Machines and Organisms: Locomotion and Manipulation

A Seminar at Cornell University, Spring 2008 Schedule

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

Seminars are usually held Thursdays 2:45-3:45 pm in Thurston 201. Check the schedule below for changes.

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


Seminar Schedule

Jan. 24, 2008
Karl Niklas (Cornell University, Plant Biology)
The evolution of plant body plans
Jan. 31, 2008
William Ryu (Princeton University, Biophysics)
Thermal response and motor behavior of E. coli and C. elegans
Feb. 7, 2008
Tim Reissman (Cornell University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Design and Implementation of Renewable Energy Systems and Steering Control Mechanisms for Flying Insect Cyborgs
Feb. 14, 2008
Jayant Kulkarni (Columbia, Theoretical Neuroscience)
Common-input models for multineural spike-train data
Feb. 21, 2008
Matt McHenry (UC Irvine, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
The Mechanics of Flow Sensing in Fish
Feb. 28, 2008
Mario Negrello (Cornell University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Attractor Landscapes and Active Tracking
Wednesday,

Mar. 5, 2008

John Long (Vassar College, Biology and Bioengineering)
Evolutionary Biorobotics: Creating Simulated Vertebrates to Test Adaptation Hypotheses
Mar. 13, 2008
Shai Revzen (UC Berkeley, Integrative Biology)
Abstract
Mar. 20, 2008
Spring Break
Mar. 27, 2008
Knoek van Soest (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Human Movement Sciences)
Prescribing Skeletal Motion of a Human Performer May Improve Maximal Mechanical Power Output
Apr. 3, 2008
Dan Goldman (Georgia Tech, Physics and Biology)
Locomotion on controlled granular media
Apr. 10, 2008
Wolfgang Losert (University of Maryland, Physics)
Decision making in D. discoideum
Apr. 17, 2008
Silas Alben (Georgia Tech, Mathematics)
Optimal flexibility in flapping appendages
Apr. 24, 2008
Alex Mogilner (UC Davis, Mathematics)
Reverse engineering of mitotic spindle
701 Clark Hall

May 1, 2008

Jacob Israelachvili (UC Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering)
Adhesion and friction forces in everyday life

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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