EUROCORES - EuroBioSAS

Titel des Programms
Bio-inspired Engineering of Sensors, Actuators & Systems (EuroBioSAS)

Teilnehmende Länder
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey,

Ziel
Nature's richness and variety holds the key to a treasure trove of innovative design principles. Biological systems occupy a domain of parameter space which manmade systems have only just begun to touch upon. Entering this domain will transform the face of modern engineering. Whereas today's technological devices are synthesized from discrete and often pre-existing components, Nature produces fully integrated biological systems whose function drives the evolution of form at all levels simultaneously. The resulting integration of biological systems over many hierarchical levels is the key to understanding their exquisite performance, and is also the key to emulating their functionality in an engineered system. Bio-inspired Engineering therefore necessitates nothing less than a radical rethinking of the underlying principles of synthetic design, which can be achieved only by elucidating the most fundamental principles by which biological systems are structured. EuroBioSAS aims to uncover those fundamental organizational principles which underpin the performance of biological sensors, actuators and systems, and will use them as the inspiration for developing new technologies that push beyond the frontiers of today's engineered systems in their capability and performance.

EuroBioSAS sets an intrinsically multi-disciplinary target that, while posing significant scientific and technical challenges, will lead to the development of transformative new technologies. Because EuroBioSAS targets an emerging approach to engineering, rather than a specific application area, the technologies that result from it are expected to find application in a range of different contexts: from civil engineering to national security ; from information and communications technology to automotive, domestic and aerospace industry ; and from materials to mechanical and medical engineering.

Inhalt
Projekte sollten zu einem der folgenden beiden Themenbereiche gehören:

i) Hierarchical organization of bio-inspired sensors, actuators and systems
ii) Integrative functional design of bio-inspired sensors, actuators and systems

Detailinformation
www.esf.org/eurobiosas
Dr. Ana Helman
Tel: +33 3 88 76 21 63
Email: eurobiosas@esf.org

Ansprechperson im FWF
Dr. Kati Huttunen

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