Focus Area: Bioinspired design
Student Project
Flipper Filter
Flipper Filter is a bioinspired concept for an economically and environmentally friendly device designed to help clean the oceans of microplastics and protect marine fauna.
Student Project
Smart Greenhouse
Inspired by the pinecone, this environmentally adaptive structure is meant to provide passive shading and ventilation.
News
Fall talks at Jacobs Hall: Three themes for design innovators
This fall, a diverse lineup of speakers shared their perspectives on topics from product development to storytelling.
News
New course to tap UC Berkeley’s diversity and maker spirit
Berkeley News — Bob Full, professor of integrative biology, has received a $1 million grant to support curriculum in bioinspired design, drawing from Berkeley’s making culture and resources like Jacobs Hall.
Student Project
HeliHoot
HeliHoot, a project from an integrative biology course, is a concept for applying the natural design of owl wings to reducing the noise levels caused by drones.
News
A look at the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase
Students from 17 courses held in Jacobs Hall — along with clubs and student-taught DeCals that use the building’s resources—presented projects at the 2017 Jacobs Spring Design Showcase.
Student Project
HydroLily
HydroLily takes an interdisciplinary, bioinspired approach to the pressing global issue of expanding access to clean drinking water.