Dec 28, 2020
Affiliate Faculty Publication
New publication titled “Using Biomimicry to Support Resilient Infrastructure Design”
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News
Aug 27, 2020
Congratulations to the Biomimicry Center Assistant Director!
Congratulations to TBC Assistant Director Adelheid Fischer for receiving a 2020 Research and Development Grant and the Bill Desmond Writing Award in Creative Non-Fiction from the Arizona Commission on the ...
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Aug 10, 2020
15 MOST UNUSUAL COLLEGE DEGREES (YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF)
Biomimicry made the list!
College Consensus has put together a list of some of the most unusual degree programs in the US (and one global online). Read more here. ...
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Jul 07, 2020
Where the Wild Things Are
In the pandemic lockdown, people are discovering the spectacular nature in their own backyards.
New article from Assistant Director Heidi Fischer.
Read on Medium here.
“Slowing down and staying put during the pandemic have created new opportunities for people to encounter nature on their...
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Jun 10, 2020
Biomimicry Affiliate Faculty Research Publication
ASU engineer working on digging robots inspired by the motions of razor clams
Read the full ASU Now article here.
“As anyone who has ever used a shovel knows, the only way to dig is by using force. But many animals, including ...
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May 18, 2020
Life Finds a Way: Lessons from the Eruption of Mount St. Helens Forty Years Later
May 18 marks the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Writer Adelheid Fischer and photographer Buzzy Sullivan offer this meditation on the lessons we’ve learned about how nature responds to catastrophic disturbance.
Full article here.
Adelheid Fischer is the assistant director of the Biomimicry Center at Arizona State University, a collaboration between ASU and Biomimicry 3.8 that facilitates biomimicry education and research. ...
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Mar 24, 2020
Beautiful message from Biomimicry 3.8 on how to reconnect with nature during this time
Dear Biomimicry Community,
In these unprecedented times, trepidations about the unknowns ahead are common feelings. While we don’t have answers, we at B3.8 are taking comfort in nature—her resilience, her ...
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Mar 05, 2020
Rattlesnakes and rain: A desert mystery
ASU engineer and evolutionary ecologist team up to solve slippery question
February 27, 2020
ASU engineer and evolutionary ecologist team up to solve slippery question
Summer monsoon rains have finally come to the Sonoran Desert. At first it’s a soft patter ...
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Nov 07, 2019
ENR Southwest’s 2019 Best Projects
Award of Merit: Interior/Tenant Improvement: The Biomimicry Center
The Biomimicry Center
Tempe, Ariz.
Award of Merit
Owner/Developer: The Biomimicry Center
Lead Design Firm: Architekton
General Contractor: Wespac Construction
MEP Engineer: Applied Engineering
Subcontractors: Premier Demolition; Castaldi Custom ...
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Oct 18, 2019
Weevil genius: Insect inspires stronger, more flexible materials
We humans like to think we invent things, but in a lot of cases, nature did it first.
October 10, 2019
We humans like to think we invent things, but in a lot of cases, nature did it first.
It so happens that for materials scientists and engineers ...
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