Advanced Bio-Inspired Design and Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Manufacturing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2190
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bio-CAD and heterogeneous functional cellular topology design; artificial intelligence enabled additive manufacturing process modeling, monitoring, anomaly detection, and control; engineered hierarchical structures and metamaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Taking inspiration from the incredible ability of biological systems to solve engineering problems can result in efficient and elegant solutions. The bio-inspired design approach at the intersection of biology and engineering is based on translating the knowledge of biological systems into innovative designs for products and processes. The recent advances in additive manufacturing, digitization techniques, computational tools, and AI are enabling us to bring and implement nature-inspired technical design innovations. However, realizing the form of efficient bio-inspired designs while still achieving their desired functionality requires progress in the areas of design philosophy and advanced manufacturing.
This Special Issue supports novel and creative research on the techniques, approaches, and theories for bio-inspired designs and their manufacturing processes, in particular additive manufacturing, for engineering and healthcare applications. Submissions of manuscripts on original research and literature reviews in the following areas as specified by the keywords are encouraged.
- Biomimicry and bio-inspired design;
- Engineering design;
- Cellular and hierarchical structures;
- Topology optimization and generative design;
- Machine learning and AI-driven design;
- Bioinspired robotics and machines;
- Additive manufacturing;
- Design for additive manufacturing;
- Biomanufacturing;
- New manufacturing processes/tools/systems development.
Dr. AMM Nazmul Ahsan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomimicry and bio-inspired design
- engineering design
- cellular and hierarchical structures
- topology optimization and generative design
- machine learning and AI-driven design
- bioinspired robotics and machines
- additive manufacturing
- design for additive manufacturing
- biomanufacturing
- new manufacturing processes/tools/systems development
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