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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
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Jan. 24, 2008
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Karl Niklas (Cornell University, Plant Biology)
The evolution of plant body plans
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Jan. 31, 2008
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William Ryu (Princeton University, Biophysics)
Thermal response and motor behavior of E. coli and C. elegans
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Feb. 7, 2008
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Tim Reissman (Cornell University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Design and Implementation of Renewable Energy Systems and
Steering Control Mechanisms for Flying Insect Cyborgs
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Feb. 14, 2008
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Jayant Kulkarni (Columbia, Theoretical Neuroscience)
Common-input models for multineural spike-train data
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Feb. 21, 2008
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Matt McHenry (UC Irvine, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
The Mechanics of Flow Sensing in Fish
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Feb. 28, 2008
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Mario Negrello (Cornell University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Attractor Landscapes and Active Tracking
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John Long (Vassar College, Biology and Bioengineering)
Evolutionary Biorobotics: Creating Simulated Vertebrates to Test Adaptation Hypotheses
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Mar. 13, 2008
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Shai Revzen (UC Berkeley, Integrative Biology)
Abstract
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Mar. 20, 2008
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Spring Break
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Mar. 27, 2008
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Knoek van Soest (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Human Movement Sciences)
Prescribing Skeletal Motion of a Human
Performer May Improve Maximal Mechanical Power Output
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Apr. 3, 2008
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Dan Goldman (Georgia Tech, Physics and Biology)
Locomotion on controlled granular media
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Apr. 10, 2008
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Wolfgang Losert (University of Maryland, Physics)
Decision making in D. discoideum
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Apr. 17, 2008
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Silas Alben (Georgia Tech, Mathematics)
Optimal flexibility in flapping appendages
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Apr. 24, 2008
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Alex Mogilner (UC Davis, Mathematics)
Reverse engineering of mitotic spindle
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701 Clark HallMay 1, 2008
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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
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