ASME Special Journal Issue to Focus on Bio-inspired Systems

The ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics is currently accepting manuscripts for a special issue on bio-inspired systems, which is expected to be published in April 2019. The deadline to submit a paper for the special issue is June 1, 2018.

Many scientific breakthroughs in areas such as sensors and actuators and materials and structures have drawn their inspiration from systems found in nature. The special issue of the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics will feature original research and high-quality review articles on bio-inspired systems, including experimental, computational, or multi-disciplinary research, with a particular concentration on vibrations, dynamics, acoustics and sensing/actuation.

Topics to be covered in the special issue will include modeling of dynamical and acoustical structures in biological systems; bio-inspired acoustic and vibrational sensors and actuators; bio-inspired materials and structures for vibration control and isolation; vibration and acoustics-based energy harvesting inspired by biological materials and structures; and bio-inspired robotics.

Authors who are interested in submitting a manuscript for the special issue should visit the ASME Journals website and click the “Submit Papers” button. Authors should then choose the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics and select the special issue “Bio-inspired Systems.”

Papers submitted by June 1, 2018, will be reviewed in time for inclusion in the special issue. However, authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts before that date. Papers received after June 1 may still be considered for the special issue, time and space permitting. Papers that are not ready in time to be included in the special issue may be considered for a regular issue of the journal.

Miao Yu, Ph.D., of The University of Maryland, U.S.A., is the special issue editor for “Bio-inspired Systems.” The guest editors for the special issue are Sarah Bergbreiter, Ph.D., of The University of Maryland, U.S.A.; Xinyan Deng, Ph.D., of Purdue University, U.S.A., and Haijun Liu, Ph.D., of Temple University, U.S.A.

For more information on the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, visit http://vibrationacoustics.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/journal.aspx?journalid=136. To learn more about the ASME Journals Program, visit https://journaltool.asme.org.