Today we had the pleasure to work with the Musical High School of Volos to design solutions inspired by nature (biomimicry or nature-based solutions) for addressing climate change impact in our town. 14 students and their teachers, Ms. Chrysoula Makri and Afroditi Kalantzopoulou, visited the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The activity was organised within Erasmus+ project Let’s Mimic, which develops learning resources for introducing biomimicry principles in learning.

Students participated in team building and creativity exercises. Then, they were familiarised with biomimicry principles and examples, such as termite mounds for natural cooling of buildings, kingfisher beak shape inspiring bullet train design for reduced friction and noise, whale fins inspiring windmill design for energy production, seaweed cultivation for CO2 absorption, green roofs and terraces for clean air and temperature control in cities, and more.

Students used the activities of the LET’s MIMIC toolkit to design solutions inspired by nature for protecting their home town of Volos, Greece against the impact of climate change through biomimicry solutions.

We would like to thank the school for the collaboration and hope to inspire environmental mindsets to tomorrow’s innovative thinkers.

Piloting started in Greece by using LET’s MIMIC methodologies, digital learning services, and resources with students in real-life learning activities in the context of course ECE553 Design Thinking, an elective in the 4th year of studies. 130 students are enrolled in the course in the fall 2025 semester. Students engaged with the Bullet Train activity, which is part of the LET’s MIMIC training modules, and aims at the design of a more efficient high speed train through inspiration from the Kingfisher, Adeli penguin, and owls for efficiency (reducing friction) and noise reduction see more