The Biomimicry Center

04/20/2024

Friday we were at the Gila River Indian Community Earth Day celebration, we celebrated biomimicry, exploring how nature inspires design. For instance, did you know that the bullet train was redesigned after the kingfisher bird's beak? Nature's designs are full of inspiration! We also discussed degrees in CGF and the USDA NextGen grant, helping diverse professionals prepare for careers in food and agriculture, especially at USDA. Let's continue exploring how nature can shape our innovations.

04/18/2024

Introducing the presidential graduate assistantship, to support a Ph.D. student working at the intersection of biomimicry and Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

11/09/2023

Biomimicry center co-director Sara El-Sayed and professor of Indigenous sustainability Melissa Nelson at the end of yesterday's launch event. Knowledge Symbiosis: Can Biomimicry and Indigenous Science Harmonize? Here is the link to the first episode. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nativeseedpod.org/podcast/2023/ep-23-baumeister-nelson-pt1__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!eEJuqvZBjGVX5O9cOI3JRWzF1C2iqnMa698UsYtHVNsiF0GQvBdRE7HsWroOlMVl0_yk5V3By5aCuavd$

10/17/2023

Join Michelle fehler for a great session exploring the functions of living organisms. An event organized by ASU's biomimicry club

09/15/2023

First meeting of the semester by the students at the biomimicry club with great attendance. Lots of enthusiastic students about biomimicry

04/24/2023

Students in BMY 302, and their final projects. Redesigning our plant wall by plant solutions using life principles as inspiration.

01/24/2023

TBC is hiring a post-doctoral research scholar, to map out and expand the biomimetic lab-to-market system at Arizona State University. If you are interested or know of someone who is eligible and interested, please forward this application.

01/10/2023

The center co-director Sara elsayed, in collaboration with Dr. Melissa Nelson and Lily Urmann have been selected for a seed grant. Through this grant we will be developing a series of podcasts at the intersection of Indigenous knowledges and biomimicry.

The IHR is pleased to announce our fall 2022 seed grant recipients.
Visit our seed grants page to learn more about the recipients, their projects and how to apply: https://ihr.asu.edu/grants-awards/seed-grants. Congratulations to all!

ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ASU Department of English

08/18/2022

For those of you who missed the conversation with author/tv presenter and podcast host, Patrick Aryee on Biomimicry, here is the webinar moderated by the center's Sara El-Sayed.

Biomimicry is the process of designing new technologies that are inspired by the animals of planet Earth. The natural world is full of problem solvers with s...

06/14/2022

Nature is the mother of invention—literally! No one knows this better than the architects, designers, engineers and CEOs engaged in the emerging discipline of biomimicry.