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Showing 1 to 20 of 304 for “"Bio-inspired"”.
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Bio-inspired fluid locomotion
We have developed several novel methods of locomotion at low Reynolds number, for both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids: Robosnails 1 and 2, which operate on a lubrication layer, and the three-link swimmer which moves in an unbounded fluid. Robosnail 1 utilizes lubrication pressures generated in …
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Bio-inspired swimming helix
This thesis investigated a bio-inspired swimming chain (BISH), inspired by Weelia cylindrica. After developing a model, it was used to investigate conditions under which helical motion would emerge. The properties of this chain as the number of nodes changes was also investigated, to see if the …
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Bio-inspired optical components
… interaction of electromagnetic radiation with biological structures as millions of years of evolution have sorted out numerous ways to modulate light (e.g. the fish eye or the skin of the octopus). The goal of this thesis work is to fabricate novel optical elements by taking cues from nature …
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Improving Bio-Inspired Frameworks
… thesis, we provide solutions to two different bio-inspired algorithms. The first is enhancing the performance of bio-inspired test generation for circuits described in RTL Verilog, specifically for branch coverage. We seek to improve upon an existing framework, BEACON, in terms of performance. …
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Bio-inspired Cellulose Nanocomposites
… range from molecular to the macroscopic scale. Inspired by this design, layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition technique was used to create lignocellulosic composites from isolated wood polymers namely cellulose and lignin, with a lamellar architecture. In the first phase of the study, adsorption of …
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Bio-inspired collective analog computation
… mimic collective analog com- putation found in biology. By combining the advantages of analog and digital computation, these systems can lead to highly complex, rapid, and energy-efficient systems such as an analog supercomputer that is capable of simulating a great number of bio- chemical …
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Bio-inspired surface engineering for hydrophobicity
Highly evolved, efficient and sophisticated biological systems can be used as models for scientific innovations. This research explored specific surface structures on plant leaves with respect to their hydrophobicity in the context of the often arid Australian climate. The relationships between …
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Novel Bio-inspired Aquatic Flow Sensors
Inspired by the roles of hair cells in nature, this study aims to develop and characterize two new sets of novel flow sensors. One set of sensors developed and studied in this work are flow sensors fabricated using carbon nanomaterials. These sensors are made by embedding carbon nanotubes (CNT) and …
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Bio-inspired Design and Information Visualization
Bio-inspired design in recent years has been used successfully as a methodology in disciplines such as engineering, architecture, product design, and business. While still in an infant stage in terms of adoption in universities, those who have embraced the methodology have experienced promising …
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Bio-Inspired Segmented Self-Centering Rocking Frame
… design and modeling of a human spine-inspired seismic lateral force resisting system. The overall goal is to create a design for a lateral force resisting system that reflects human spine behavior that is both practical and effective. The first phase of this project involved a …
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Leveraging Bio-Inspired Molecules for Cancer Theranostics
… molecules are peptides and antibodies. These bio-inspired molecules can be designed and synthesized to target and respond to cancer cells based on the properties of those cells. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzymes are over-expressed by some metastatic cancers, in which they are responsible …
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Wireless Security Protocol in DNA Bio-Inspired Network
… methods to secure the Wi-Fi network using the bio-inspired DNA is the idea comed from the Deoxyribonucleic Acid DNA because that DNA have several important features including the random nature of the sequences denoted by alphapet characters A, C, G and T to perform encoded unique DNA sequences …
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Design and microfabrication of multifunctional bio-inspired surfaces
… produce improved, hierarchical multifunctional bioinspired surfaces. Different natural surfaces have been surveyed including well-known lotus leaf, sharkskin, back of the Namib Desert beetle, butterfly wings, and legs of water-walking insects. The lotus leaf features superhydrophobicity, which …
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Bio-inspired routing algorithms for Software Defined Networking
… Alienated Ant Algorithm, a heuristic solution inspired by a non-natural behaviour of ants colonies.
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A distributed electromechanical spine for bio-inspired robots
Biological mechanisms are embraced in mobile robots to interact with their surroundings. Although current bio-inspired robots perform well, their performance is limited due to the lack of a flexible spine. A spine provides an animal's agility, a wide range of motion, balance, and efficiency. It can …
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Microfluidic synthesis and properties of bio-inspired colloids
… especially when they are placed into a biological setting. Over the past two decades, a host of particle fabrication techniques have been proposed, which are able to produce microgels with various physical properties, though maintaining independent control over them remains to be …
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Computational Studies of Bio-Inspired Synthetic Random Heteropolymers
Biological heteropolymers, such as proteins and nucleic acids, work together to execute the vast suite of tasks which ultimately enable life. These capabilities, particularly enzymatic function, are incredibly attractive for developing sustainable materials, removing pollutants and contaminants, …
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Toward Efficient Bio-Inspired Propulsion: The Effect of Propulsor Shape and Kinematics on System Performance and Efficiency during Bio-inspired Locomotion
… different kinematic and shape effects of these biological systems, we can understand what leads to their high cruising performance and efficiency. Two major studies were conducted. The first was on the effect of different kinematic parameters of large soaring birds on flight performance and the …
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Bio-Inspired Mechanism for Aircraft Assessment Under Upset Conditions
<p>Based on the artificial immune systems paradigm and a hierarchical multi-self strategy, a set of algorithms for aircraft sub-systems failure detection, identification, evaluation and flight envelope estimation has been developed and implemented. Data from a six degrees-of-freedom flight …
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