NEWSLETTERInternational Society of Bionic Engineering

Volume 8, Issue 1, 2019

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

IBIC 2019

ICBE2019

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Case study at ISBE website

Prof. Jianqiao LI was invited toIBEF2018 held in Korea

Second International Conference ofIFToMM ITALY was held

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Project for oil/water separation supported by DITF, Germany and Jilin University, China was carried out

Prof. Dr. V. M. Salokhe has been selected as Fellow of ISTVS

The 10th Asia- Pacific Conferenceof ISTVS 2018 was held in Kyoto,Japan

The 2nd International Youth Conference of Bionic Scienceand Engineering (IYCBE2018) was held in Odense, Denmark

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The ASABE 2018 Annual International Meeting was held in Detroit, USA

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Professor Lynn Reaser from Point Loma Nazarene University visited Jilin University

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Professor Thomas Stegmaier from DITF visited ISBE Secretariat17

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203-Highlights of Research

Bio-inspired non-bactericidalcoating used for anti-biofouling

Telemetry tags

The 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE2019)

23 ISBE 2019 International Bionic Innovation Competation

1-1 Individual Members

1-2 Corporate Members

03 Thierry DARMANIN

07 Institute of Bionic and Micro-nano systems, Beihang University

05 Huawei CHEN

09 Xiamen Branch of Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute

Contents

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ISBE 2018 NewsletterMembers

Thierry DARMANIN

Nature Inspires Creativity Engineers (N.I.C.E.) LabIMREDD, Université Côte d’Azur,

Nice, France

S ince 2009, Thierry Darmanin has been

an Associate Professor at the laboratory

NICE Lab of the Université Côte d’Azur,

headed by Prof. Frédéric Guittard. Inspired

by exceptional wetting properties observed

in Nature, the aim of his work is to prepare

superhydrophobic and superoleophobic

bioinspired surfaces with controlled and well-

defined nanostructures in order to find a

relationship between geometrical parameters

and surface wetting properties. These works

give him in 10 years, an international reputation

in this very competitive field with more than

150 peer-reviewed publications and as invited

keynote speaker in international conferences.

More precisely, he uses electropolymerization

in order to obtain these surface properties.

This very fast technique allows preparation

of structured conducting polymer f i lms

with specific opto-electronic properties and

multiple possible switchable wettabilities. The

surface structures are easily tuned with the

electrochemical parameters but also with the

chemical design of the monomers. His main skill

concerns the control of surface nanostructures

(nanofibers, nanosheets, nanoflowers...) and

wettability (adhesion/antiadhesion) various

with liquids as well as bacteria. Pre-structured

substrates (meshes, microplotted substrates...)

can also be used to amplify these phenomena.

Moreover, smart surfaces with multiple

sensitivity were also obtained using functional

groups sensitive to stimuli.

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Very recently, he reported porous nanostruc-

tures such as arrays of vertically aligned nano-

tubes in organic solvent, produced without

any surfactant, using a templateless electropo-

lymerization process. The surfaces displayed

high hydrophobicity and extremely strong

water adhesion (parahydrophobic surfaces)

due to the presence of these

nanotubes. Here, trace water

(H2O) present in solution

seemed to be responsible for

the formation of gas bubbles

(O2 and/or H2) directly during

the electropolymerization and,

as a consequence, the forma-

tion of porous structures. Be-

cause no surfactant was used,

the monomer plays a huge role

by stabilizing the gas bubbles

and allowing to the polymer to

grow around them. For exam-

ple, monomers derived from

3,4-phenylenedioxythiophene

(PheDOT), 3,4-naphtalenedi-

oxythiophene (NaphDOT) and

thienothiophene were found to be excellent

candidates because the polymer rigidity is a key

parameter.

