Les Houches School of Physics (France), 11-15 September 2023

Program

Monday, September 11, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:30 - 08:45 Opening  
08:45 - 10:10 Aerodynamics/Flying - Chair: Eva Kanso (+)  
08:45 - 09:05 › Lessons from animal flight: aerodynamic models, mechanisms, and flight performance - Anders Hedenström, Department of Biology, Lund Univeristy  
09:05 - 09:25 › Flight mechanics of small insects with bristled wings: current status - Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology  
09:25 - 09:40 › Feather-inspired Distributed Flow Control - Aimy Wissa, Princeton University  
09:40 - 09:55 › Non-proportional damping generates traveling waves and improves propulsive efficiency in flexible, flapping wings - Mark Jankauski, Montana State University  
09:55 - 10:10 › Kinematics Vortex dynamics of flapping foils - Juan D'Adamo, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires  
10:10 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:25 Energetics of swimming and flying - Chair: Ramiro Godoy-Diana (+)  
11:00 - 11:20 › The Balancing Act: Investigating the Energetics and Biomechanics of Hovering in Fishes - Valentina Di Santo, Stockholm University  
11:20 - 11:40 › The energetic cost of bird flight in groups - Tyson Hedrick, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  
11:40 - 11:55 › Exploring the Evolution and Function of Caudal Fins in Early Vertebrate Locomotion: Insights from Metaspriggina walcotti - David Emory Rival, Queen's University  
11:55 - 12:10 › Standing on water surface : some aspects of postural stability on water surface - Johann Hérault, IMT Atlantique, Robotique Et Vivant  
12:10 - 12:25 › Energetics and cohesion of Phalanx and Inline formations of flapping swimmers - Eva Kanso, USC Viterbi School of Engineering  
12:30 - 15:00 Lunch  
15:00 - 16:25 Hydrodynamics/swimming - Chair: Aurélie Dupont (+)  
15:00 - 15:20 › To swim fast or to go far, answers from 1-guilla, a bioinspired robot - Karen Mulleners, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)  
15:20 - 15:40 › Investigation on the swimming pattern of a soft robot by an integrated numerical approach with fluid-structure-motion interaction - Gen Li, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology  
15:40 - 15:55 › Transitioning from tail-first to head-first swimming - Karthick Dhileep, University of New South Wales [Canberra Campus] - Qiuxiang Huang, University of New South Wales [Canberra Campus] - John Young, University of New South Wales [Canberra Campus] - Joseph Lai, University of New South Wales [Canberra Campus] - Fangbao Tian, University of New South Wales [Canberra Campus] - Sridhar Ravi, University of New South Wales [Canberra Campus]  
16:10 - 16:25 › Thickness tapering drastically enhances hydrodynamic performance of elastic fins - Alexander Alexeev, Georgia Institute of Technology  
19:30 - 21:00 Dinner  

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:45 - 10:10 Hydrodynamics/swimming - Chair: Valentina Di Santo (+)  
08:45 - 09:05 › Optimum control strategies for maximum thrust production in underwater undulatory swimming - Mederic Argentina, INPHYNI, Université Côte d'Azur.  
09:05 - 09:25 › A fundamental propulsive mechanism employed by swimmers and flyers throughout the animal kingdom - John Costello, Providence College  
09:25 - 09:40 › The kinematics, forces and robotics of sea lion locomotion - Megan Leftwich, The George Washington University  
09:40 - 09:55 › The transient behavior of a fast-starting robotic fish - Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst  
09:55 - 09:10 › Vortex ring generation through bio-inspired orifices - Sarah Morris, Montana State University  
10:10 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:25 Aerodynamics/Flying - Chair: Richard Bomphrey (+)  
11:00 - 11:20 › Unsteady Aerodynamics in High-Frequency Flapping Wings of Insects and Robots - Florian Muijres, Experimental Zoology Group, Wageningen University & Research Center – the Netherlands  
11:20 - 11:40 › Understanding housefly flight with broken wings: a numerical perspective - Thomas Engels, CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université - Henja-Niniane Wehmann, University of Braunschweig  
11:40 - 11:55 › Three-dimensional elastic deformation and aerodynamic performance in insect-inspired flapping wings - Carlos García Baena, Universidad de Jaén  
11:55 - 12:10 › High-performance bat flight simulations using parametric kinematic and material models - Gabriel Weymouth, TU Delft, Mechanical Engineering  
12:10 - 12:25 › The exceptional performance of swifts in flight - Marie Farge, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)  
12:30 - 15:30 Lunch  
15:30 - 16:05 Aerodynamics/Flying - ... and Movements of the Genome! Chair: Feng Ling (+)  
15:30 - 15:50 › Self-organized flight formations disrupted by self-amplifying waves - Leif Ristroph, New York University, Courant Institute, Applied Math Lab  
15:50 - 16:05 › Movements of the genome in the cell nucleus - Alexandra Zidovska, New York Unversity  
16:05 - 18:00 Poster Session - Flash Talks 2min+1min. Chair: Gatien Polly (+)  
16:05 - 16:08 › A 3D hydrodynamic toy model for fish locomotion - Bruno Ventéjou, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique [Saint Martin d'Hères]  
16:08 - 16:11 › A light-fueled torus swimmer in Stokes regime - Zixuan Deng, Tampere University  
16:11 - 16:14 › Design and optimisation of a vibrating wing insect-size air vehicle - Marguerite de La Bigne, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Physiques et Numériques, Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN) - UMR 8520  
16:14 - 16:17 › Dynamics, stability, and control of inline swimming - Rose Gebhardt, University of Maryland, College Park  
16:17 - 16:20 › Efficiency of intermittent locomotion - Tristan Aurégan, Physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogenes (UMR 7636)  
16:23 - 16:26 › Experimental studies suggest differences in thorax stiffness distribution between insects with synchronous and asynchronous indirect flight muscles - Cailin Casey, Montana State University  
16:26 - 16:29 › Fluid-structure interaction in bat-inspired flexible membrane wing: Insights from computational models - Rajat Mittal, Johns Hopkins University  
16:29 - 16:32 › How shrimp minimize drag during metachronal swimming by bending and coalescing their pleopods: a bio-inspired approach - Nils Tack, Brown University, School of Engineering  
19:30 - 21:00 Conference Dinner  

