April 21, 2020: Our latest work, published in Physics of Fluids, investigates the effect of pulsatile flow on recirculation downstream of an idealized stenosis model. By tracking individual fluid parcels and measuring their path-dependent Particle Residence Time (PRT), it is revealed that increasing the frequency and amplitude of pulsation each promotes mixing and result in significantly increased PRT.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144388
January 7, 2020: In our most recent paper, published in a Special Issue of Measurement Science and Technology, we present a new Lagrangian particle tracking method using ultrasound imaging.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ab6761
December 18, 2019: Our work on the stages of vortex decay has been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.974
December 10, 2019: Our new paper in the Journal of Fluids and Structure characterizes the limits of added-mass theory.
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/436274/
December 3, 2019: Our latest work on LEV stability proposes a novel solution for gust resistance through the design of a samara-inspired rotor. See our new paper in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ab5549
December 2, 2019: Our latest work on accelerating bodies reveals how edge undulation can increase thrust through enhanced mixing. See our new paper in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.908
November 20, 2019: Dr. Andrea Sciacchitano (Delft University of Technology) will present next Tuesday, November 26, as part of the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
https://me.queensu.ca/images/Andrea%20Lecture%20Poster.pdf
October 25, 2019: Our work was featured on CBC’s The Nature of Things! We looked at the movement of Metaspriggina, a Cambrian swimmer and our earliest-known ancestor.
Link to video clip (excerpt) | Link to full video (Canada only) | Link to learn more about the film
May 13, 2019: We have characterized the response of low-inertia rotors to gusts. See our new paper in the Journal of Fluids and Structures.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889974618307898?dgcid=author
April 10, 2019: A novel approach to quantify particle residence time using Lagrangian data has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00348-019-2718-1
October 24, 2018: A new model to describe leading-edge vortices with spanwise flow has been published in the AIAA Journal.
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.J057030
August 28, 2018: Dr. Christian Kaehler, from the Bundeswehr University Munich, presents next Thursday (September 6) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
https://me.queensu.ca/News/2018/Christian%20Kahler.pdf
August 1, 2018: Our study describing the modeling of transverse gusts has been published in the AIAA Journal.
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.J056961
July 22, 2018: Our conference on Bio-Propulsion of Adaptive Systems kicks off today at QUBS!
https://biopropulsion.ca/?page_id=54
July 20, 2018: Our research on the decay of turbulence in dense suspensions has now been published in Physics of Fluids.
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5031767
June 18, 2018: Dr. Serhiy Yarusevych, from the University of Waterloo, presents this Wednesday (June 20) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/News/2018/06/distinguished-speaker-series-Yarusevych.html
June 7, 2018: Our work uncovering the swimming behaviour of Anomalocaris 500MYA has been published in Integrative and Comparative Biology.
https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icb/icy014/4985728
April 11, 2018: Our research on bio-inspired, slotted delta wings has been published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/aaafbd
March 28, 2018: Learn more about the lab’s collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, specifically cardiology and cardiac surgery.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5m7ruYfSBI?rel=
March 15, 2018: Our research on estimating fluid forces using Lagrangian data has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00348-018-2515-2
January 10, 2018: Dr. Stephane Moreau, from the University of Sherbrooke, presents next Friday (January 19) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/News/2018/01/Stephane%20Moreau%20Seminar.pdf
January 5, 2018: Our latest insight into entrainment from a Lagrangian perspective has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00348-017-2465-0
December 4, 2017: Our research on the turbulence decay of shear-thinning fluids has been published in Physics of Fluids.