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P rof. Dr. Huawei CHEN obtained his Ph.D degree at the Tokyo Institute of

Technology (Japan) in 2005. In May 2007, he returned to Beihang University

after 2 years work at the University of Wollongong in Australia. He has been a

professor and the department head of mechanical manufacturing and automation since

2015. He was winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Yong Scholars

(2017), and Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leader (Ministry of Science and

Technology, 2018) etc. Dr. Chen’s current research interest focuses on the function

mechanism of bio-inspired surface and micro/nano-

fluidics.

As is well known, dynamic behavior is very import

for the function of natural surface and bio-inspired

hierarchical surface such as wet friction of tree frog

and anti-adhesion of Nepenthes peristome. In the last

few years, Dr. Chen first found the unidirectional liquid

transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata, and

derived Gradient Taylor Rise to illustrate the enhancing

effect of unique hierarchical gradient structure (Nature

2016, 532:85-89). Under the inspiration of peristome

Huawei CHENBeihang University, China

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“aquaplaning”, a novel anti-adhesion mechanism was proposed and applied to the design

of surgical scalpel to reduce soft tissue damage. Luckily, this work was published in Nature

which is the first in the field of mechanical engineering of China. Moreover, to enhance the

liquid harvesting and transport speed, hierarchical micro-channels with ultrafast liquid

transport was proposed in which high-low ribs exist to form larger channel and small base

channel (Nature Materials 2018, 17:935-942). Such unique hierarchical micro-channels

result in two distinct modes of water transport appearing in turn, rapid water thin film

formation (Mode-I) and subsequent ultrafast water sliding on top of the water thin film

(Mode-II). These discoveries about dynamic behavior open the door to novel design of

bio-inspired surface, and also find diverse potential applications in medical engineering,

mechanical engineering and so on.

Unidirectional liquid transport (Nature 2016; Small 2017)

Ultrafast liquid transport (Nature Materials 2018)

ISBE 2018 NewsletterCorporate Members

T he Institute of Bionic and Micro-nano

systems in Beihang University was es-

tablished in 2017. In 1996, the Institute

leader Prof. Zhang pioneered Bio-manufacturing

technology and gradually built up bioinspired &

biological manufacturing technical system for

micro-nano complex structures since then.

Four major research areas are construct-

ed in the institute: 1) Bio-manufacturing and

bio-forming technology; 2) Bioinspired function-

al surfaces and micro/nano fluid; 3) Bioinspired

functional materials; 4) Bioinspired sensor and

micro-nano robot systems.

The Institute has established

a m u l t i d i s c i p l i n a r y c r o s s -

research team with the close

cooperation of Prof. Zhang

Deyuan, Prof. Huawei Chen,

Prof. Jun Cai, Prof. Yonggang

Jiang, Prof. Xinggang Jiang,

a n d P r o f . L i n F e n g . A l l

t h e m e m b e r s o f t h i s t e a m

are young, pass ionate and

energetic. In recent years, the research team

extend their interests to micro/nano scale

dynamic mechanism, and smart systems. Several

novel mechanisms were discovered such as

unidirectional liquid transport and water ultrafast

transport. They also published first Nature paper

in the mechanical engineering field of China.

More than 300 papers have been published in

last five years, and more than 100 of them have

been indexed by SCI. The publishing journals

include Nature, Nature Materials, Advanced

Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small,

Journal of Materials & Chemistry A, etc.

Institute of Bionic and Micro-nano Systems, Beihang University, China

ISBE 2019 Newsletter Corporate Members

The Institute focuses attention on the

novel design of micro/nano scale functional

structure and the formation process of

hierarchical structure or materials to enhance

the application level of bionic engineering. With

the high-speed development of nanotechnology,

they widen applications to precision medicine

and flexible electronics. Another goal of this

institute establishment is to cultivate influential

youth scholars of bionics in the world, strengthen

the external cooperation and exchange in

science and technology to improve international

academic influence.

ISBE 2018 NewsletterCorporate Members

Xiamen Branch of Luoyang Ship Material

Research Institute, China

X iamen Branch of Luoyang Ship Material

Research Institute (Xiamen Branch)

was established in 1958 in Xiamen, a

garden on the sea, and is affiliated to Luoyang

Ship Material Research Institute. It is mainly

engaged in the research of marine corrosion

and protection and engineering application,

third-party testing of marine coatings and new

materials, and transformation of scientific and

technological achievements.

