Tom Daniel, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Zoology
"Mechanics and Control of Flight in Insects"
ABSTRACT
Animal flight is among the most demanding physiological acitivites
in nature. It emerges from a complex interplay between
musculo-skeletal mechanics, aerodynamic forcing, and neuronal
processing of massive sensory data. This talk reviews progress in
the field and highlights some of the ways in which engineering
approaches have been pivotal in unraveling this complex biomechanical
problem.