Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Tentacles

Tiny Alchemists: The Chemical Foundations of Termites’ Social and Biological Success  

Termites, Symbiosis, Caste differentiation, Pheromones, Communication, Defense mechanisms

Rosalie Beaudin, Naia Kim, Mattias Sucher, Lucy Wiggers

Navigating the Depths of Hydrozoan and Bryozoan Physical Design Solutions  

Skeletons, Locomotion, Medusoid jet propulsion, Hydrodynamics, Feeding mechanisms, Nematocytes

Aizaz Ahsan Wahla, Ocean Burland, Dante Daniel Garcia Perez, Jessica Michalski

The Physical Basis of Coral Reefs 

Maureen Awad, Evan Chow, Luke Gailloux, Rylee McKay, Adrian Yehia

How mathematics governs the nature of tentacles

Tentacles, muscles, simulations, geometry, cylinders, flagella

Yousif Al Shajlawi, Henry Bain, Charles Barakett, Julianna Bede

Speed, Sense, and Strike: The Biochemistry of Tentacles and their Chemical Interactions with the Environment

Tentacles, muscle tissue, suction, regeneration, sensing, signal propagation

Yousif Al Shajlawi, Henry Bain, Charles Barakett, Julianna Bede

An Advantageous Appendage: the Biomechanical Design of Tentacles and their Adaptation for the Aquatic Environment

Tentacles, cephalopods, limb mechanics, material properties, Tendrils, kinematics

Yousif Al Shajlawi, Henry Bain, Julianna Bede