Spring 2023

INTEGBI C32 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Integrative Biology 32

Bioinspired Design

Robert J Full

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023

Mo, We

12:00 pm - 12:59 pm

Li Ka Shing 245

Class #:23722

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Integrative Biology

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -1

Enrolled: 91

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 90

Waitlist Max: 30

Open Reserved Seats:

1 reserved for Students with 3-4 Terms in Attendance

2 reserved for Students with 1-2 Terms in Attendance

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

INTEGBI 299 170 170IND

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.