf Karthaus, 2012, CRC Press, 289 pages. | | | 2 | Engineered Biomimicry, Editors: Akhlesh Lakhtakia Raúl José Martín-Palma, Elsevier, 2013, 496 pages. | | | 3 | Biomimetic Design Method for Innovation and Sustainability, , Yael Helfman Cohen, Yoram Reich,Springer, 2016, 254 pages. | | | 4 | Lecture Notes in Biophysics, Biomimetic Physics, Erich Sackmann, available athttp://www.biophy.de/wiki/downloads/Bionics_Nature_as_Material_Designer.pdf | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 10 | 24/04/2023 | 1 | 25 | | Quiz | 5 | 28/03/2023 | | 5 | | Project | 15 | 30/05/2023 | | | | Presentation | 14-15 | 06/06/2023 | | 15 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 9 | 20/04/2023 | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 22/06/2023 | 1 | 35 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 13 | 39 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Proje | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Kısa sınav | .5 | 2 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 95 |
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