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Bio-Inspired Structures
Art: Ottomar Anschütz, Lilienthal im unruhigen Gleitflug, 1894 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Leo Daniel
- Term
- Spring 2009
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 7 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 16.982 Bio-Inspired Structures, Spring 2009, Prof. Leo Daniel — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- A lecture sequence of 23 items is confirmed. No assignments or exams were found for this course, so it stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Lecture Notes
7 files
- Bio-Inspired Structures Download
- Composite Materials Download
- Mechanical Properties of Metals Download
- Chemical Synthetic Routes for Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles and Structures Download
- Bioinspired and Natural Nanomaterials Download
- Ceramics and Glasses Download
- Nanomanufacturing and Smart Materials Download
Other materials from this course
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Stealing ideas from nature, biomimetics ( PDF )
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Lecture 3: Materials properties, design, structural behavior ( PDF )
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Lecture 4: Materials properties, design, structural behavior (cont.) ( PDF )
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Lecture 5: Morphing structures
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Lecture 6: Nanoparticles and structures ( PDF )
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Lecture 7: Biomimetics of deployable structures ( PDF )
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Lecture 8: Bio-structures and properties
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Lecture 9: Review
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Lecture 10: Bio-inspired nanomaterials
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Lecture 11: Methods of self-assembly
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Lecture 12: Self-assembled monolayers and applications
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Lecture 13: Self-assembled monolayers and applications (cont.)
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Lecture 14: Bio-inspired intelligent structures
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Lecture 15: Smart and active material
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Lecture 16: Bulk nanostructures advanced materials ( PDF )
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Lecture 17: Bio-active surfaces and structures
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Lecture 18: Review
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Lecture 19: Bio-inspired opitcal systems
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Lecture 20: Joint design
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Lecture 21: Design of muscle-like actuators
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Lecture 22: Review
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Lecture 23: Final presentation
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