Lorena A. Barba group


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Student guest blog post: pterosaur quad launch

...ant pterosaurs," American Society of Biomechanics Conference (2011) http://www.asbweb.org/conferences/2011/pdf/159.pdf Michael B Habib, “Comparative evidence for quadrupedal launch in pterosaurs”, Zitteliana, An international Journal of Palaeontology and Geobiology B28, 2008 David W. E. Hone, “Fossil focus: Pterosaurs”, Palaeontology Online, Volume 2, Article 9 http://www.palaeontologyonline.com/articles/2012/fossil-focus-pterosaurs/ Koo-Geun Hwan...

A successful student-led (flipped) class on avian wings

...he students to test their knowledge later with the embedded quiz.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F41qG_lfDwU   In that class, I projected photographs of different bird wings, and challenged the students to guess what type of wing it was. Discussions and questions ensued. (The photos on my slides came from the Nature Skills web page on bird wings.) Between this class and the next, I posted in Piazza a summary of the four wing types and I assigned...

Ph.inally D.one!

...ut On Air. You can view the recordings on You Tube! Anush Krishnan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGPCK-OXpU Christopher Cooper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBb7jQLy8Oo Publications Anush Krishnan "Lift and wakes of flying snakes", Anush Krishnan, John J. Socha, Pavlos V. Vlachos, L. A. Barba. Phys. Fluids, 26:031901 (2014). 10.1063/1.4866444 // Preprint arXiv:1309.2969 // figshare: body geometry // figshare: lift and drag coefficient curves /...

Student guest blog post: pterosaur wings and flight capabilities

...Biology Vol. 29, No. 4, Optimal Migration (Dec., 1998), pp. 343-369 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3677155 Than, Ker. “Giant Pterosaurs Could Fly 10,000 Miles Nonstop”, National Geographic, October 15, 2010 Habib, M. (2010), 10,100 Miles: Maximum range and soaring efficiency of azhdarchid pterosaurs. J. Paleontol., SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2010: 99A–100A. 2010. Habib, M. and Witton, M. Soaring efficiency and long distance travel in giant ptero...

Barba at the NAE FOEE Symposium

...eering Education, John H. Lienhard Seely, Bruce E., The Other Re-engineering of Engineering Education, 1900–1965, Journal of Engineering Education, July 1999, pp. 285–294. http://www.jee.org/1999/july/401.pdf The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century, National Academy of Engineering, 2004...