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I am Pavan Tejaswi Velivela, a mechanical engineering PhD graduate from McGill University, specialising in bio-inspired structural architectures for multifunctional engineering devices.
My research focuses on the early-stage design of morphology-driven bio-inspired structures and devices for highly constrained engineering environments. I developed the MBID (Multifunctional Bio-Inspired Design) ideation system, a biological morphology-informed rule-based framework that supports the structured development of multifunctional device architectures.
Focus areas: Bio-inspired device architectures; Morphology-driven structures; Early-stage device design; Micro- to Mesoscale Systems
Explore the portfolio to learn more about the MBID framework and the conceptual devices developed using it.
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MBID (Multifunctional Bio-inspired Design) is a biological morphology-informed, rule-based concept design framework developed to translate functional biological structural strategies into novel multifunctional morphology-driven device and structure concepts. The framework supports systematic early-stage concept generation by guiding the integration of geometry and material across multiple length scales within a single structure, allowing functional coupling to emerge from form and material rather than from discrete components or add-on subsystems. The framework enables the structured combination of non-obvious or intentionally selected functions, resulting in distinctive multifunctional device concepts.Application sectors:
MBID (Multifunctional Bio-inspired Design) is a biological morphology-informed, rule-based concept design framework developed to translate functional biological structural strategies into novel multifunctional morphology-driven device and structure concepts. The framework supports systematic early-stage concept generation by guiding the integration of geometry and material across multiple length scales within a single structure, allowing functional coupling to emerge from form and material rather than from discrete components or add-on subsystems. The framework enables the structured combination of non-obvious or intentionally selected functions, resulting in distinctive multifunctional device concepts.Application sectors:
- Micro- to Mesoscale Systems: Minimally invasive surgical devices, implants and micro-robotics, and affordable devices for resource-constrained environments
- Macro-scale Systems: Architectural systems, Aerospace and automotive structures, etc.
The research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) & McGill University and supervised by Prof. Yaoyao Fiona Zhao, Director of the Additive Design & Manufacturing Laboratory, McGill University, 2020-2023.
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