Dr. Dror Levy, head of the program, says that the field of biomimicry, a contemporary and developing field in the entire world, seeks to find effective and sustainable solutions to design and technological problems by imitating forms, processes and ecosystems in nature.
Biomimicry is a combination of bios, life, and mimesis, imitation (Greek), i.e. imitation of nature. It is an interdisciplinary field, both theoretical and practical, that seeks to find effective solutions to design and technological problems by imitating forms, processes and ecosystems in nature. It encompasses many fields, such as intelligent energy saving systems, robotics and artificial propulsion systems, sustainable design, architecture and environmental design, management and decision-making processes, artificial intelligence, advanced sensing systems, signal processing, medical prosthetics, agriculture and perma-clutch and also fields such as visual art and audio art.
Biomimicry is therefore a place where there is a fruitful dialogue between science, technology and design, and it allows us to solve problems in sustainable ways - and promote the development of technologies and products that will more effectively utilize the resources available to us and contribute to reducing environmental pollution.
On May 27, the national foundation conference "Biomimicry: learning to innovate from nature" will be held at HIT, Holon Institute of Technology. This conference, which is an initiative of the master's degree program in integrated design at the institute headed by Dr. Dror K. Levy, is the result of a collaboration between HIT and the Israeli biomimicry organization. Developers in various fields of imitation systems while learning from nature will have their say in it, and it is here to prepare the infrastructure for the first international Israeli conference on biomimicry, which will be held in the academic year XNUMX.
The national foundation conference will be dedicated to four areas: biomimetic mechanical engineering; biomimetic architecture and environment, biomimetic materials engineering; Biomimicry: the future generation.
Among other things, Dr. Yossi Yuval will talk about "Dynamic sensing in bats as a model for imitating antennas"; Dr. Roi Gorka on "Interaction between animals and turbulence: movement and navigation"; Dr. Gal Rivak on "Improving the mobility of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) inspired by the bouncy of the nethuzit"; Dr. Yoel Tana on "Algorithm inspired by nature"; Lola Ben-Alon, Prof. Raphael Zaks and Dr. Yaakov Yasha Grobman on "Construction-Processes and Construction-Behaviors of Humans and Social Insects"; Dr. Amos Bar-Da on the "biological basis of nanotechnology"; Dr. Anna Dotan and Prof. Hana Dodiuk on "selling (anti) ice to the Eskimos"; Dr. Shmulik Yatah on "Spider webs in the laboratory: applied biomimicry"; and Dr. Galit Shaltiel-Gold for "stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate for improved calcium absorption in a unique process inspired by nature".
The master's degree program in integrated design at HIT is intended for bachelor's degree graduates in various design branches, such as industrial design, interior design, architecture, art, theater, new media and visual communication, and for bachelor's degree graduates in tangential fields, such as mechanical engineering, software engineering, materials engineering and design management. It relies on laboratories, conceptual seminars and practical studio classes and includes a research gallery, which specializes in presenting theoretical questions through multidisciplinary and experimental projects, national and international conferences; and study tours in design centers abroad.
