Swimming, Motility and Locomotion

Presentations

• Undulatory swimming on a free surface

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 2:30 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Ramiro Godoy-Diana

    • PMMH UMR7636 CNRS; ESPCI ParisTech; UPMC; U. Diderot Paris 7

  • Sophie Ramananarivo

    • PMMH UMR7636 CNRS; ESPCI ParisTech; UPMC; U. Diderot Paris 7

  • Olivia Gann

    • PMMH UMR7636 CNRS; ESPCI ParisTech; UPMC; U. Diderot Paris 7

  • Benjamin Thiria

    • PMMH UMR7636 CNRS; ESPCI ParisTech; UPMC; U. Diderot Paris 7

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• Geometry, Curvature, and Locomotion

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 2:42 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Ross Hatton

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Howie Choset

    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• Optimizing turning for locomotion

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 2:54 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Lisa Burton

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ross Hatton

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Howie Choset

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  • Anette Hosoi

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Effect of confinements: Bending in Paramecium

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:06 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Aja Eddins

    • Engineering Science and Mechanics - Virginia Tech

  • Sung Yang

    • Department of Nano-bio Materials and Electronics, GIST, Republic of Korea

  • Corrie Spoon

    • Engineering Science and Mechanics - Virginia Tech

  • Sunghwan Jung

    • Engineering Science and Mechanics - Virginia Tech

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:18 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:30 PM

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• Enhanced swimming motion of nematode in a non-Newtonian fluid

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:30 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Jin-Sung Park

    • Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Daeyeon Kim

    • School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems Engineering, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  • Jennifer Shin

    • School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems Engineering, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  • David Weitz

    • Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Hydrodynamic Optimality in the Bacterial Flagellum

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:42 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Saverio Spagnolie

    • Brown University

  • Eric Lauga

    • UCSD
    • University of California, San Diego

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• Characterisation of metachronal waves on the surface of the spherical colonial alga \textit{Volvox carteri}

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 3:54 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Douglas Brumley

    • University of Cambridge

  • Marco Polin

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge
    • University of Cambridge

  • Constant Morez

    • University of Cambridge

  • Raymond E. Goldstein

    • DAMTP, University of Cambridge
    • Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
    • University of Cambridge

  • Timothy Pedley

    • University of Cambridge

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• Collective dynamics of active suspensions in confined geometries

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:06 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Denis Bartolo

    • ESPCI-Paris Diderot University

  • Eric Lauga

    • UCSD
    • University of California, San Diego

  • Jean-Baptiste Caussin

    • ENS Lyon

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• Giant number fluctuations in self-propelled particles without alignment

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:18 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Yaouen Fily

    • Syracuse University

  • Silke Henkes

    • Syracuse University

  • M. Cristina Marchetti

    • Syracuse University and Syracuse Biomaterials Institute

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• Chemotactic Self-Organization of Bacteria in Three-Dimensions

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:30 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Yevgeniy Kalinin

    • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

  • David Gracias

    • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

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• Collective Dynamics of a Laboratory Insect Swarm

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:42 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Nicholas Ouellette

    • Dept. of Mech. Eng., Yale University

  • Douglas Kelley

    • Dept. of Mech. Eng., Yale University

  • Nidhi Khurana

    • Dept. of Mech. Eng., Yale University

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• Dimensional transitions for coupled rotational/translational diffusion in powered nanorotors

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 4:54 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Amir Nourhani

    • Chem. Eng. Dpt., Penn State Univ

  • Paul Lammert

    • Phys. Dpt., Penn State Univ

  • Ali Borhan

    • Chem. Eng. Dpt., Penn State Univ

  • Vincent Crespi

    • Penn State University
    • Phys. Dpt., Penn State Univ
    • Penn State
    • Department of Physics and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802-6300, USA
    • Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University

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• Swimming of bio-inspired micro robots in circular channels

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 5:06 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Serhat Yesilyurt

    • Sabanci University

  • Fatma Zeynep Temel

    • Sabanci University

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  Feb. 29, 2012, 5:18 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:30 PM

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• Bristle-Bots: a model system for locomotion and swarming

  POSTER

  Feb. 29, 2012, 5:30 PM – Feb. 29, 2012, 5:42 PM

  Authors

  • Luca Giomi

    • Harvard University
    • School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • Nico Hawley-Weld

    • Harvard University

  • L. Mahadevan

    • Harvard University

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