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Congratulations to Alec Menzer and Yuchen Gong for getting third place and finalist at UVA's engineering research symposium!

Paper just published in Biomimetics. Fantastic work by Alec Menzer along with Haibo Dong Yuchen Gong and Frank Fish showing the hydrodynamic role of the pectoral fin in manta ray swimming. The manuscript can be found here: mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/2/…

Congrats to UVA MAE Ph.D. student Alec Menzer, et al, on their latest publication in the Journal of Biomemetics! The team is working on a new generation of manta-inspired robots that can mimic the high speed and efficiency of their biological counterpart. mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/2/…

Congratulations to Yu and Jackson for winning research awards at the MAE department banquet!

Last week, three fourth-year BME students who were under my instruction over the past year, gave a nice presentation about the blood flow analysis of pelvic and abdominal veins at the department's annual Capstone Symposium. They did a great job! May they all have a bright future.

Congratulations to Alec Menzer for publishing his paper titled "Wing Kinematics and Unsteady Aerodynamics of a Hummingbird Pure Yawing Maneuver" in Biomimetics, along with Yan Ren, Jiacheng Guo, Brett Tobalske, and Haibo Dong.

Computational modeling reveals the mechanism by which an undulating, flying snake can achieve lift and glide hundreds of feet aippub.org/3FpdPli

The UVA Flow Simulation Research Group is looking for a self-motivated postdoc with an aptitude for conducting cutting-edge research using computational analysis of bio-inspired locomotion for the application of underwater robotic systems. More at.virginia.edu/r1d0XF

Congrats to our UVERS winners! 2nd place for podium session = Jiacheng Guo (left) for "Hydrodynamics of Dolphin in Forward Propulsion" & 3rd place for poster session = John Kelly (right) for "Hydrodynamic Benefits of Fish Swimming in Large Schools." UVA GESC UVA Engineering