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Integrating cellular mechanobiology and biomechanics and the emergence of primary cilia as mechanosensors
November 13, 2014
Christopher R. Jacobs Columbia University
The effect of stable thermal stratification on turbulent boundary layer statistics and structure
November 8, 2014
Owen Williams, PhD Gas Dynamics Laboratory Princeton University
Bio-inspired flow sensing, control, and acuation for autonomous underwater vehicles
November 7, 2014
Dr. Derek A. Paley Willis H. Young Jr. Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering Education UMD