Xiamen Branch is the degree-conferring unit

for master's and doctor’s degrees in material

science, the postdoctoral work station in

materials science and engineering, and

the member unit of national field research

station network of material environmental

corrosion. After 60 years of development,

it has a research park covering an area of

over 200 mu in Tong'an District, and has

established the platforms for design, test,

R&D and industrialization in Huli High-

tech Park, Xiang'an District and Dalipu

Island. The main research areas include:

anticorrosive coating technologies of

marine and marine engineering such as heavy-

duty anticorrosive coating in ship’s internal

tanks and floating protection platforms and

graphene heavy-duty anticorrosive coating;

new antifouling coating technologies such as

bionic friction-reduction antifouling coating,

long-lasting self-polishing antifouling coating,

degradable antifouling coating and self-layering

anticorrosive and antifouling integrated coating;

and functional coating technologies such as high

temperature resistant coating, non-slip coating

and in-situ smart self-repairing coating.

ISBE 2019 Newsletter Corporate Members

to apply for the Corporate Member of ISBE

C orporate Members are Educational, Scientific, or Industrial Organizations who may choose

to express their interest in the development or application of Bionic Engineering through this

method. Corporate Members include Organizational Members and Enterprise Members.

Rights and Privileges of Corporate Membership1) Hosting meetings and events with priority organized by ISBE.

2) The opportunity to receive the awards presented by ISBE.

3) A discount on registration fees (maximum three representatives) and exhibition fees at the

conferences (workshops) organized by ISBE.

4) Popularization and promotion at ISBE meetings, websites and newsletters.

5) The society will provide service on talent recommendation and information requirements.

For more information, please visit the official website of ISBE

http://www.isbe-online.org/?ui=english&mod=info&act=view&id=648

The integral material testing platform

o f X i a m e n B r a n c h c o v e r s t h e f i e l d s o f

corrosion and protection testing and marine

environmental testing and evaluation. It has

obtained the qualifications of the world's

nine major classification societies such as

China Classification Society and Norwegian

Classification Society, and has the ability to

independently issue inspection reports and

technical ratings. Xiamen branch currently

has 48 permanent members, including four

national-level outstanding contribution experts

and six doctoral supervisors. By gathering

talents, it solves the key technologies of material

bottlenecks in the marine environmental

protect ion industry , and promotes the

transformation of scientific and technological

achievements and industrialization scale.

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The 10th Asia-Pacific Conference of ISTVS 2018 was held in Kyoto, Japan

O n July 10th-14th, the 10th Asia-Pacific

Conference of International Society

for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS)

was held in Kyoto, Japan. The conference was

hosted by the ISTVS and organized by Kyoto

University, Japan. As a co-organizer, the ISBE

held a parallel session of the “Application

of Bionics Engineering to Terramechanics”.

During the conference. Prof. Jianqiao Li, the

General Secretary of the ISBE attended the

conference together with a delegation from Jilin

University.

There were 105 representatives in total from

16 countries including Japan, China, India,

South Korea, Israel, Britain, Italy, the United

States, Canada and South Africa attending the

conference. The conference theme “Tracing

Tradition and Promoting Innovation” . The

conference also organized poster exhibitions

and robot shows, which attracted wide attention

from the participants.

The conference presented the latest

research results in the field of terrain-vehicle

systems and offered a good communication and

cooperation platform for the representatives.

At the conference, it was decided that the 21st

International Conference of the ISTVS will

be held at Jilin University in 2023, which will

further enhance China's international influence

in the field of bionic terrain-vehicle systems.

The Memorandum of Understanding

between ISBE and ISTVS was signed in

Germany in March 2017. The two Societies

will work together to carry out academic

exchange activities and promote mutual benefit

development.

