The Workshop on the Basic Methods of Bionic Engineering was held in Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China, on August 11-12, 2013. It was sponsored and organized by the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE), co-sponsored by the Institute of Bionic Structure and Material-proofing of NUAA and the Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University and presented by Prof. Julian F.V. Vincent who is a famous professor on Bionics and the president of ISBE.

 

 

Nearly 30 scholars and postgraduates attended the workshop, respectively from the University of Bonn (Germany), Singapore Water Agency, the University of Science and Technology of China, Tongji University (China), National University of Defense Technology (China), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China), Jilin University (China) among others. The attendees mastered the basic methods and skills for studying biomimetics and were able to propose new projects of bionic engineering through the two days’ study.

 

 

 

 

The workshop not only provided good opportunities for attendees to learn the basic methods and skills of biomimetics but also established a platform for academic exchange and communication. It was a memorable event to popularize bionic science and technology, spreading its ideas, methods and spirits, and accelerating the pace of academic research and development.