Reflection for Nassor Jamal

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Engineering Biomimetic has really fascinated me as it is a unique module comparing to other modules I have studied for the past previous four years. The module focusses on innovating sustainable solutions to human challenges by mimicking nature which include different animal species and trees. In a nutshell biomimicry emulate eco-system to create sustainable solutions. This subject has rejuvenated my idea and thinking about environment and how I see it. There is a lot more to learn and appreciate from it. Many sustainable solutions which are available today are ideas inspired by nature. Example of this is planes inspired from birds and making them more efficient they study different kind of birds and their wings structure so that they can increase the aerodynamic efficiency and decrease the plane drag. Other common examples inspired by nature is the bullet train which has a speed of about 200mph, initially due to the design of the train nose it created thunder like sounds when it approached the stations due to change in air pressure, therefore to solve this problem chief engineer was inspired by a kingfisher’s beak that it resulted in a quite train, consuming 15% less electricity and goes 10% faster than the first design. These two are examples inspired by nature in transportation industry and there are hundreds of other inspiration which are being practiced in different other fields.

Our task for this module was to study the physical characteristic of sugar glider and to analyse based on its physical characteristic sustainable solutions or modify and improve any available solutions. Some few things which we can mimic from sugar glides is designing gliding suits which are already available on the market however we can further modify them by powering or making them self-sustained flight suits. In addition to that, sugar gliders have large eyes that give them extremely large field of vision, this can be mimicked in cameras to improve different views and effects, they also have large ears like radar dish that they can identify sources of even the slightest sound, this can be mimicked by military to create a technology which identifies incoming objects by measuring sound waves when there is no or little light vision especially at night.

To conclude I would personally like to thank my team members for their cooperation and support throughout the semester, the knowledge I gained in this subject will always make me reflect on environment and think about sustainable solutions and hopefully one day I can invent something influenced from the environment which will benefit me, my society and country at large.