Enlightened by the fine wear-resistant characteristic of nacre-ous layer, the idea of forming a similar structure on the steel surfaceto improve the wear property was suggested. According to the prin-ciples of bionics, the nacreous layer of shell was abstracted to applyon the composite structure with characteristic of alternately softand hard. Then, the composite was successfully fabricated usingSHS reaction in the 40 wt.% Cu–Ti–B4C system during the casting ofaustenite manganese steel. Austenite manganese steel has excel-lent strength and toughness, while its wear resistance is poor [22].TiB2and TiC ceramic particles reinforced metal matrix compositeshave higher strength and wear resistance due to the high resis-tance of ceramic phases to abrasive wear [23,24,17]. In this study,the bionic composite material was a combination of manganesesteel region (matrix, soft) and TiB2/TiC ceramic particles reinforcedmanganese steel matrix region (unit, hard). The phase constituents,microstructures and wear resistance of the bionic composite mate-rial were investigated. It is expected that the preliminary resultscould promote the development and practical application of thebionic composite material, and further offer a new technique andmethod to increase the wear resistance of the austenite manganesesteel. The method of combining SHS reaction and casting routesprovides a new and promising process for the production of bioniccomposite material, since it is significant in inherent simplicity andpotential cost-effectiveness for scale-up manufacturing.