Erin Rovalo
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Mail code: 2701Campus: Otherus
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Coming from an architectural design background, Erin now weaves her design thinking expertise with the biomimicry approach for a distinctly innovative approach to sustainable solutions for a wide variety of sectors. Her goal is to teach and deliver a holistic methodology for driving innovation and ecosystem regeneration and conservation while bringing awareness to new ways to view and value the natural world. Erin’s sustainability framework experience includes Biomimicry, Living Building Challenge, The Natural Step, and LEED. In the course of her career, Erin has supported over 30 built environment projects working with developers, planners, architects, and engineers to understand and act on their unique opportunity to design, build, and operate resiliently and abundantly within Earth's operating conditions. Since working with Biomimicry 3.8, Erin has broadened her scope beyond the built environment to include a wider range of design sectors and challenges, such as packaging design and organizational development, while also serving as a biomimicry instructor to adult learners.
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Biomimetic design philosophy and methodology
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Design thinking
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Sustainable design strategies for the built environment
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Systems thinking
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 511 | Biomimicry and Design |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BMY 540 | iSites: Biomimetic Nature Jour |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 511 | Biomimicry and Design |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 511 | Biomimicry and Design |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BMY 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 511 | Biomimicry and Design |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BMY 511 | Biomimicry and Design |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BMY 501 | Essentials of Biomim |
| BMY 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BMY 511 | Biomimicry and Design |