Madhusudhan Venkadesan, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale University. He studied at IIT Madras (B.Tech.) and Cornell University (M.S., Ph.D.). His research is on the mechanics and control of how animals move. Problems being pursued include locomotion in animals, the geometry of joints, the topology of shape-changing skins, and the dynamics of muscle.
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Shreyas Mandre, Ph.D.: Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He studied at IIT Bombay (B.Tech.) and the University of British Columbia (M.S., Ph.D.). His research is on the mathematics of elastic bodies and fluids. He is particularly interested in generating and mathematically testing ideas in diverse fields, including biology, solid mechanics, and fluid mechanics.
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Ali Yawar: Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale University. He received his B.Tech. from IIT Roorkee and is pursuing a Ph.D. on the biomechanics of human feet. His research involves a combination of in vivo human subject studies, and experiments on mechanical and cadaveric feet.
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Carolyn Eng, Ph.D.: Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale University. She received her B.S. from Duke University and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her research uses anatomical dissections, modeling, and experiments to explore the diverse roles that connective tissues play during locomotion.
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