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The ASABE 2018

Annual International

Meeting was held in

Detroit, USA

O n 2 9 J u l y – 1 A u g u s t , t h e 2 0 1 8

Annual International Meeting of

American Society of Agricultural

and Biological Engineers (ASABE) was held

in Detroit, USA. Nearly 2,000 scholars from

all over the world attended the conference.

As a co-organizer, the ISBE held a parallel

session of "Bionics Engineering for Agricultural

Automated Systems" during the meeting. Three

representatives from Jilin University including

the General Secretary of the ISBE Prof. Jianqiao

Li attended the meeting and gave invited

presentations.

The conference covered nine technical areas

including applied science and engineering;

energy systems; ergonomics,

safety and health; education,

outreach and professional

development; information

technology, sensors and

control systems; machinery

systems; natural resources

and environmental systems;

plant, animal and facility

systems; processing systems

and involving 191 special

s e s s i o n s . T h e i n v i t e d

presentations made at the

bionics session were from

countries like the United

States, Australia, South Korea and China.

Participants exchanged ideas and discussed

hot issues such as bionic machinery, bionic

preparation and bionic algorithm in agricultural

engineering. The success of this meeting fully

showed the latest research results in the field

of biological and agricultural engineering, and

promoted a wider and deeper international

exchange and cooperation in this field. The

conference promoted the further collaboration

between the ISBE and the ASABE, and

effectively enhanced the international influence

of Jilin University and its research on bionic

agricultural machinery.

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On November 7th-9th, the 2nd Inter-

national Youth Conference of Bionic

Science and Engineering was held at

the University of Southern Denmark in Odense,

Denmark.

This conference was supported by the Inter-

national Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE),

the Youth Committee of International Society of

Bionic Engineering, and Frontiers in Neuroro-

botics and organized by the University of South-

ern Denmark, Nanjing University of Aeronautics

& Astronautics, Jilin University, and Lanzhou

Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy

of Sciences.

The conference attract-

ed more than 50 experts

and scholars in bionic fields

from 12 countries including

Denmark, France, Germany,

the Netherlands, Italy and

China and others. Professor

Julian Vincent (President of

ISBE), Professor Zhendong

Dai( National Representa-

tive of China), Professor Li-

mei Tian(Secretary General

of the ISBE Youth Commit-

tee), and Associate Professor

Runmao Wang, Director of the Office of the Sec-

retariat, ISBE, attended the meeting.

The topics of the conference focused on bio-

mechanics, artificial intelligence, bionic robots,

bio-interfaces, bionic structures and materials,

and bionic design, which aims to provide an

international forum for youth or outstanding

scientists and engineers around the world who

are interested in the field of bionic science and

engineering. During the conference, Youth Com-

mittee meeting of the ISBE was held and the is-

sues related to personal development for society

The 2nd International

Youth Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering (IYCBE2018) was

held in Odense, Denmark

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members, academic exchanges, reelection and

management of the Youth Committee were dis-

cussed and settled.

This conference established a good platform

for young scholars’ academic exchanges and

cooperation, and further promoted their cohe-

siveness and creativity in research. This should

encourage the development of bionic engineer-

ing worldwide.

Second International Conference of IFToMM ITALY was held

Second International Conference of IFToMM ITALY was held in 29-30, Nov, 2018 in Casino, Italy. The conference is chaired by Prof.

Giuseppe Carbone, it is a valuable activity of the Youth committee of the ISBE.

Full papers are available for download at https://www.springer.com/

us/book/9783030033194/

IFIT 2018 facts: 62 submissions, 58 accepted papers, about 100 participants

from 8 Countries (Italy, Mexico, Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Australia, UK,

Denmark). Further information can be requested to the IFIT 2018 Chair Prof.

