Descripción del proyecto
Mecanismos de filtración biológica: análisis de la diversidad de la naturaleza para el diseño inspirado en ella
La bioinspiración (incluidas la biomimética y la biomímesis) consiste en desarrollar nuevos materiales, dispositivos y aplicaciones inspirados en estructuras y estrategias biológicas. Sin embargo, el principal obstáculo que impide que este campo alcance sus objetivos son las diferencias en las herramientas, las prácticas y los puntos de vista de los profesionales que componen este ámbito. Por consiguiente, el proyecto Nature4Nature, financiado con fondos europeos, reúne a biólogos, ingenieros, diseñadores y fabricantes para enseñar a los investigadores noveles en un entorno de aprendizaje que conecta los aspectos de inspiración, integración y aplicación del proceso de bioinspiración para emprender retos conceptuales, metodológicos y prácticos. Para ello, el proyecto se centrará colectivamente en los mecanismos de filtración biológica para analizar, probar y diseñar sistemas de filtración de alto rendimiento y resistentes a la obstrucción, que en última instancia podrían aliviar los problemas actuales a los que se enfrentan los entornos acuáticos.
Objetivo
Nature provides an almost inexhaustible source of inspiration for innovative designs that may help to tackle many of the world’s current social, economic and environmental challenges. In accordance, the potential of bioinspiration (including biomimetics and biomimicry) has become widely recognized in academia and industry. The main hurdle preventing the field of bioinspiration from delivering its promises, however, stems from differences in tools, practices and viewpoints of its practitioners, often obstructing further development towards successful products. Nature4Nature, a unique joint effort of biologists, engineers, designers and manufacturers, will immerse early stage researchers (ESRs) in a learning environment that fully spans the inspiration, integration and implementation aspects of bioinspired design to tackle the conceptual, methodological and practical challenges. It will provide ESRs (a) with a mindset and know-how to harness biodiversity into design; (b) with the theoretical background and practical skills for transferring biological model systems into engineering designs and applications; and (c) with an attitude and competence to implement bioinspired ideas in an explicit sustainable way. Nature4Nature will focus its research activities onto one model system: how to efficiently separate solid particles from liquids. Biological filtration systems have evolved repeatedly over the earth’s living history. Nature4Nature will teach ESRs to make the most of this rich heritage, using it as an inspiratory source for designing and manufacturing high-throughput, clog-resisting filtering systems that can help conserving and restoring the world’s aquatic habitats. By fostering a new generation of researchers operating at the interface between scientific disciplines, sectors and societal actors, Nature4Nature sets out to spur innovative practices and will aid in overcoming the barriers to implementation of bioinspiration in the design process.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological morphologycomparative morphology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological morphologyfunctional morphology
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsfluid dynamicscomputational fluid dynamics
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinador
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