Abstract
Biological systems provide insight into sustainable and adaptable design, which often leads to designs that are more elegant, efficient, and sustainable. There are, however, significant hurdles to performing bioinspired design. This chapter presents a design tool, the engineering-to-biology thesaurus, that addresses several challenges engineers may encounter when performing bioinspired design, allowing engineers without advanced biological knowledge to leverage nature’s ingenuity during engineering design. Along with the thesaurus tables, detailed information on the thesaurus model, structure, population, term placement, term placement review, and limitations is provided. Applications of the design tool are discussed. Examples are provided to demonstrate the goals and applications of the design tool followed by a review of integration with computational design tools.
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Nagel, J.K.S. (2014). A Thesaurus for Bioinspired Engineering Design. In: Goel, A., McAdams, D., Stone, R. (eds) Biologically Inspired Design. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5248-4_4
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