Bioinspired Structures and Design

Master simple to advanced biomaterials and structures with this essential text. Featuring topics ranging from bionanoengineered materials to bio-inspired structures for spacecraft and bio-inspired robots, and covering issues such as motility, sensing, control and morphology, this highly illustrated text walks the reader through key scientific and practical engineering principles, discussing properties, applications and design. Presenting case studies for the design of materials and structures at the nano, micro, meso and macro-scales, and written by some of the leading experts on the subject, this is the ideal introduction to this emerging field for students in engineering and science as well as researchers.

Wole Soboyejo currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Provost at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.

Leo Daniel is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Provost of the College of Engineering and Technology at Kwara State University, Nigeria.