“English for Bionic Science and Engineering” is a selective course for junior undergraduate students whose major is Bionic Science and Engineering. This curriculum supplies students with materials derived from foreign textbooks, in order to help them understand the basic knowledge and improve their learning capability in bionic science and engineering. Students will learn the professional terminologies, phrases, translation methods, presentation, writing and other communication skills through this course, so as to extend their international prospects and English level and strengthen their international communication abilities of engineering. Meantime, It will help students establish solid foundation for their future graduate study of work in the area of bionic science and engineering or related fields.

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 English branches

1.2 Features of English for Special Purposes

1.3 Professional organizations

Chapter 2 Academic Skills

2.1 Description

2.2 Methods

2.3 Skills

Chapter 3 Basic Knowledge of Engineering

3.1 Measurement

3.2 Tolerances and Fits

3.3 Surface Roughness

3.4 Kinematics, and dynamics of particles

3.5 Microcomputer

Chapter 4 Introduction of Bionics

4.1 Definition and development

4.2 Bionic principles in engineering

4.3 Innovations inspired by nature

Chapter 5 Application of biomimetic principles in engineering design

5.1 Mapping of biomechanical combinations

5.2 Bio-inspired techniques in optimization problems

5.3 Bionic functional structures

5.4 Bio-inspiration of Gecko locomotion

Chapter 6 Biomaterials and biodevices

6.1 Examples of natural and nature-inspired materials

6.2 Surface aspects

6.3 Biomimetic membranes

6.4 Biomimetic hydrogels

6.5 Biosensing applications

6.6 Other innovative biodevices

Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence

7.1 Fundamentals of artificial intelligences

7.2 Robotic intelligence

7.3 Micro/Nano robotics

7.4 Learning robotic process automation

7.5 Mathematical foundations of nature-inspired algorithms

Chapter 8 Biomechanical Investigation

8.1 Dynamics of musculoskeletal systems

8.2 Mechanics of hard and soft tissues

8.3 Mechanics of bone remodeling

8.4 Mechanics of blood and air flow, flow-prosthesis interfaces

8.5 Dynamics of man-machine interaction