Matt passes prelim
Congrats to Matt Giarra for passing his ME prelim. Here, Matt sends some love to the grasshopper for giving him good data, contributing...
Dog drinking paper in PNAS
Congrats to Sean Gart, whose research on how dogs drink was just published by PNAS. This was one of Sean's dissertation chapters. Not...
Steve Vogel
Steve Vogel passed away today, succumbing to cancer. Aside from my parents, no other person has had as profound an effect on the course...
New paper on tracheal mechanics
Congrats to Matt Webster, whose dissertation chapter on insect tracheal mechanics was published today. The bulk of the work examined the...
Isaac defends PhD proposal
Congrats to Isaac, who successfully defended his PhD proposal today in his Mechanical Engineering prelim.
Hodjat publishes in PLoS ONE
Congrats to Hodjat on the publication of one of his dissertation chapters, "Estimation of Instantaneous Gas Exchange in Flow-Through...
Welcome Dr. Sharri Zamore
This week we welcome a new lab member, Dr. Sharri Zamore. Sharri is postdoc supported by an NSF fellowship in biology. She'll be working...
Lab web site upgrade
Today we upgraded the lab web page from our previous version. In honor of the upgrade, enjoy this flying snake.