http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5012900
November 27, 2017: Dr. Sean Peterson, from the University of Waterloo, presents next Friday (December 8) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/News/Sean%20Peterson%20Seminar.pdf
September 18, 2017: Our work on the estimation of spatial gradients in unstructured Lagrangian data has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00348-017-2427-6
September 6, 2017: Our research exploring spanwise flexibilty has been published in the Journal of Fluids and Structures.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2017.08.006
July 18, 2017: Our research exploring rapid area change for perching flight on three-dimensional planforms has been published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/aa6f47
July 3, 2017: Dr. Josephine Galipon, from Keio University, presents next Monday (July 10) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/News/2017/07/Seminar_Galipon_Distinguished%20Speaker%20Series%202017.pdf
April 3, 2017: Our Lagrangian pressure extraction technique has been tested against other approaches developed by our European colleagues, and has been published in Experiments of Fluids.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00348-017-2324-z
March 14, 2017: Our research exploring the vortex formation on accelerating spheres has been published in Physics of Fluids.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4977730
March 3, 2017: A review article on load estimations from velocity fields has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00348-017-2304-3
February 15, 2017: Our lab is featured on the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet show. Here is a clip from the show:
February 11, 2017: Our research comparing flapping flight to unsteady rotors has been published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/aa594b/pdf
January 12, 2017: Our research on entrainment in accelerating flows has been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.716
December 16, 2016: Dr. Melissa Green, from Syracuse University, presents this Tuesday (December 20) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/Seminar_Melissa_Green_122016.pdf
November 15, 2016: Dr. Grant Ingram, from Durham University, presents this Friday (November 18) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/Seminar_Ingram_18112016.pdf
October 5, 2016: Dr. John Cater, from the University of Auckland, presents on October 21st at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://my.me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/Seminar_Cater_211016.pdf
July 15, 2016: Our research on the Reynolds-number scaling of vortex rings on circular plates has been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.396
June 6, 2016: Our research on experimental pressure extraction using a Lagrangian framework has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00348-016-2170-4
May 4, 2016: Dr. Aleksandar Jemcov, from the University of Notre Dame, presents on May 27th at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/Jemcov%20seminar%20May27.pdf
March 6, 2016: Dr. Jean-Pierre Hickey, from the University of Waterloo, presents this Friday (March 11th) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/Seminar_Hickey_110316.pdf
February 9, 2016: Dr. Robert Martinuzzi, from the University of Calgary, presents at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/DSS%20Martinuzzi%20Feb9.pdf
January 21, 2016: Our research on vortex evolution behind accelerating bodies has been published in Physics of Fluids.
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pof2/28/1/10.1063/1.4938744
December 4, 2015: Dr. Ken Visser, from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, presents this Friday (December 11th) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/seminar_Visser%2012-11-15.pdf
November 9, 2015: Dr. Nabiha Chaumeix, from CNRS-ICARE in Orleans, France, presents this Thursday (November 12th) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://me.queensu.ca/Research/Distinguished_Speakers/files/seminar_Chaumeix%2011-12-15.pdf
October 26, 2015: Our research on the characterization of live, perching chickadees has been published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/10/6/066004/pdf
September 28, 2015: Dr. Jochen Kriegseis, from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, presents this Friday (October 2nd) at the Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series.
http://me.queensu.ca/files/Kriegseis%20seminar%2010-02-15.pdf
September 24, 2015: Our research on Lagrangian coherent structure identification using Voronoi tesselations has been published in Experiments in Fluids.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00348-015-2061-0
August 25, 2015: Professor James Wallace, from the University of Maryland (College Park), presents this Friday (28th) at the first Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series of the season.
http://me.queensu.ca/News/2015/Images/Wallace%20seminar%20August%2028th1.pdf
July 12, 2015: Our research on maple-seed aerodynamics has now been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.279
May 12, 2015: Highlights of our work predicting wind ramps in complex terrain.
http://www.aip.org/publishing/journal-highlights/shifting-winds-early-warning-reduced-energy
May 8th, 2015: The new OTTER lab is unveiled to the public.
https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/mc_administrator/stories/reverse-engineering-nature
http://www.ckwstv.com/2015/05/08/queens-unveils-new-otter-lab/
http://www.station14.ca/video.html?id=2261
http://www.thewhig.com/2015/05/10/tool-will-help-research-take-flight