Bionics science and engineering discipline is aimed to orient towards the needs of the country and create a first-class team, it also adheres to interdisciplinary and target on the international frontier, taking natural approach as the core, and carrying out basic research on the application of bionics engineering. There are four main research fields of the discipline, which include ground mechanical de-attachment reduction bionic technology, bionic tribology and bionic materials, bionic walking technology for soft ground and bioprocessing machine design and bionics.
Based on the discipline, the “International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE)” was established, with more than 500 member institutions from over 85 countries and regions. The discipline also founded two important international academic journals, “Journal of Bionic Engineering” and “Droplet.” In 2022, the professor from the discipline served as the chairman of the ISO/TC266 International Bionics Standardization Technical Committee, with Jilin University as the chairman unit, leading the development of international bionics standardization under the ISO.
In 2019, relying on the team of Academician Ren Luquan, the discipline established the Jilin University Weihai Bionics Research Institute, focusing on four major areas of bionic machinery, bionic materials, bionic intelligence, and bionic health, devoted to bionics research, talent cultivation, achievement transformation, and international cooperation, vigorously promoting the rapid development of the bionics science and engineering discipline.
Four Main Research Fields of The Laboratory:
Ground mechanical de-attachment reduction bionic technology
This direction is engaged in the research of biocoupling and its bionic coupling theory technology, solving the problems of resistance reduction, self-cleaning, wear resistance, anti-fatigue, noise reduction, stealth, developing bionic functional products, and carrying out research on the theory and technology of experiment optimization, biometric function principles and so on.
Bionic Tribology and Bionic Materials
This direction is engaged in the research of bionic tribology, bioturbation, biomaterials, preparation of bio-fibers and their enhanced bionic materials, biomaterials nanomechanics, bio-preparation mechanism and bionic technology of organic fertilizers, agricultural air quality monitoring, agricultural ecological bionics, etc., and the promotion and application of bionic technology of agricultural machinery and equipment.
Bionic walking technology for soft ground
This direction is engaged in the basic theory of ground machine system, bionic walking theory technology, soft ground mechanical characteristics of research, and for the national lunar exploration of major projects for deep space machine system mechanical, bionic inspection agency design theory and tectonic technology exploration.
Bioprocessing machine design and bionics
This direction is engaged in intelligent control and information management of greenhouse environment, intelligent robot, plant factory, greenhouse structure bionic energy-saving design, bio-production system numerical simulation, digital simulation of agricultural machinery system, bionic design and agricultural machinery performance detection and intelligent control technology, as well as agro-economic system bionic management.
