Program ID: INTD 1001P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 1.4 |
There are no sections available for registration to this course at this time.
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Course Description
This is a short course in the theory and practice of Biologically-Inspired Design (BID) for products and processes. The primary emphasis is how to develop a design practice that incorporates natural principles. Design challenges and specific content can be modified to fit particular interests.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Understand how to mine natural solutions for principles
- Create innovative and sustainable product and processes
- Identify natural solutions relevant to student's design challenges
- Assess and apply those principles to specific product design
- Utilize problem solving techniques (Structure-Behavior-Function; Problem decomposition) to enable the transference of natural to human solutions
- Examine case studies of successful BID products
- Use appropriate interdisciplinary language to facilitate future collaborations with biologists in the context of design
Course Agenda
Day One
- Introduction to BID
- Evolution as "designer"
- Human vs Technological Solutions
- Problem decomposition techniques
- Identifying and translating principles
- Literature Mining
- Team challenge definition and brainstorming
Day Two
- Concept generation using BID
- Assessing the appropriateness of BID solutions and analogical mapping
- Refining team design solutions
- Design presentation and evaluation
Course Materials
A PDF of required readings will be provided. The Georgia Tech Web of Science database will also be provided during the course.
Course Administrator
For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact the course administrator:
Jeannette Yen
Georgia Tech School of Biology
jeannette.yen@biology.gatech.edu
(404) 385-1596
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Related linksCenter for Biologically Inspired Design, School of Biology
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