Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


Category: Computation and Mathematical Modeling

Tiny but Mighty: The Incredible Physics of Bees 

Bee, Flight, Dance, Navigation, Electroreception, Thermoregulation, Defence

Tzu-Yu Hung, Alysha Kutuzyan, Katarina Simanic, Steven Yang

The Mechanics of Worker Ants 

Ants, Biomechanics, Aggregation

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

The Mathematical Organisation of Social Wasps 

Nest structure, Population dynamics, Resource optimization, Game theory, Dominance, Reproduction

Eliot Azar, Andrew Habelrih, Malak Zakaria

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

The Mathematics Behind Coral Reef Structure, Growth, and Survival 

Coral population dynamics, Bilateral symmetry, Biradial symmetry, Symmetry, Reaction-diffusion models, Paleozoic corals, Fractal geometry, Hyperbolic geometry, Conservation

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

Slime Mold: A True Biological Computer 

Network optimization, CELL models, Slime Mold Algorithm, Cognition, Game theory, Pattern formation, Reaction-Diffusion theory, Keller-Segel Model, Biomaterial

Audrey Pepin, Ethan Levene, Olivia Cozariuc, Tamir Kegeles

Strategic Salps: Mathematical Logic Behind Salp Survival 

Salps; Game Theory; Diel Vertical Migration; Salp Swarm Algorithm; Optimization

Steven Lin, Stephanie Roy, Daniel Tang, Canyu Wu, Mollee Ye

Euler Who? The Original Optimizers: Heterocephalus glaber and Their Algorithmic Society 

Naked mole rat, Graph theory, Optimization, Eusocial, Mating, Algorithm

Clayton Dame, David Bensemana, Lana Habhab

From Feathers to Formations: A Mathematical Analysis of Starling Murmurations 

Networks, Scale-Free Topologies, Murmurations, Geometry of Avian Physiology, Egg Geometry

Maeve Ding, Matt Levasseur, Nicole Shen, Rachael Zhang

Exploring Locust Behavior: Flight Optimization, Population Dynamics, and Energy Efficiency 

Locust, Logarithmic spiral, Flight modelling, Metabolic rate, Oxidative stress

Frederic Koran, Claire Leader, Alexandra Stoilova, Alina Weng

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