Giuseppe Carbone. Email: Giuseppe.carbone@unicas.it

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Prof. Jianqiao LI was invited to IBEF2018 held in Korea

I n v i t e d b y W a n D o o K i m ,

professor at the Korea Institute of

Machinery & Materials (KIMM)

and former President of the Korean

Society of Mechanical Engineers

(KSME), the ISBE General Secretary

Prof. Jianqiao Li attended the 2018

International Blue Economy Forum

(IBEF2018) held in Sejong, Korea,

on October 1st-3rd and presented a

keynote speech entitled “Progress

of Biomimetics in China and its

Global Trends”. IBEF2018 brought

together relevant scholars, think

tanks, academics, corporations,

and policy makers and reviewed the

current status and global trends of

biomimetics and presented prospects

for the future of blue economy.

After the forum, Prof. Li visited the

KIMM and learned its latest research

progress of it. Prof. LI also introduced

t h e I S B E a n d i t s d e v e l o p m e n t

status. The two sides had explored

the cooperation opportunities and

potential between the two Societies.

They further signed a Memorandum

of Understanding between ISBE and

KSME, and reached a consensus

on the joint organization of the

6th International Conference of

Bionic Engineering (ICBE2019) and

International Symposium on Nature-

Inspired Technology 2019 (ISNTI

2019).

The visit further strengthened

the cooperation between China and Korea in the field

of biomimetics, and greatly enhanced the international

influence of the ISBE.

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Case stu

dy at IS

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website

Case study was released at the website in May, 2018. The accumulate click rate is over 30,000. We sincerely expect you to share your case with the members of the Society. For more cases: http://www.isbe-online.org/

The Board of Directors of International Society of Terrain Vehicle

Systems (ISTVS) in its recent meeting held at Kyoto, Japan,

unanimously selected Dr. Vilas M. Salokhe at its Fellow. This special

honor has been given to Dr. Salokhe for his outstanding contributions

in the field of Terramechanics. Established in 1962, ISTVS has so far

bestowed this honor only on 18 well known researchers throughout

the world. Dr. Vilas Salokhe, the founding Vice Chancellor of

Kaziranga University, Jorhat, is the first Indian to receive this honor.

Prof. Dr. V. M. Salokhe has been selected as Fellow of ISTVS

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T he project on Improved micro oil droplet coalescence for oil/water separation by spider silk-like structures was carried out in 2018. The project is funded by: DFG in

Germany & NSFC in China

Project leaders:

PD Dr.-Ing. Thomas Stegmaier, DITF, Denkendorf, Germany

Prof. Dr. Yan Liu, Jilin University (KLBE), Changchun, ChinaJoint abstract

Separation of dispersed oil from industrial and natural waters has become an increasing worldwide

challenge in order to protect the environment and to provide worldwide clean tap water. However, most

of the current methods involve harsh conditions. Taking all factors into account, separation treatment

stands out from the rest as a simple, universal, scalable approach for valid removal of oil from water.

In the proposed project we will analyze the fundamental principles of a local directed transport of

oil droplets in water on chemically and topographically structured surfaces. This innovative research

approach for improved oil coalescence efficiency is derived from the mechanisms of droplet adhesion

and coalescence on structured natural surfaces like spider web fibers.

Project for oil/water separation supported by DITF, Germany and Jilin University, China was carried out

Professor Thomas Stegmaier from DITF visited ISBE Secretariat

O n October 26th, Professor Thomas Stegmaier, Vice

President of the International Society of Bionic

Engineering, and Dr. Maryam Aliabadi from German

Institutes of Texitile and Fiber Research Denkendorf were

invited to visit the ISBE Secretariat.

Mr. Runmao Wang, director of ISBE Secretariat,

expressed warm welcome to Professor Stegmaier. During the

meeting, Mr. Wang reported the current work progress and

development of the ISBE. Professor Stegmaier gave valuable suggestions on the development of the

Society members, website, database construction, Newsletter, and fellow members etc. indicating

that he will provide all-round assistance and support for the development of the society. Dr. Aliabadi

applied to join the the Society at the meeting.

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O n September 11-14, Prof. Lynn Reaser,

the chief economist of Fermanian

Business & Economic Institute (FBEI)

at the Point Loma Nazarene University and Dr.

