Bioengineering Hyperbook

Department of Bioengineering


A Comparison of Keratin Use in Pangolin, Reptile, and Bird Scales

Keratin, Pangolin, Reptile, Bird, Scales, Integumentary System, Feather

Eve Barrette-Vanasse, Anne-Frederic Laurin, Rus Trana, Jun Xiao

Hormonal Control of Molting

Molting, hormones, feathers, exoskeletons, biochemistry

Sidrah Alousi-Jones, Le Chen, Léanne Gauthier, Haley Janvrin

Applications of Newtonian Mechanics in the Animal Molting Process

Molting, Newtonian Mechanics, Friction, Gliding, Stiffness and Mechanical Properties, Biomechanics

Sidrah Alousi-Jones, Le Chen, Léanne Gauthier, Haley Janvrin

Animal Communication: A Physical Review

Structural Coloration, Photonics, Echolocation, Electrocommunication, Nanostructures, Signaling

Adam Khan, Janique Mayrand, Olivia Ouellet, Angela Wang