GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIOMIMETICS IN TEXTILE DESIGN/TET 623
Course Title: BIOMIMETICS IN TEXTILE DESIGN
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Banu Hatice GÜRCÜM
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/banugurcum
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  banugurcum@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Explain biomimetic concept and understand mechanisms,
Evaluate biomimetic effect on textile materials,
Develop new approaches inspired from biomimetic applications
Make new designs relating the biomimetic structures used in textile with the fiber, yarn and fabric structures and properties





 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Explanation of concept of biomimetic, nanobionic effect,
2. Week  Explanation of approaches that the science of biomimetic is inspired,
3. Week  Explanation of application techniques which obtained by biomimetic effects,
4. Week  Explanation of formation of lotus effect and the mechanism of it,
5. Week  Explanation of lotus effect and mechanism of it on textile materials,
6. Week  The effect of shark scale,
7. Week  1st Project presentation
8. Week  The effect of Darkling beetle,
9. Week  The effect of butterfly wing,
10. Week  The effect of Sand skink,
11. Week  The effect of water strider,
12. Week  The effect of gecko foot,
13. Week  The effect of moth eyes,
14. Week  Polar bear effect (Thermal insulation effect),
15. Week  Nanotechnology and environmental effect,
16. Week  2nd Project presentation
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1-Eduardo A Favret & Nestor O Fuentes, Functional Properties of Bio-inspiredSurfaces: Characterization and Technological Applications, 2010. 2-Bharat Bhushan, Biomimetics: lessons from nature-an overview, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009 367, 1445-1486 3- M. Teodorescu, A. Curteza, I. Petcu, and M. Călin, “The diversity of structural colour in nature, an inspiration for biomimetic textile materials,” in Proceedings of the 11th World Textile Conference (Autex '11), vol. 2, pp. 852–85, 2011. 4- J. F. V. Vincent, O. A. Bogatyreva, N. R. Bogatyrev, A. Bowyer, and A.-K. Pahl, “Biomimetics: its practice and theory,” Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 471–482, 2006. View at Publisher • View at Google Scholar • View at Scopus 5-Thomas Stegmaier, Michael Linke and Heinrich Planck, Bionics in textiles: flexible and translucent, thermal insulations for solar thermal applications, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009 367, 1749-1758 6- J. M. Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspi
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
20
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
2
80
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
10
6
60
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
6
60
 Designing and Applying Materials
1
15
15
 Preparing Reports
2
5
10
 Preparing Presentation
2
5
10
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
0
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
199
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.96
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X