Thomas Hale, the business & economic senior

research associate of the FBEI visited Jilin

University to further explore the cooperation

project of the Da Vinci index.

The ISBE Secretariat organized a

meeting on the Da Vinci index project which

was hosted by Prof. jianqiao Li, the General

Secretary of the ISBE. Prof. Yinsheng

Yang, the project cooperation manager,

Prof. Haiye Yu, dean, College of Biological

and Agricultural Engineering, Prof. Zhiwu

Han, director, Key Laboratory of Bionic

Engineering, Prof. Zhenning Liu, dean,

Institute of Bionic Science and Engineering and

other delegates from Jilin University attended

the meeting.

During the meeting, the bionic management

research team of J i l in Univers i ty f i rs t

Professor Lynn Reaser from Point Loma

Nazarene University visited Jilin University

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introduced their research progress on the

evaluation and analysis of bionic development

index in China. Prof. Lynn Reaser gave full

affirmation and high evaluation to the bionic

research work of Jilin University and expressed

strong willingness for long-term cooperation.

After in-depth discussions on the cooperation

d e t a i l s , t h e t w o s i d e s f o r m e d a d r a f t

"cooperation agreement on the Da Vinci China

index", and reached consensus on carrying

out cooperative research and jointly releasing

the Da Vinci China index. At this meeting, the

two sides further signed a Memorandum of

Understanding.

During the visit, Prof. Lynn Reaser and

the delegation visited the key lab and gave

an academic lecture titled "Biomimicry and

Economics" for the scholars involved in bionic

management research. She introduced the

development process and research progress

of the Da Vinci index in detail and showed a

good application and development prospect of

bionics.

The Standing Vice-President of the ISBE,

academician Luquan Ren attached great

importance to the project cooperation, met

with Prof. Lynn Reaser and the delegation

during their visit. He gave high evaluation

to the United States in terms of pioneering

work on Da Vinci index. At the same time he

introduced the research progress of the key lab

and the current bionic research development

in China, and put forward hope on cooperation

prospect.

FBEI is a prominent comprehensive policy

research institution in the United States. The

cooperation between the two universities will

be conducive to global bionic research and

development and guide the bionic industry

applications, will highlight the academic

status of China in the international field

of bionic research, and promote its bionic

discipline construction and scientific research

development, and is of great significance to

enhance the global influence of the ISBE.

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T he current research

interest of Professor

Limei Tian focuses

on the development of bionic

functional surfaces, which have

the drag reduction and anti-

fouling properties.Recently,

they selected soft coral as a biological model

to study its anti-adhesion properties. They

designed non-toxic antifouling materials based

on silicone elastomers (SE), which is economical

and environmentally benign. These foul-release

coatings have an adjusted elasticity and lower

surface energy than traditional biocidal coatings.

On these surfaces, the adhesion strength of

marine microorganisms is low, and they break off

under shear stress generated by hydrodynamic

effect. They used SE as substrate, and doped

graphene as composite materials preparing high

materials (GSE). The surface of this material is

negatively charged; it is important for the anti-

adhesion of bacteria since they carry a negative

surface charge. It could prevent the adhesion

of bacteria due to a electrostatic interactions

directly influence adhesion of bacteria. On the

other hand, the surfaces

of GSE were modif ied

tentacle structure (TS-

G S E ) i n s p i r e d b y t h e

antifouling properties of

soft coral surface. This

bionic surface of TS-GSE

had harmonic mot ion

effect under the stimulus

of a fluid medium, so it

could make the elastic

s u r f a c e u n s t a b l e a n d

provide foul release basis.

Meanwhi le , we added

the antibacterial agent

quaternary ammonium

compounds as a control,

Bio-inspired non-bactericidal coating used for anti-biofoulingLimei Tian, Wei Bing, Luquan Ren, Jilin University, China

synthesizing TS-GSE containing quaternary

ammonium compounds (TS-QGSE). Compared

with the bactericidal coatings of TS-QGSE, the

non-bactericidal coatings of TS-GSE showed

strong anti-adhesion activity against both gram-

negative and gram-positive bacteria than in

stationary and low speed driving state (Figure 1).

