Behold! Our research projects

How worms and active filaments escape faster in tighter spaces

A centuries old farming practice informs our understanding of control theory

Cells that you can command with a flashlight

How worms and robot chains collect particles by motion alone.

How mudskippers propel themselves to hop on water

Turning a twist of the wrist into gene delivery

How insects harness tiny fans to surf turbulent streams

How terracettes are formed by energy-efficient animal movement

How flamingos stir, stomp, and chatter to bend flow and trap prey

How a human can create the biggest splash

These bugs use wax ‘tails’ to stabilize their ultrafast jumps

How can worms and robots jump when they don’t have any legs to stand on?

Unveiling the behavior and fluid dynamics one of the tiniest water striders

3D print our projects and learn about bird morphology with your kids and family

Coming Soon!

A microscope that tracks for you

Unifying fluid excretions from cicadas to elephants

Your new ‘lab-in-a-backpack’

Cells that contract in the blink of an eye, without ATP

Come do biomechanics in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest!

Active string theory reveals how worms untangle Gordian Knots in milliseconds

How blinking fish can teach us about how our own ancestors evolved from water to land!

Insects superpropel their urine to save energy!

Super tiny, super fast hexapod jumpers that inspire the design of jumping micro-robots

The stuff of science fiction. Worm as entangled active matter that inspire swarm robotics

Oh, snap! The science behind the fastest movement the human body can produce

Removing water using (ultra)sound

DNA Vaccine delivery using BBQ lighters and microneedles

Spiders that build stretchy, silk catapults!

Helping age-related hearing loss for less than one dollar