Eva A. Kanso

This study shows sea stars adjust tube foot adhesion time based on body load and orientation to adapt locomotion without a central nervous system.

The paper identifies two simple strategies for hydrodynamic trail tracking using flow sensing, applicable to both vortical and turbulent flows.

The paper compares mucociliary clearance in human and rat airways, finding species-specific structural differences that affect clearance effectiveness and identifying limitations of lab-grown cultures.

The paper compares feeding rates of motile and sessile ciliates, finding they are hydrodynamically equivalent in nutrient transport efficiency.

The paper models the mechanics of hydrostatic skeletons to show how variable gearing affects mechanical advantage and displacement advantage in natural and engineered systems.

The paper investigates how spatial arrangements in groups of flow-coupled swimmers affect energetic costs, finding equal energy distribution in side-by-side formations and energetic savings for trailing swimmers in inline formations up to a limit.