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Living Machines

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Ecological studies have revealed that nature has an in-built system to restore itself, thereby sustaining its continuity. In other words, natural ecosystems can act as “Living Machines” in keeping the ecosystems habitable. The biological communities – microbes, plants, and animals – serve as the driving force of several living technological innovations – constructed wetlands, Lake Restores, Eco-Restorers, and Reedbeds. These ecologically based technologies are suitable for environment restoration or mitigation, food production through waste conversions, as well as architecture and landscape design.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Yung-Tse Hung Ph.D., P.E., DEE

  2. Biochemistry Department, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

    Joseph F. Hawumba Ph.D.

  3. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA, USA

    Lawrence K. Wang Ph.D., P.E., DEE

  4. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA, USA

    Lawrence K. Wang Ph.D., P.E., DEE

  5. Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY, USA

    Lawrence K. Wang Ph.D., P.E., DEE

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  2. School of Civil & Environmental Eng., Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue 50, Singapore, 639798, Singapore

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Hung, YT., Hawumba, J.F., Wang, L.K. (2010). Living Machines. In: Wang, L., Tay, JH., Tay, S., Hung, YT. (eds) Environmental Bioengineering. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 11. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-031-1_22

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