Spring 2020
INTEGBI C32 001 - LEC 001
Formerly Integrative Biology 32
Bioinspired Design
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 90
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 90
Waitlist Max: 30
Open Reserved Seats:
1 reserved for Freshman Students
Also offered as:
LS C30Z
Hours & Workload
1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Robert J Full
+ 1 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
Bioinspired design views the process of how we learn from Nature as an innovation strategy translating principles of function, performance and aesthetics from biology to human technology. The creative design process is driven by interdisciplinary exchange among engineering, biology, art, architecture and business. Diverse teams of students will collaborate on, create, and present original bioinspired design projects. Lectures discuss biomimicry, challenges of extracting principles from Nature, scaling, robustness, and entrepreneurship through case studies highlighting robots that run, fly, and swim, materials like gecko-inspired adhesives, artificial muscles, medical prosthetic devices, and translation to start-ups.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets the Sciences and Society Course Thread
Meets Biological Science, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats: