June 21-24, 2016, Ningbo, P. R. China
The 5th International Conference of Bionic Engineering organized by the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE) will be held in Ningbo at the University of Nottingham Ningbo (UNNC) campus, 21 – 24, June 2016. This conference aims to provide an international forum for scientists and engineers around the world who are working in the field of bionic engineering, and also for dissemination of information and knowledge exchange in biomimetics and bionic engineering. A broad range of topics and application areas will be devised to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of this conference.
Authors are invited to submit abstracts covering, but not limited to, the following areas:
Biomechanics
Bionic structures
Biomimetic materials
Biomimetic Surfaces
Fluids flow and drag
Nature inspired designs
Industrial applications in biomimetics
Sensors and signal processing
Energy systems
Robotics, motion systems and artificial intelligence
Authors will have options to present their research work either in an extended abstract or a peer-reviewed paper. The conference proceedings will contain both peer-reviewed extended abstracts and papers, and will be distributed in a digital form. Based on conference committee’s recommendations, authors will also have the option to submit their peer-reviewed conference papers to the following refereed journals: Journal of Bionic Engineering, Chinese Science Bulletin, Scientific Reports (Nature publishing group), etc.
Please Mark the Following IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission: 10 January 2016
Notification of accepted abstracts: 25 January 2016
Full paper submission: 28 February 2016
Notification of accepted full papers: 20 April 2016
Early bird Registration deadline: 20 April 2016
Please submit your paper to ICBE 2016 via online submission system http://www.icbe2016-unnc.org/submission.html, or contact Prof. Yuying Yan for any inquiries at yuying.yan@nottingham.ac.uk.
Honorary Chair of the Conference
Professor Luquan REN, Academician of CAS at Jilin University, China, Standing Vice-President of ISBE
Professor Chris RUDD, Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Nottingham, UK, and Provost of University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
Conference Chair
Professor Yuying YAN, University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Michael GEORGE (co-Chair), University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
Professor Jianqiao LI (co-Chair), Jilin University, China, General Secretary of ISBE
International Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor Julian VINCENT, Oxford University, UK
Professor Lei JIANG, Bei-hang University & CAS, China
Professor Wilhelm BARTHLOTT, University of Bonn, Germany
Dr Thomas STEGMAIER, ITV Denkendorf, Germany
Professor Michael R.KING, Cornell University, USA
Professor Bharat BHUSHAN, Ohio State University, USA
Professor Zhiwu HAN, Jilin University, China
Dr He LIU, RIPED, Petro China
Professor Carlo MENON, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Professor Krisztian KORDAS, Oulu University, Finland
Professor Ryohei KANZAKI, University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor Hoon Cheol PARK, Konkuk University, Korea
Professor Ioana DEMETRESCU, University Polytehnica Bucharest, Romania
Professor Yimin XUAN, NAAU, China
Professor Dragos AXINTE, University of Nottingham, UK
… More to added soon
Technical Programme Committee
Professor Zhendong DAI, NAAU, China
Dr Lei REN, University of Manchester, UK
Dr Firoz ALAM, RMIT, Australia
Dr Ana MOITA, IST, Portugal
Professor Jinxiang CHEN, South East University, China
Professor Jinliang XU, NCEPU, China
Dr Pedro ESTRELA, University of Bath, UK
Dr Robin WILSON, University of Nottingham, UK
… More to be added soon
Conference local committee
Professor Yuying YAN, University of Nottingham, UK (Chair)
Professor YJ LIN, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (Co-Chair)
Mr Runmao WANG, Jilin University, China, Director of the Office of Secretariat, ISBE
Professor Yan LIU, Jilin University
Professor Andy CHAN, UNMC
Dr Xialing LIU, UNNC
Dr Deborah ADKINS, UNNC