ICBE 2019 07/10/2019

The 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE2019) organized by the ISBE took place at Jilin University in Changchun on September 23-26, 2019, aiming to establish a closer relationship between scientists and engineers worldwide in the field of bionic engineering. Dr. Ana Moita attended the conference as a guest speaker, giving a Keynote entitled: “Micro-and-nanometric engineered interfaces for heat transfer enhancement”. Furthermore, she presented a paper written jointly with Prof. António Luís Moreira, Emanuele Teodori, Pedro Pontes, Ricardo Cautela and Yan Liu, entitled "Development and test of biphilic surfaces with biomimetic patterns for heat transfer enhancement".

Pontes, P., Cautela, R., Moita, A. S., Teodori, E., Moreira, A.L.N., Liu, Y. (2019) Development and test of biphilic surfaces with biomimetic patterns for heat transfer enhancement. 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering – ICBE 2019, Jilin University, 23-26 September, Changchun, China.

The theme of ICBE2019 was Bionic innovations for healthy development, 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 were invited to present papers related to the combination of biological information and mechanical engineering, materials science, agriculture engineering, rehabilitation engineering, and robotics.

Group photo of joint ICBE2019 & ISNIT2019