Bio-Inspired Engineering

Letting Nature guide the technologies of the future.

Wing Geometries

From Flat Plates to Boxfish: Evolution of Delta Wing Surface Contours

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Inverted Flags

Harvesting energy from rustling tree leaves

Dragonfly Nymph Tri-leaflet Valves

Designing multi-functional passive valves

Flapping and Clapping Propulsion

Optimizing propulsion by studying fish and jellyfish.

Controllable Curvature on Flexible Flapping Plates

Studying how slight changes in plate geometry and flexibility affect flapping propulsion.

Completed Projects

Carbon Nanotube Carpet: From Gecko Feet to Nano-Needles
Cells and Carbon Nanotubes
From Boxfish to Cars
Zebrafish Hearts and Impedance Pumps