{"663300":{"#nid":"663300","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Kelimar Diaz Cruz","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDoctor of Philosophy in Quantitative Biosciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ein the School of Physics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EKelimar Diaz Cruz\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDefends her thesis:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENon-inertial undulatory locomotion across scales \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWednesday, November 30, 2022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E3:00pm Eastern\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKrone Engineered Biosciences Building, Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta Seminar Room \u0026ndash; \u003Cstrong\u003EEBB 1005\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96586214860?pwd=citTSHVZRXlVTFliV3ZRT21YZllrUT09\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96586214860?pwd=citTSHVZRXlVTFliV3ZRT21YZllrUT09\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeeting ID: 965 8621 4860\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPasscode: 113022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThesis Advisor:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Daniel I. Goldman\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Joseph R. Mendelson III\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Simon Sponberg\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Hang Lu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. David Hu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLocomotion is crucial to behaviors such as predator avoidance, foraging, and mating. In particular, undulatory locomotion is one of the most common forms of locomotion. From microscopic flagellates to swimming fish and slithering snakes, this form of locomotion is a remarkably robust self-propulsion strategy that allows a diversity of organisms to navigate a myriad of environments. While often thought of as exclusive to limbless organisms, a variety of locomotors possessing few to many appendages rely on waves of undulation for locomotion. In inertial regimes, organisms can leverage the forces generated by their body and the surrounding medium\u0026#39;s inertia to enhance their locomotion (e.g., coast or glide). On the other hand, in non-inertial regimes self-propulsion is dominated by damping (viscous or frictional), and thus the ability for organisms to generate motion is dependent on the sequence of internal shape changes. In this thesis, we study a variety of undulating systems that locomote in highly damped regimes. We perform studies on systems ranging from zero to many appendages. Specifically, we focus on four distinct undulatory systems: 1) \u003Cem\u003ECae. elegans\u003C\/em\u003E, 2) quadriflagellate algae (bearing four flagella), 3) centipedes on terrestrial environments, and 4) centipedes on fluid environments. For each of these systems, we study how the coordination of their many degrees of freedom leads to specific locomotive behaviors. Further, we propose hypotheses for the observed behaviors in the context of each of these system\u0026#39;s ecology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Non-inertial undulatory locomotion across scales "}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2022-11-17 21:56:01","changed_gmt":"2022-11-17 21:56:01","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-11-30T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2022-11-30T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-11-30T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-11-30 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-11-30 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-11-30 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}