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Host: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
Homepage: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2002/designnature02/index.html
Organizers: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, and International Centre for Mechanical Sciences of Udine, Italy
Description:
Throughout history, many leading thinkers have been inspired by the parallels between
nature and human design, in mathematics, engineering and other areas. Today the huge
increase in biological knowledge, developments in design engineering systems together
with the virtual revolution in computer power and simulation modelling, have all made
possible more comprehensive studies of nature.
Scientists and engineers now have at their disposal a vast array of relationships for materials, mechanisms and control. The resulting laws have been painstakingly assembled by observation and analysis and span the cosmic scale of space down to the molecular level of genetics. In particular they have made us aware of the rich diversity of the natural world around us.
It is these developments which have prompted the convening of this First International Conference on Design and Nature. It is intended that the meeting will bring together researchers from around the world involved with a variety of studies involving nature and their significance for modern scientific thought and design.
Date received: November 12, 2001
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