Dear Colleagues,

Biomimetics is a design philosophy that encourages us to learn from nature and results in the discovery of non-conventional solutions to problems that are often more efficient, economic, and elegant. Taking inspiration from nature has made (and can make) valuable contributions to a wide range of areas, including engineering, architecture, materials science, and business. Although this approach is gaining credibility, questions of how to best support the process of biomimetics or teach biomimetics remain.

This Special Issue aims to collate theoretical, experimental, and review contributions from a multidisciplinary community of engineers, biologists, technologists, industrial designers, psychologists, social scientists, cognitive scientists, environmental scientists, and all others who work in the areas of biomimetic processes and pedagogy. We hope that this Special Issue will provide insight into the state of the art of how biomimetics is performed and taught.

Submissions related, but not limited, to the following areas are highly encouraged:

• Standards of practice for biomimetics;
• Processes of biomimetics;
• Tools and methods that support biomimetic processes;
• Pedagogical strategies and frameworks of biomimetics;
• Education and training in the field of biomimetics.

Dr. Jacquelyn K. Nagel
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biomimetics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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• biomimetic design
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• education
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