Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Computational Topographic Models

Adaptive Mechanisms of Locusts: Strategies for Survival in Variable Environment 

Locust, Aerodynamics, Jumping mechanics, Wing deformation, Tracheal system, Respiratory system, Carbon capture, Flight control

Frederic Koran, Claire Leader, Alexandra Stoilova, Alina Weng

A Mathematical Approach to Modelling Termite Mound Organization and Population Dynamics 

Termites, Mound morphogenesis, Tunneling, Food transportation, Population modelling, Stigmergy

Rosalie Beaudin, Naia Kim, Mattias Sucher, Lucy Wiggers

Made to Model: Mathematical Representation of Sea Sponges 

Modeling, Porifera growth, Biosilicification

Camille Heaney, Chris Hu, Vadim Zamaruyev

Patterns and Proliferation: The Geometry Behind Fungal Systems 

Geometrical patterns, Growth rate, Dispersal mechanisms, Symmetry breaking, Hyphal networks, Graph theory.

Edison Luke, Felix Gamper, Lea Bleibel, Vasily Ignatov

Built on Simplicity: A Mathematical Analysis of Hydrozoa and Bryozoa 

Scaling relationships, geometry, branching patterns, growth, competitive hierarchy, Hydrozoa, Bryozoa

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

A Mathematical Approach to Barnacle and Limpet Adaptations 

Barnacles, limpets, mathematical patterns, modelling, game theory, and evolutionary pressure.

 Laetitia Abdallah, Mohammad Jibran Budullah, Lucas Chan, Ralph El Hajj 

Ant Algorithms for Collective Intelligence 

Algorithms, foraging, pheromones, cooperative transport, eusocial, clustering

Jung Hao Cau, Luciana Chambilla Pastor, Fatima Janneh, Ya Lin  

The Biophysics of Volvox

Protist, algae, hydrodynamic interaction, phototaxis, embryo inversion

Robinson Libman, Meryem Louni, Ryan McGibbon, Ali Najjar

A Mathematical Analysis of Hydra

Turing pattern, regeneration, microbial symbiosis or holobiont, feedback, topology and toplogical defects

Jessica Coulson, Magnus Duffy, Ruolin Hu, Shilong Zheng

Deciphering Daphnia Dynamics: A Mathematical Odyssey into Aquatic Ecosystems

Trophic interactions or food web, parthenogenesis, game theory, movement and migration, phenotypic plasticity, predator-prey

Eva Otell, Iris Sun, Marwan Sobh, Xinying Wang, Rémi Ouellette

Quantifying Skin Patterns: Mathematical Interpretations of Camouflaging Techniques in Animals

Camouflage, Turing patterns, saliency mapping, mathematical modelling, cheetahs

Christopher Coluni, John Eric Hamilton, Olivia Lopardo, Olivier Morin