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Iaac Open Lecture: Julian Vincent
IaaC is pleased to invite you to the open lecture of Julian Vincent
Thursday 15th of October
19:30 > IaaC Conference Hall
C/Pujades 102. Poble Nou
Julian Vincent is a biologist who spent the early part of his career working on the physiology of insects. He then became interested in the mechanical properties of the materials from which insects are made, an interest which broadened into experimental work on materials and structures from plants and animals and a variety of foods. Finally he realised that biological materials are better in many ways than technical materials and has spent the last 15 years working out how to bridge the gaps between biology and engineering. This has taken him into areas of architecture, design and general methods for solving problems.
