Séminaire au LGECO : Engineering a Bridge to Biology

Julien Vincent, professeur à l'Université d'Oxford et une référence dans le domaine du Biomimétisme, fera une présentation de ses travaux le jeudi 16 octobre à 14h00 au LGECO à l'INSA de Strasbourg (24 bd de la Victoire). Le mimétisme est une discipline qui consiste à relier ce que sait faire la nature depuis des siècles et ce que l'ingénierie ne découvre que depuis quelques années.

Titre : Engineering a Bridge to Biology

Résumé : Engineers have constructed our world according to their rules; we have to reconstruct it according to nature's rules if we are to combat climate change and environmental degradation. Data show that whereas technology relies on energy and material resources to solve problems of design and manufacture, nature uses information and structure yielding safety and sustainability. The change-over is possible and requires no knowledge of biology, but needs the will to adapt and  some novel techniques of information technology. 

Bio : Julien Vincent
Qualifications:
BA, MA in Zoology (University of Cambridge)
PhD, DSc in Insect Physiology (University of Sheffield)
Chartered Engineer (CEng) Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE)
Member of the Institute of Mining, Metals and Materials (MIMMM) Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES)
Career :
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Professor in Zoology, University of Reading (1968-2000)
Professor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath (2000-2008)
Honorary Professor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath (2008-2013)
Senior Research Associate in Zoology, University of Oxford (2014-.....)