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Strategic Workshop on Principles and Development of Bio-Inspired Materials
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Date
Tuesday 13th April 2010 - Thursday 15th April 2010, Vienna, Austria
Local Organizer
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Department für Materialwissenschaften und Prozesstechnik
H892 Institut für Physik und Materialwissenschaft (IPM)
Univ.-Prof. Stefanie Tschegg
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Wien
Tel: +43 1 47654 5160
Fax: +43 1 47654 5159
E-Mail: biomat(at)boku.ac.at
Pictures from the conference
Aims
Bio-inspired materials are becoming of increasing interest in many fields of practical applications. In contrast to man-made materials natural materials such as wood, bone and shells are composed of only limited number of basic components. They gain their diversity in mechanical properties by hierarchical structuring which allows them to fulfil a variety of functions e.g. self-healing, mechanical stability, high toughness. Due to the quickly advancing physical characterisation techniques our knowledge of the hierarchical structures has increased significantly in recent years and the secrets of form-function relationships are slowly unveiled. But combining the knowledge of natural materials with modern techniques of simulation and fabrication is still the exception due to the lack of communication between bio- and material scientists. This workshop funded by the COST office aims to be the direct interface between the biological and the processing side to unfold the full potential of bio-inspired materials The aim of the COST Strategic Workshop is to provide a forum to stimulate interactions between relevant disciplines including biology, materials science, biomimetics, engineering and physics.
The workshop will be organised along three main themes:
- Material Design Strategies of Nature
- Implementation of Biological Concepts (Abstraction and Translation)
- Applications
Invited Plenary and Keynote Talks
- Eduard ARZT (DE) and M. Kamperman (DE): Bio-inspired adhesive surfaces
- Friedrich BARTH (AT): The biological application of physics in sensory organs
- Yuri ESTRIN (AU): Topological interlocking as a materials design concept
- Peter FRATZL (DE): Hierarchical nanocomposites and mechanical function – learning from nature´s materials
- Lorna GIBSON (US): Mechanically efficient cellular microstructures in plants
- Takuya KITAOKA (JP): Synthesis and bio-applications of carbohydrate-gold nanoparticle conjugates
- Cecilia LASCHI (IT): Bio-inspiration in robotics: towards a new generation of soft-bodied robots
- Dierk RAABE (DE): Structure, properties, and modeling of the anthropod cuticle: example of lobster Homarus Americanus
- Robert RITCHIE (US): Development of bio-inspired ceramic composites
- Subra SURESH (US) Igor V. Pivkin and Ming Dao: Cell mechanobiology and human disease states
- Sybrand VAN DER ZWAAG (NL): Self healing man-made engineering materials: bioinspired but respecting their intrinsic character
- Viola VOGEL (CH): Mechanisms how mechanical forces can be exploited to switch function
- Ernst WOLNER (AT): Bioartificial surfaces
- Mao See WU (SG): Challenges and strategies for the mechanical modeling of bio-inspired materials
- Manuel ELICES, G.V. Guinea, J Perez-Rigueiro and G.R. Plaza. (ES): Bio-inspiration from spider´s silks
- Helmut KIRCHNER (FR): Are natural materials better than man-made ones?
- Loredana MOIMAS (SE): Development of three-dimensional porous bioactive glass scaffolds, from bench testing to clinical investigation
- Anja HAENZI, Peter UGGOWITZER (CH): Magnesium alloys for bio-resorbable implants
- David TAYLOR (IR): Things that we can´t learn from nature
- Stefanie TSCHEGG, Thomas Rosenau, Falk Liebner (AT): Wood as a bio-inspiration material
- Yasumitsu URAKI, (JP): Fabrication of honeycomb-patterned cellulose material mimicking woody cell wall formation
- Alfred VENDL (AT): Nature Tech - how engineers are inspired by nature´s top designs
- Patrick FLAMMANG (BE): COST ACTION TD0908 Marine adhesives: From biology to biomimetics
- Catherine FOLEY (AU): Advanced Materials Transformational Capability Platform
- Kathryn McGRATH (NZ): Learning from Biomineralisation
- Francois PRINSLOO (ZA): European/South African Cooperation in Scientific and Technical Research
- Caroline M. Whelan: European COoperation in Science and Technology
Conference Programme
Conference programme: Final_Programme.pdf
Organisation
- Chair: Stefanie Tschegg
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, AT
email: stefanie.tschegg(at)boku.ac.at - Co-Chair: Robin Seidel
University of Freiburg, DE
email: robin.seidel(at)biologie.uni-freiburg.de - Stefanie Tschegg: BOKU, Austria
- Robin Seidel: University of Freiburg, Germany
- Thomas Speck: University of Freiburg, Germany
- George Jeronimidis: University of Reading, United Kingdom
- Francesca Cosmi: Università di Trieste, Italy
- Sybrand van der Zwaag: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
- Julián Martínez Fernández: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
- Lennart Salmen: STFI, Sweden
- Rainer Erb: BIOKON, Germany Thomas Rosenau: BOKU, Austria
- Caroline Whelan
Materials, Physical and Nanosciences
email: cwhelan(at)cost.esf.org
Workshop Chair
Steering Committee
COST Science Officer
Websites
Downloads
- Conference Flyer as pdf: BioMat_fly_22102009.pdf
- Abstract template for invited speakers: BioMat_AbstractTemplatefor_invited_sp_2010.doc
- Abstract template for posters (max 2 pages): BioMat_AbstractTemplatefor_Posters_20012010.doc
- Credit Card Fax Tepmplate: Biomat_CreditCard_Fax_template.pdf
- Conference programme: Final_Programme.pdf
- Conferrence Proceedings: Booklet_BioInspired_Materials_BOKU.pdf
- For speaker authorized presentations see Talks
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