Jake Socha

Lab Website: The Socha Lab
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Research in the Socha Lab focuses on comparative biomechanics, broadly investigating issues related to the biomechanics of flows in and around organisms.  Currently, this theme encompasses two lines of work: 1) behavior, biomechanics, and aerodynamics of gliding flight in vertebrates, particularly flying snakes; 2) physiology and biomechanics of internal convective flows involved in breathing, feeding, and circulation in insects.  This work also extends to interest in new applications of synchrotron x-ray imaging of small animals, including live imaging and high-resolution micro-CT, and bio-inspired engineering, which aims to create novel designs based on an understanding of the studied physiological mechanisms and discovered phenomena.

Biological Sciences | Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (Engineering Mechanics) | Materials Science and Engineering | School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences | College of Engineering | Biomechanics | Organismal Biomechanics | Comparative biomechanics | bio-inspired engineering | Animal Locomotion | Respiration, Circulation, and Feeding in Insects | Gliding in Animals | Synchrotron X-ray Imaging | Tomography