Principal Investigator DAVID L. HU Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology Location: Love 007 Phone: 404.894.0573 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2001) Ph.D. Mathematics, MIT (2005) Post-doc. Courant Institute, NY (2008) Recent CV Directs the laboratory and is corresponding author for all publications. |
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Graduate Students | |
Nathan Mlot a graduate student involved in experimental studies of the swarming behavior of ants. Particular attention has been paid to structures such as rafts and towers built by ants and their unique properties. |
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Hamidreza Marvi a graduate student involved in combined experimental and theoretical studies of snake locomotion. His work focuses on the effect of belly scale texture and orientation on the snake's ability to climb vertical surfaces. |
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Andrew Dickerson a graduate student involved in experimental studies of mosquito coping mechanisms to rain, fog and dew |
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Guillermo Amador a graduate student involved in experimental studies of spore ejection by plants. |
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Patricia Yang a graduate student involved in experimental studies of dew harvesting by plants |
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Administrator
Dana Foster (Love 105, Ph: 404.385.7059) |
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Jerry
a 2-year old red toy poodle bred from champions. He made his first international appearance on Good Morning America in 2010. |
Undergraduate researchers
Tim Nowack
lab photographer
K-12 (elementary - high school) researcher