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Meeting Abstracts

Bugs and robots: Investigate the external reaction from clicking mechanics using dynamic simulation

2024

Zhang, L., Mathur, T., Wissa, A., & Alleyne, M.

Forces of nature: Flying fish taxi and takeoff mechanics

2024

Saro-Cortes, V., Flammang, B., & Wissa, A.

A click beetle inspired robotic model organism: Exploring the physics of line of action and spring design

2024

Mathur, T., Zhang, L., Khan, S., Gibson, J., Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

A dance of feathers: The fluid dynamics of feather-inspired flow control devices

2024

Sedky, G., & Wissa, A.

Towards insect-scale multi-modal robots: The gliding aerodynamics and wing deployment kinematics of Schistocerca americana grasshoppers

2024

Lee, K., & Wissa, A.

Hawk and roll: Aerodynamics of Harris's hawk-inspired wingtips in and out of ground effect

2024

Wiswell, H., Sedky, G., & Wissa, A.

Effect of actuator stroke and dynamics on the bioinspired locomotion of a single and multi-robot system

2024

Earnhardt, A., & Wissa, A.

Go with the flow: Developing a scaffold to examine the energy flow within click beetles

2024

Mathur, T., Zhang, L., Gibson, J., Bolmin, O., Socha, J., Alleyne, M., Wilmsen, S., Fezza, K., & Wissa, A.

Coverts-inspired flow control devices: 2D vs 3D. Direct in-Person Colloquium on Vortex Dominated Flows

2024

Othman, A., Sedky, G., & Wissa, A.

The role of the pelvic fin in flying fish: An experimental study on a bioinspired flying fish

2023

Saro-Cortes, V., Flammang, B., & Wissa, A.

Experimental study on covert-inspired flow control using time-resolved flowfield measurements

2023

Sedky, G., Othman, A., & Wissa, A.

Flow physics of bioinspired wingtips for drag reduction

2023

Wiswell, H., Sedky, G., & Wissa, A.

Insect-inspired locomotion: A tale of two projects

2023

Wissa, A. A.

Latching, loading, and release in click beetles under different mechanical constraints

2023

Mathur, T., Zhang, L., Alleyne, M., Socha, J., Wilmensen, W., Fezzaa, K., Clark, S., & Wissa, A.

Experimental study of the effect of caudal fin stiffness on taxi locomotion of a robotic flying fish model

2023

Saro-Cortes, V., Cui, Y., Yanez, J., Flammang, B., & Wissa, A.

Covert-inspired flaps as flight control surfaces for BWB aircrafts

2023

Zekry, D., & Wissa, A.

Flow physics of bioinspired passive multi-flap wings with variable stiffness

2023

Sedky, G., Othman, A., & Wissa, A.

An insect-inspired glider based on morphological and aerodynamic characterizations of grasshoppers

2023

Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

Feather-inspired high-lift flow control device for stall mitigation

2023

Othman, A., Sedky, G., & Wissa, A.

Feather-inspired flow control devices: 2D vs 3D comparison

2023

Othman, A., Sedky, G., & Wissa, A.

Coverts as yaw and roll bioinspired control devices for tailless UAVs

2022

Zekry, D., & Wissa, A.

Rapid design cycles of insect scale jumping robot phenotypes

2022

Wang, Y., Wang, Q., Liu, M., Qin, Y., Cheng, L., Bolmin, O., Alleyne, M., Wissa, A., Baughman, R., Vella, D., & Tawfick, S.

Free flight experiment and design of a deployable wing mechanism of an insect-inspired glider based on morphological and aerodynamic characterization of Dissosteira carolina grasshoppers

2022

Lee, K., Fauziyah, S., Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

Design, fabrication, and evaluation of a flying fish inspired robotic model organism

2022

Saro-Cortes, V., & Wissa, A.

Mobility power flow: How click beetles transmit and dissipate mechanical power

2021

Bolmin, O., Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

How does morphology affect jumping kinematics of click beetles?

2020

Bolmin, O., Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

Aerodynamic characterization of a leading-edge alula-inspired device

2020

Wissa, A. A.

Towards Mission Adaptability of Small UAVs: A Leading-Edge Alula-Inspired Device (LEAD)

2020

Zekry, D., Cheng, S., Chamorro, L., & Wissa, A.

Towards mission adaptability of small UAVs: A leading-edge alula-inspired device (LEAD)

2020

Zekry, D., Cheng, S., Chamorro, L., & Wissa, A.

Study of multiple covert-inspired lift-enhancing flaps

2020

Duan, C., & Wissa, A

Classroom robophysics: Methods for teaching bioinspired design

2019

Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

JUMP: Experiment-enabled modeling of click beetle jumps for robotic applications

2019

Bolmin, O., Wei, L., Socha, J., Alleyne, M., Dunn, A., & Wissa, A.

Autonomous path following for a soft compliant origami crawling robot

2019

Angatkina, O., Singh, S., Wissa, A., & Alleyne, A.

Handy design tools to help you survive the antlion pit competition

2019

Alleyne, M., & Wissa, A.

Latch and release: How hinge morphology and mechanics enable the explosive click of Coleoptera Elateridae

2019

Bolmin, O., Wei, L., Hazel, A., Alleyne, M., Dunn, A., & Wissa, A.

Avian-inspired devices for improved mission adaptability in unmanned aerial vehicles

2019

Wissa, A., Duan, C., & Ito, M.

Kinematics and dynamics of the energy release stage of click beetles: Power amplified mechanism

2019

Bolmin, O., Alleyne, A., & Wissa, A.

Towards mission adaptability of small UAVs: A deployment mechanism for an adaptive leading-edge alula inspired device

2019

Ito, M., & Wissa, A.

Design optimization of a nonlinear hinge for an adaptive feather-inspired flap

2019

Duan, C., & Wissa, A.

The click beetle latch mechanism: An in-vivo study using synchrotron x-rays

2019

Bolmin, O., Socha, J. J., Alleyne, M., Dunn, A. C., & Wissa, A. A.

Studying the click-beetle self-righting jump mechanics and dynamics as a design guide for a bio-inspired innovative robot

2017

Bolmin, O., Hazel, A. M., Urrutia, L., Garrett, A. P., Malik, I. G., Abdulla, A. M., Duan, C., Chapa, R. M., Dunn, A. C., & Wissa, A.

Aerodynamic effects of bio-inspired nonplanar wingtip geometries at low Reynolds number

2016

Lynch, M., Mandadzhiev, B., & Wissa, A.

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