Mechanisms and principles of extreme energy flow in organismal and synthetic movement
Abstract
This workshop disseminates the MURI team research effort and associated recent Science paper to the broader scientific and engineering communities. The world of extremely small, high acceleration systems that can be used repeatedly and repeatably remains iconic in biology and out of reach in synthetic systems. Through the MURI team effort, we have established a broad conceptual, mathematical, and experimental framework that will enable a community-wide, multidisciplinary effort to measure, characterize and synthesize these systems in a coherent and forward-looking way. In order to do this, we must engage the community to train, discuss, and plan this effort. This workshop brings together multidisciplinary researchers to learn about the conceptual framework and establish a general plan to push forward a visionary and coherent approach to studying these systems. The workshop is held on the day preceding the largest comparative biomechanics conference (Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology) that already attracts a large number of interdisciplinary researchers. It will also tie in directly to a scheduled symposium that addresses power amplification in a range of biological systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 18, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1810423
Entities
People
- Sheila Patek
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Duke University
- United States Army