INSPIRING ENGINEERING - FROM NATURE TO COMMUNITY

Families

Helping in planning and building the technological product

Academies

Students from the academy as mentors for school students

Local petting Zoo

Guided tour in the petting Zoo and the option to visit independently

Science Center

Scientific Lectures and demonstration; Technical support in planning and building technological products.  

Other local schools

Presenting their projects to other schools that close to them

Associations

Association of people with special needs or an institute that live there people with special needs.

Governance

Students will take advantage of the knowledge of the stakeholders involved to solve social challenges in its environment, through knowledge and new techniques. In addition, they will be in contact with them to solve new and unexpected challenges that may arise, fostering a transparent and reflective collaboration.

I.e.: Students will be able to work on social challenges together with the support of stakeholders, with whom they will be in contact in a transparent manner and with the objective of improving the results of the project.

Public engagement

Students will involve several stakeholders who may be interested in the topic raised by this project, and whose knowledge and experience will be taken into account when advancing in the different phases of the activity.

I.e.: students will involve biomimicry experts from whom they will learn the basics of this science and those who will be involved as facilitators in different phases of the practice; they can also count on the testimony of people with special needs to know first-hand the challenges that they will later be able to solve.

Gender equality

Students will promote research teams with gender equality, as well as the challenges can be used from a gender equality point of view.

I.e.: students will work in teams with gender equality, and will generate ideas and solutions through biomimicry to problems for both men and women.

Science Education

Students will investigate the field of science in order to solve problems that exist in their environment, and will promote the participation of the environment in finding these solutions.

I.e.: the main theme of this Accelerator is to solve a social problem that affects people with special needs, through Science, and more specifically through biomimicry.

Ethics

Students will reflect on the needs of people in their environment, specifically those with special needs, and will study how to solve their problems through a scientific research and innovation approach.

I.e.: after interviewing people with special needs, students will be aware of their problems and will be able to reflect on their ideas and concerns. Later, students can use biomimicry to improve a part of the society of their environment.

Open Access

Students can consult literature reviewed by experts to know the state of the art of science, and what are the latest developments in the issues raised by this Accelerator.

I.e.: students will study how companies and associations are using biomimicry in their newest products, and they will take advantage of this knowledge to translate it into the results of their project. They can also share the materials created in the course of the project through the Internet, so that they can be consulted by any interested person.