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:45 - 10:15 Interactions and collective behaviour - Chair: Margaret Byron (+)  
08:45 - 09:05 › The sensory basis of fish schooling - Matthew McHenry, University of California [Irvine]  
09:05 - 09:25 › Collective motion of fish in challenging environments, the emergency evacuation test - Aurélie Dupont, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de physique  
09:25 - 09:45 › Measuring and modeling social interactions in fish schools and applications: AI, robot-fish, virtual reality for fish, drones - Clément Sire, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique  
09:45 - 10:00 › Exploring the Hydrodynamics of Coordinated Swimming in Fish via Computational Models - Rajat Mittal, Johns Hopkins University  
10:00 - 10:15 › Confinement-driven state transition and bistability in schooling fish - Baptiste Lafoux, Physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogenes (UMR 7636)  
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:40 Experimental methods - Chair: Karen Mulleners (+)  
11:00 - 11:20 › DeepPIV and EyeRIS: Novel in situ imaging systems that enable time-resolved visualizations of particles and animals in the deep sea - Kakani Katija, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute  
11:20 - 11:40 › Insect aerodynamics at high frequencies - Richard Bomphrey, Royal Veterinary College  
12:30 - 15:00 Lunch  
15:00 - 16:30 Sensing and sensory-motor systems - Chair: Matt McHenry (+)  
15:00 - 15:20 › Insect antennal multiscale architecture and active movement for enhanced olfaction - Jerome Casas, Institut de recherche sur la biologie de línsecte  
15:20 - 15:40 › Planktonic navigation - Christophe Eloy, Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre, École Centrale de Marseille  
15:40 - 16:00 › Preliminary insights into the neural control of swimming in a model jellyfish - Brady Weissbourd, MIT  
16:00 - 16:15 › Modeling multiple pacemaker control in jellyfish locomotion - Alexander Hoover, Cleveland State University  
16:15 - 16:30 › From swimmers to the lung: Understanding the link between cilia ultrastructure and ciliary beat patterns - Feng Ling, Helmholtz Munich, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) - Janna Nawroth, Helmholtz Munich, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)  
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break  
19:30 - 21:00 Dinner  

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:45 - 15:30 Hike / Free time / Lunch boxes to be picked up after breakfast  
15:30 - 15:50 Interactions and collective behaviour - Chair: Gen Li (+)  
15:30 - 15:50 › Schooling of Artificial Swimmers - Petros Koumoutsakos, Harvard University  
15:50 - 18:00 Poster Session - Chair: Marguerite De La Bigne (+)  
15:50 - 15:53 › Hydrodynamic performance of the propulsive fan of a semi aquatic insect: functional morphology of a locomotory innovation - Thomas Steinmann, IRBI  
15:53 - 15:56 › Interaction between water waves and a submerged membrane - Gatien Polly, Physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogenes (UMR 7636)  
15:56 - 15:59 › Investigating pumping performance at intermediate Reynolds numbers with ctenophore-inspired magnetically actuated elastomers - David Peterman, Pennsylvania State University  
15:59 - 16:02 › Light-Driven Dandelion-Inspired Polymer‐Assembly Glides in the Air - Jianfeng Yang, Tampere University  
16:02 - 16:05 › Odonata flight: Mechanical study of the wings - Camille Aracheloff, Physique et mécanique des milieux hétérogenes (UMR 7636), Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité  
16:05 - 16:08 › Expelling mechanism of dragonfly larvae - Jena Shields, Cornell University [New York]  
16:08 - 16:11 › Studying auditory-induced escape manoeuvres and flight activity of pest moths to improve bat-inspired drones hunting moths in greenhouses. - Dayo Jansen, Department of Animal Sciences [Wageningen] - Florian Muijres, Department of Animal Sciences [Wageningen]  
16:11 - 16:14 › New snake-like robot to explore the stability and instability of slender swimmers at the water's surface - Max Roccuzzo, Robotique Et Vivant  
19:30 - 21:00 Dinner  

Friday, September 15, 2023

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 10:20 Locomotion and flow at interfaces - Chair: Jérôme Casas (+)  
09:00 - 09:20 › How a bat drinks on the wing - Sunghwan Jung, Cornell University  
09:20 - 09:35 › Aquatic-aerial locomotion of freshwater insects - Margaret Byron, Pennsylvania State University  
09:35 - 09:50 › Constrains Over Whirligig Beetle Body Size Due to Water-Air Interface Physics - Ludovic Jami, Institut de Physique de Nice  
09:50 - 10:05 › Flying fish: swimming, gliding, and aerial-aquatic transitions - Brooke Flammang, New Jersey Institute of Technology  
10:05 - 10:20 › How Olympic Divers Manipulate the Air Cavity during Entry - Elizabeth Gregorio, The George Washington University  
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee break  
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch  
  
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