So, the physical driving function is more effective

Figure 1. Illustration of difference between non-bactericidal coatings and bactericidal coatings (a, b). SEM images of P. pantotrophustreated with antifouling coating of TS-SE (c, f), TS-GSE (d, g) and TS-QGSE (e, h) after 24 h.

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than bactericidal effect.

M o r e o v e r , w e m o d e l e d t h e e l a s t i c

deformation of silicone elastomers in the fluid

medium by the standard k-ε turbulence model.

Results indicated this elastic material has

harmonic motion through deformation under

the fluid flow, while the maximum deformation

is 0.3 μm and the response frequency is about 10

Hz (Figure 2). Taken together, this anti-adhesion

surfaces can repel or resist bacterial attachment

just by physical action. More importantly, the

non-bactericidal coatings of TS-GSE is stable,

inexpensive, durable and has long-term anti-

adhesion ability under simulated marine

environment.

Figure 2. (a) Schematic diagram of computational domain. (b) The changing of shear stress over time in the arbitrary point of GSE film. (c) The grid nodes’ displacement over time in different point of GSE film.

Telemetry tags

Q uantifying the movement and behavior

of large marine animals is important to

elucidate their ecological importance

and to inform management. The purposes

of tagging include gathering information on

their abundance, migrations, physiology,

behavior, as well as physical characteristics

of the environment like temperature and

salinity. Currently most of the methods of tag

attachment are invasive including surgical

implants, dart tags, pop-up archival tags, and

fin-mounted telemetry tags. The

impact of a tag highly depends

both on tag dimensions and

size of the animal and may be

inappropriate in smaller species

or subadults. The tag attached

to the dolphin or shark can

compromise its swimming and

maneuvering performance that

may be crucial for the migratory

species or act ive swimmers

Figure 1. Negative impact of the conventional telemetry tag attached to the dorsal fin of dolphin. Left – Flow pattern around intact fin with low level of turbulence. Right – High level of turbulence in the flow around the fin with attached tag.

Vadim Pavlov, Florida International University, USA

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Figure 2. CAD model of the Atlantic white-sided dolphin with attached conventional tag to study tag impact.

with high level of metabolism. Development of

a new generation of low-impact, non-invasive

telemetry tools is highly demanded nowadays.

The goal of this multidisciplinary research is to

develop a low-impact and ergonomic design of

telemetry tags based on the understanding of the

morphology, biomechanics, and behavior of the

marine megafauna species.

The core of new approach to tag design is

utilization of the expected operational conditions

of the device. The forces generated by the tag

attached to the animal can be used as variables

and constraints in parametric model of tag.

The model is linked to the authentic geometry

of the dorsal fin as the site of tag attachment.

This approach enables easy modification of tag

design according to the species-specific shape

of the fin and onboard instrumentation set for

the specific research goals. The telemetry device

attached to the animal should possess minimized

impact on animal movement and behavior.

With this purpose CAD models of target species

were constructed and tested with CFD methods.

Resulting tags were designed based on the

knowledge about flow pattern of swimming

animal. The unbiased telemetry data gathered by

new generation of non-invasive tools can be used

by the federal, state, academic and commercial

organizations for management, conservation, and

sustainable use policy, as well as climate change

monitoring being an integral component of the

Global Ocean Observing system.

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SPONSOR: International Society of Bionic

Engineering (ISBE)

ORGANIZERS:

Youth Commission of ISBE

Journal of Bionic Engineering (JBE)

Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (KLBE),

Jilin University

THEME: Empowering Bionic Innovations

OBJECTIVE: The competition is geared to

engage more awareness and commitment

in Bionics, to spread the spirit, idea and

methodology of bionic research, and to inspire

innovative science and technology for the

human future.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Only Student Members of ISBE are eligible

(Non-members are advised to register at the

ISBE website to join the Society, http://isbe-

online.org/), submissions from non-registered

students will not be accepted.

