IMA Video Library

Introduction to locomotion at low and intermediate Reynolds numbers, Stephen Childress (New York University)

From individual to collective swimming dynamics of bacillus subtilis, Luis H. Cisneros (University of Arizona)

Subtleties in nature’s simplest form of locomotion: jet propulsion in squids and scallops, Mark Denny (Stanford University)

Idealized modeling of planar fishlike swimming for motion control, Scott David Kelly (University of North Carolina - Charlotte)

Symmetry-breaking in small-scale locomotion: Synchronization and efficiency optimization, Eric Lauga (University of California, San Diego)

Poster Sound Bites, Kenny Breuer (Brown University), Gordon Joseph Berman (Princeton University), Randy H. Ewoldt (University of Minnesota), Hermes Gadêlha (University of Oxfor), Jifeng Hu (University of Minnesota), Pieter Jan Antoon Janssen (University of Wisconsin)), Arshad Kudrolli (Clark University), Amy Lang (University of Alabama), Ronald G. Larson (University of Michigan), Enkeleida Lushi (New York University), Hassan Masoud (Georgia Institute of Technology), Hoa Nguyen (Tulane University), Clara O'Farrell (California Institute of Technology), Sarah Olson (Tulane University)

Tradeoffs between swimming and feeding: The curious case of the upside down jellyfish, Laura Ann Miller (University of North Carolina)

How flying insects keep stable, up-right, and on-course, Leif Gibbens Ristroph (Cornell University)

Introduction to insect flight, Jane Wang (Cornell University)

Algorithms for nonlinear analysis, optimization, and control of locomotion, Russ Tedrake (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Using vortices for locomotion, John O. Dabiri (California Institute of Technology)

Numerical simulations of a free squirmer in a viscoelastic fluid, Luca Brandt (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH))

Low-Reynolds-number swimming near walls and free surfaces, Darren G. Crowdy (Imperial College London)

Paramecium swimming near a wall, Sunghwan (Sunny) Jung (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Effects of ambient water flow on locomotion, Mimi Koehl (University of California, Berkeley)

Poster Sound Bites, Acmae El Yacoubi (Cornell University), Susan S. Suarez (Cornell University), Yizhar Or (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology), Neelesh A. Patankar (Northwestern University), Jifeng Peng (University of Alaska), Henry Shum (University of Oxford), Saverio Eric Spagnolie (University of California, San Diego), Wanda Strychalski (University of California, Davis), Sheng Xu (Southern Methodist University), Daniel See-Wai Tam (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Zhi (George) Lin (University of Minnesota), Jeannette Yen (Georgia Institute of Technology), Daniel Ivan Goldman (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Emergence of coherent structures and large-scale flows in biologically active suspensions, David Saintillan (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Introduction to fish locomotion, William W. Schultz (University of Michigan)

A unified framework for inviscid and viscous simulations of biolocomotion, Jeff D. Eldredge (University of California, Los Angeles)

Experimental studies to reveal the boundary layer control mechanisms of shark skin, Amy Lang (University of Alabama)

Leading-edge vortices elevate lift of autorotating plant seeds, David Lentink (Wageningen University and Research Center)

Optimal coordinate choice for locomoting systems, Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon University)

The wet-dog shake, David Hu (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Aspects of human sperm motility: Observation and theory, Eamonn Andrew Gaffney (University of Oxford)

Controllability by the shape of a low Reynolds number swimmer, Marius Tucsnak (Université de Nancy I (Henri Poincaré))

Lamprey locomotion: An integrative muscle mechanics - fluid dynamics model, Lisa J. Fauci (Tulane University)

The balance between drag and thrust in undulatory propulsion and implications on balistiform and gymnotiform locomotion, Neelesh A. Patankar (Northwestern University)

Unsolved problems in the locomotion of mammalian sperm, Susan S. Suarez (Cornell University)

Snakes crawling and worms pushing on surfaces, Michael J. Shelley (New York University)

Performance of ray fins in fish locomotion, Qiang Zhu (University of California, San Diego)

Swimming and flapping in vortex wakes, Silas Alben (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Winged aquatic locomotion for high energetic efficiency through vortex control, Frank E. Fish (West Chester University)

Experiments and models reveal principles of locomotion of the sand-swimming sandfish lizard, Daniel Ivan Goldman (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Stability of active suspensions, Christel Hohenegger (New York University)

Passive locomotion in unsteady flows, Eva Kanso (University of Southern California)

Jet propulsion without inertia, Saverio Eric Spagnolie (University of California, San Diego)