13 February 2023
What are the options for making technology sustainable so that it benefits people but does not harm the environment? How can resource consumption and pollution be stopped? In the field of biomimetics, researchers derive principles from nature and apply them to technical issues. Teaching this method is the subject of the EU project Nature4Nature, in which a total of nine doctoral students at eleven locations are supervised by biologists, engineers, designers and manufacturers. At the Biomiemtics-Innovation-Center (B-I-C) of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences, a doctoral position is to be filled for 36 months starting in September 2023.
Prof. Dr. Albert Baars, who will provide scientific support at the HSB, is pleased: "Fluid mechanics and its numerical simulation are pillars of biomimetics education in Bremen. With the simulation of hydrodynamic effects, we will contribute to an understanding of the functioning of the model organisms as well as the technical developments derived from them." Prof. Dr. Antonia B. Kesel is also pleased: "Participation in this future-oriented project is both an opportunity and an award for Bremen as a biomimetics location. I am very much looking forward to the cooperation in this excellent international network, which will also provide contact points for our students during their semester abroad. In addition, it is clear that on an international level, research at universities of applied sciences has long been worthy of a doctorate. This will now certainly be recognized at the state level as well."
In addition to the B-I-C, the following institutions are involved in the Nature4Nature project: Stellenbosch University in South Africa, the Muséum National d`Histoire Naturelle in France, the University of Antwerp in Belgium with two research groups, the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and the Biomimicry NL Foundation from the Netherlands, the Fraunhofer IWS and the Technical University of Deggendorf from Germany, and the companies MPacts and ImpactVista from Belgium.