Machines and Organisms: Locomotion and Manipulation

A Seminar at Cornell University, Fall 2007 Schedule

Spring 2007 schedule here
Fall 2006 schedule here
Spring 2006 schedule here.
Fall 2005 schedule here.
A participant list is available here

Seminars are held Thursdays unless notified at Thurston 201, 2.45-3.45 pm.

If you have questions about location etc, feel free to contact Leif Ristroph.


Seminar Schedule

Aug. 30, 2007
Organizational Meeting
Sept. 6, 2007
3-4 pm Thursday
Floris van Breugel (Cornell University, Biological Engineering)
A Passively Stable Flapping Hovering Micro Air Vehicle
Sept. 11, 2007
3-4 pm Tuesday, Olin 255
Bill Bialek (Princeton University, Physics and Integrative Genomics)
Ising models for networks of real neurons
Sept. 20, 2007
David Hu (NYU, Courant Institute, Applied Mathematics Laboratory)
Snakes on a plane
Sept. 27, 2007
Umberto Pesavento (Cornell University, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics)
At the scale of insects, flapping flight can be more efficient than fixed wing flight
Oct. 3, 2007
2:45-3:45 pm Wednesday
Jeff Krichmar (The Neurosciences Institute, Theoretical Neurobiology)
Brain-based Devices: Studying brain function by developing embodied models of the nervous system
Oct. 4, 2007
Mandyam Srinivasan (Queensland Brain Institute, Neuroscience)
From flying insects to autonomous aerial vehicles
Oct. 11, 2007
Mitra Hartmann (Northwestern University, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering)
Studying Biomechanics to Gain Insight into Sensory Perception
Oct. 18, 2007
Manoj Srinivasan (Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Abstract
Oct. 25, 2007
Steve Vogel (Duke University, Biology)
Pumping and Jumping: Toward Simple Rules that Transcend Size
Nov. 1, 2007
David Field (Cornell University, Psychology)
Abstract
Nov. 9, 2007
Friday, 2:45-3:45
Art Kuo (University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering)
How do biological oscillators control human walking?
Nov. 15, 2007
Michiel van de Panne (University of British Columbia, Computer Science)
Analysis-by-synthesis and synthesis-by-analysis for modeling human motion
Nov. 22, 2007
No Seminar - Thanksgiving
Nov. 29, 2007
Tom Daniel (University of Washington, Biology)
Abstract
Dec. 6, 2007
Peko Hosoi (MIT, Mechanical Engineering)
Optimizing Low Reynolds Number Locomotion

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History of the Seminar

  • Organized by Megan Thompson, Gordon Berman, and Leif Ristroph in 2006-2007.
  • Organized by Gordon Berman and Kevin Keenan in 2005-2006.
  • Organized by Saurabh Mahapatra and Nicholas Estevez in 2005.
  • Organized by Dan Riskin and Veronica Santos in 2003-2004
  • Organized by Madhusudhan Venkadesan and Manoj Srinivasan in 2002-2003
  • Organized by Francisco Valero- Cuevas in 2001-2002.
  • Organized by Andy Ruina in 2000-2001

Related Links
Read more about our seminar at this IGERT site