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Author:

Hossein Yazdi, Shahrzad

Title:

Confined locomotion in viscous and viscoelastic fluids at low Reynolds number

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Locomotion
Self-propelled microorganism
Viscoelastic fluid
Low-Reynolds-number regime
Solid-fluid boundary

File:

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Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member

Author:

Burke, Patrick

Title:

HARDWARE DESIGN OF A MODULAR UNDULATORY ROBOTIC FISH WITH LINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Robotics
Biorobotrics
Fish
Locomotion

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bayiz, Yagiz

Title:

Wing Trajectory Optimization and Modelling for Flapping Flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Bioinspired Robotics
Aerial Robotics
Locomotion
Flapping Flight
Optimization
Machine Learning

File:

Download YB_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maughmer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hosam Fathy, Special Member
Bo Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Katugam-Dechene, Kavya

Title:

Developmental Plasticity of Locomotion: Energetics, Mechanics, and Muscle

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Biomechanics
Energetics
Mechanics
Muscle
Developmental Plasticity
Locomotion
Kinematics
Comparative Biomechanics
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Muscle Mechanics

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Gustavo Nader, Outside Field Member
Stephen Piazza, Major Field Member
Meghan Vidt, Outside Unit Member
Jonas Rubenson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kazanski, Meghan

Title:

How healthy older adults regulate lateral stepping to maintain balance in predictable and unpredictable walking environments

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (PHD)

Keywords:

Walking
Balance
Locomotion
Aging

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Committee Members:

Joseph Cusumano, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Piazza, Major Field Member
Jonas Rubenson, Major Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies