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  • Undergrad Research Opp Paid, Volunteer, For Credit

    Grant: Not Listed

    Majors: math, physics, engineering, biology ...
Courses
  • M
    Mathematical modeling of fluid flow through and around organs and organisms

  • MAMI
    Methods of Applied Mathematics I

  • TAM
    Topics in Applied Mathematics

Grants
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    Collaborative Research: MUCUS: Measuring and Understanding the Cassiopea Use of Space

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2023

    $678.1K
    Active
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    Collaborative Research: Using Uncertainty Quantification and Validated Computational Models to Analyze Pumping Performance of Valveless, Tubular Hearts

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $96.3K
    Active
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    Collaborative Research: The Leaky Rake to Solid Plate Transition on Flow Through Biological Filtering Structures

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $106.1K
    Active
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    Collaborative Research: The Physical Biology of Leaves in Wind and Waves

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $78.1K
    Active
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    RTG: Applied Mathematics and Statistics for Data-Driven Discovery

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2020

    $1.7M
    Active
News
  • Innovative Writing Program Helps High Schools

    2015

  • UA Journalism Prof Collecting Year-end Kudos for Book

    2007

Publications (87)
Recent
  • Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Understand Fluid-Organism Interactions

    2023

  • span style= font-size:11pt; Multiscale flow between the branches and polyps of gorgonians /span

    2023

  • Passive concentration dynamics incorporated into the library IB2d, a two-dimensional implementation of the immersed boundary method

    2022

  • The presence of a substrate strengthens the jet generated by upside down jellyfish

    2022

  • span style= font-size:11pt; Dermal lymphatic capillaries do not obey Murray's Law /span

    2022

  • Planktos: An agent-based modeling framework for computational fluid dynamics

    2022

  • Neuromechanical wave resonance in jellyfish swimming

    2021

  • A semi-automated finite difference mesh creation method for use with immersed boundary software IB2d and IBAMR

    2021

  • Fluid flow through a deep-sea sponge could inspire engineering designs

    2021

  • A Semi-Automated Finite Difference Mesh Creation Method for Use with Immersed Boundary Software Including IB2d and IBAMR

    2021

  • Three-dimensional flexible clap and fling in tiny insect flight

    2021

  • Uncertainty quantification reveals the physical constraints on pumping by peristaltic hearts

    2020

  • Experiments and Agent Based Models of Zooplankton Movement within Complex Flow Environments.

    2020

  • Uncertainty quantification reveals the physical constraints on pumping by valveless, tubular hearts

    2020

  • Fluid Dynamics of Ballistic Strategies in Nematocyst Firing

    2020

  • Collective Pulsing in Xeniid Corals: Part II-Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Determine if There are Benefits to Coordinated Pulsing

    2020

  • Fluid dynamics of nutrient exchange through the branched arrays of sea fans and jellyfish oral arms

    2019

  • Lift and Drag Acting on the Shell of the American Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)

    2019

  • Beyond the black box: promoting mathematical collaborations for elucidating interactions in soil ecology

    2019

  • Pump or coast: the role of resonance and passive energy recapture in medusan swimming performance

    2019

  • Flying Spiders: Effects of the Dragline Length and the Spider Mass in Free-Fall

    2019

  • A novel mechanism of mixing by pulsing corals

    2019

  • Chemical Interactions around Pulsing Soft Corals

    2019

  • Dynamics of pulsing soft corals

    2019

  • Flow Structure and Force Generation on Flapping Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers Relevant to the Flight of Tiny Insects

    2018

  • Numerical Simulations of Pulsating Soft Corals

    2018

  • Upside-Down but Headed in the Right Direction: Review of the Highly Versatile Cassiopea xamachana System

    2018

  • Fluid dynamics of the flapping wings of the smallest insects

    2018

  • Modelling the Spread of Parasitoid Wasps from Point Release

    2017

  • Inferring stratified parasitoid dispersal mechanisms and parameters from coarse data using mathematical and Bayesian methods.

    2017

  • An iterative source correction based immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for thermal flow simulations

    2017

  • Pulsing soft corals generate sustained upward jets and regions of strong mixing between their tentacles.

    2017

  • Morphological Plant Modeling: Unleashing Geometric and Topological Potential within the Plant Sciences.

