Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Aidan Curry, Junior
Lead Presenter's Name
Aidan Curry
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor Name
Bryan Watson
Abstract
New approaches for consensus and communication within distributed systems are needed to prevent waste. For example, if all emergency services responded to the same call, other emergency cases could go unanswered. Previous consensus algorithms have been developed using biologically inspired designs, however; such designs have been inspired based upon Kingdom Animalia, including birds, bees, ants, etc. For this work, however; we research intercommunication found within plant life. The first step for biologically inspired design is to perform a literary review and functional decomposition. The functional decomposition diagram is a tool to identify specific inspirations. This works presents a functional decomposition diagram focusing on the question: “How do plants communicate”. For example, Endomycorrhizal colonies grow alongside and inject themselves into the roots, forming arbuscules that function very similar to an additional stomach for further nutrient absorption. This creates a resilient communication network utilizing an approach similar to excess capacity. The functional decomposition was based on a formal literature review focused on six search terms. This poster presents the initial functional decomposition, literature search strategy, and examples of plant communications that can be used for further research.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
No
Functional Decomposition and Summary surrounding Plant-to-Plant communication
New approaches for consensus and communication within distributed systems are needed to prevent waste. For example, if all emergency services responded to the same call, other emergency cases could go unanswered. Previous consensus algorithms have been developed using biologically inspired designs, however; such designs have been inspired based upon Kingdom Animalia, including birds, bees, ants, etc. For this work, however; we research intercommunication found within plant life. The first step for biologically inspired design is to perform a literary review and functional decomposition. The functional decomposition diagram is a tool to identify specific inspirations. This works presents a functional decomposition diagram focusing on the question: “How do plants communicate”. For example, Endomycorrhizal colonies grow alongside and inject themselves into the roots, forming arbuscules that function very similar to an additional stomach for further nutrient absorption. This creates a resilient communication network utilizing an approach similar to excess capacity. The functional decomposition was based on a formal literature review focused on six search terms. This poster presents the initial functional decomposition, literature search strategy, and examples of plant communications that can be used for further research.