Both individual and group participations are

welcome.

Each student member is allowed to submit only

one entry.

PRIZES:

Grand Prizes:

Premier Prizes: 3 persons, RMB 5,000 each.

Secondary Prizes: 10 persons, RMB 3,000 each.

Tertiary Prizes: 20 persons, RMB 1,000 each.

Special Awards:

The Best Design Awards: 5 persons, RMB 500

each.

The Best Creativity Awards: 5 persons, RMB

500 each.

The Best Popularity Awards: 5 persons, RMB

500 each.

*The prizes will be funded by Jilin University

and other sponsors.

DATES TO REMERBER:

March 15, 2019: Deadline for submission

March 15 - April 15: Evaluation Process

April 20- May 20: Online Exhibition and

Ballots

May 31, 2019: Winners Announced

September 24, 2019: Award Ceremony

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Zhenning LIU, Key Laboratory of Bionic

Engineering, Jilin University

Limei TIAN, Youth Commission of ISBE

Dan WANG, Editorial Office of JBE

Runmao WANG, Office of Secretariat, ISBE

Contacts:

For more information: ibic@jlu.edu.cn

For ISBE membership: secretariat@isbe-

online.org

Upcoming ActivitiesISBE 2019 Newsletter

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SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCEThe 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE2019) organized by the ISBE will be

held at Jilin University in Changchun on September 10-13, 2019. This conference aims to establish a

closer relationship between scientists and engineers worldwide in the field of bionic engineering. The

theme of ICBE2019 is Higher, Holier, Healthier, which is geared towards exploring new ideas and

accomplishments for the practice of bio-inspired design and manufacture, while offering innovative

solutions. Attendees of this conference are invited to present papers related to the combination

of biological information and mechanical engineering, materials science, agriculture engineering,

rehabilitation engineering, and robotics etc. A broad range of topics and application areas will be

devised to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of ICBE.

Organized by: International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE)

Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)

Hosted by: Jilin University, China

Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea

Sponsored by: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Important Events:

Abstract Deadline: February 28, 2019

Acceptance Notification: March 15, 2019

Full Paper Deadline: April 15, 2019

Early bird Deadline: July 10, 2019

Conference Date: September 23-26, 2019

Honorary Chair:

Julian F V Vincent, Heriot-Watt, UK

General Chair:

Luquan Ren, Jilin University, China

The 6th International Conference of

Bionic Engineering (ICBE2019)

Conference Website: http://icbe2019.com Contact E-mail：icbe2019@jlu.edu.cn

Vice-General Chairs:

He Liu, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration

& Development, Petrochina

Youhong Sun, Jilin University, China

Co-Chairs:

Zhiwu Han Jilin University, China

Wan Doo Kim, Korea Institute of Machinery &

Materials (KIMM), Korea

Michael R. King, Vanderbilt University, USA

Thomas Stegmaier, DITF Denkendorf, Germany

Conference Topics:

Bionic/biological functional structures and surfaces

Biomaterials & bionic materials

Bionic machinery

Coupling bionics

Biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering

Biosensors and signal processing

Robotics, motion systems and artificial

intelligence

Nature inspired energy system

Industrial applications in bionics

Bio-inspired fabrication and bio-

manufacturing

Conference Journals:

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Biomimetics

Biotribology and Biosurface

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ISBE Newsletter

Editor in ChiefLuquan REN

Associate Editors in ChiefJianqiao LIRunmao WANG

Assistant Editor in ChiefXimei TIAN

Executive EditorYue GAO

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ISBE NEWSLETTER Contact - Office of Secretariat, ISBE

Address: C508 Dingxin Building, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street,

Changchun 130012, P. R. China

Tel/ Fax: +86-431-85166507

E-mail: gyue@isbe-online.org; secretariat@isbe-online.org

Website: http://www.isbe-online.org/

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