    2017

  • Biomechanics: The aerodynamics buzz from mosquitoes.

    2017

  • Quantifying performance in the medusan mechanospace with an actively swimming three-dimensional jellyfish model

    2017

  • Parachuting with bristled wings

    2017

  • Passive aerial dispersal of insects and other arthropods

    2016

  • Bristles reduce the force required to fling wings apart in the smallest insects.

    2016

  • A tale of two antennules: the performance of crab odour-capture organs in air and water.

    2016

  • Pulsating Soft Corals

    2016

  • Large-amplitude, short-wave peristalsis and its implications for transport.

    2016

  • Low Reynolds number flow near tiny leaves, stems, and trichomes

    2016

  • Bristles reduce force required to fling wings apart in small insects.

    2016

  • Neuromechanical pumping: boundary flexibility and traveling depolarization waves drive flow within valveless, tubular hearts

    2015

  • The role of the pericardium in the valveless, tubular heart of the tunicate Ciona savignyi.

    2015

  • Using Active Learning to Teach Concepts and Methods in Quantitative Biology.

    2015

  • Recent developments in the study of insect flight1

    2015

  • A numerical study of the benefits of driving jellyfish bells at their natural frequency.

    2015

  • Lift vs. drag based mechanisms for vertical force production in the smallest flying insects.

    2015

  • Mechanical and scaling considerations for efficient jellyfish swimming

    2015

  • Introduction to the Symposium Leading Students and Faculty to Quantitative Biology through Active Learning .

    2015

  • The reconfiguration of broad leaves in strong winds and currents

    2015

  • Kinematics and Fluid Dynamics of Jellyfish Maneuvering

    2014

  • Muscular Control of Turning and Maneuvering in Jellyfish Bells

    2014

  • Clap and fling mechanism with interacting porous wings in tiny insect flight.

    2014

  • Efficient kinematics for jet-propelled swimming

    2013

  • Dynamic Load Balancing of the Adaptive Fast Multipole Method in Heterogeneous Systems

    2013

  • A drag-based mechanism for vertical force production in the smallest flying insects

    2013

  • Reconfiguration of broad leaves into cones

    2013

  • Do resonating bells increase jellyfish swimming performance

    2013

  • Electro-dynamic suction pumping at small scales

    2013

  • Fluid dynamics of forward swimming and turning for jellyfish

    2012

  • Interfacing mathematics and biology: a discussion on training, research, collaboration, and funding.

    2012

  • Using computational and mechanical models to study animal locomotion.

    2012

  • Flow structure and transport characteristics of feeding and exchange currents generated by upside-down Cassiopea jellyfish.

    2012

  • Feeding currents of the upside down jellyfish in the presence of background flow.

    2012

  • Reconfiguration and the reduction of vortex-induced vibrations in broad leaves.

    2012

  • Uncovering the aerodynamics of the smallest insects using numerical and physical models

    2011

  • Fluid dynamics of heart development.

    2011

  • Fluid dynamics of ventricular filling in the embryonic heart.

    2011

  • An immersed boundary method based on the lattice Boltzmann approach in three dimensions, with application

    2011

  • A numerical study of the effects of bell pulsation dynamics and oral arms on the exchange currents generated by the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana.

    2011

  • Simplified physical models of the flow around flexible insect wings at low Reynolds numbers

    2011

  • Reynolds number limits for jet propulsion: a numerical study of simplified jellyfish.

    2011

  • Clap and fling in tiny insects with porous wings

    2010

  • Numerical simulations of bell contractions of upside down jellyfish using the immersed boundary method

    2009

  • Flight of the smallest insects

    2009

  • Flow through flexible cylinders inspired by the endothelial glycocalyx

    2009

  • Flexible clap and fling in tiny insect flight.

    2009

  • An Experimental Investigation of the Feeding Currents Generated by Upside-Down Jellyfish

    2009

  • Flow within models of the vertebrate embryonic heart.

    2009

  • A Study of the Aerodynamics of Small Insect Flight

    2008

  • The effects of spatial inhomogeneities on flow through the endothelial surface layer.

    2008

  • Flow within Physical Models of the Vertebrate Embryonic Heart

    2008

  • Structural dynamics and resonance in plants with nonlinear stiffness.

    2005

  • When vortices stick: an aerodynamic transition in tiny insect flight.

    2004

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