Toward scalable bio-inspired manufacturing from molecules to industrial-scale bio-inspired structures

Chih-Hung Chang

doi:10.1117/12.3012235

10 May 2024 Toward scalable bio-inspired manufacturing from molecules to industrial-scale bio-inspired structures

Chih-Hung Chang

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Proceedings Volume PC12944, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XIV; PC1294405 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3012235
Event: SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation, 2024, Long Beach, California, United States

Abstract

The study of biology, from single cells and tissues to complex organisms, has led to many new ideas in science and technology. Engineered biomimicry, comprising bioreplication, bioimitation, and bioinspiration, takes concepts, learns from nature, and applies them in different fields of science and technologies, ranging from new materials and novel devices to complex systems and processes. Eco-manufacturing is essential for humanity to achieve social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Materials and energy are the two most critical manufacturing cost factors, accounting for the most pressing environmental impacts in their extraction, processing, and use. In nature, biological systems produce structures using materials and energy from the surrounding environment. Perhaps the simplest case is plants' production of O2 from CO2 through photosynthesis. More complex natural production resulting in direct market value includes wood production by trees and silk by silkworms. This talk will focus on transforming molecules via bio-inspired processes into bio-inspired materials, devices, and structures at the industrial scale.

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Chih-Hung Chang "Toward scalable bio-inspired manufacturing from molecules to industrial-scale bio-inspired structures", Proc. SPIE PC12944, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XIV, PC1294405 (10 May 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3012235

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Biomimetics

Manufacturing

Molecules

Complex systems

Materials processing

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