Zygote Quarterly Update
ZQ’s mission is to establish a credible platform showcasing the nexus of science and design in the field of biologically inspired design, using case studies, news and articles that are exemplary in their impact on the field, rigorous in their methodology, and relevant to today’s reader. Marjan will talk about recent ZQ directions and associated projects and will highlight several articles currently available.
In the second part of the presentation, Marjan will discuss a recent collaborative PhD research project, the Ask Nature functional co-occurrence tool, motivated by her work with ZQ and work in bio-inspired design education.
Bio
Dr. Marjan Eggermont is a Teaching Professor in The Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, teaching in the areas of engineering design, technology and society, visualization, design history, and biomimicry. She is a Biomimicry Institute Fellow and the co-founder of Biomimicry Alberta. In 2013, she won Best of Biomimicry: Excellence in Biomimicry Education within a College or University at the Biomimicry Education Summit and Global Conference in Boston. She recently finished a PhD in Computational Media Design with a focus on bio-inspired data visualization.
With co-editors Tom McKeag and Norbert Hoeller she started open-source bio-inspired design journal Zygote Quarterly (zqjournal.org) in March 2012.