[TASC Lunch:] Zooming in on How Birds Fly

[Tian Harter]

Lunch at CAFÉ BAKLAVA MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT
341 CASTRO STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW
Tuesday August 8th at 11:45 AM

Please note the new location!

Price: $14.00 (Still the same price!)



Marc Deetjen

Zooming in on How Birds Fly

Marc Deetjen is a doctoral student in David Lentink’s Mechanical
Engineering laboratory
at Stanford University, conducting the first automated high-speed 3D
recordings of birds
flying, specifically Pacific parrotlets chosen for their coloration and
maneuverability.
Marc received his BS in Mechanical Science & Engineering at the
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign in 2014 and an MS in Mechanical Engineering at
Stanford University
in 2017.

Marc will describe the technology he designed to capture the motion of
the bird’s wings
as it flies from one perch to another, rendering 3D images at 3200
frames per second.
This allows him to note the differences between bird flight and that of
human designed
flying objects and comment on how this understanding might be applied to
improve the flight
of aerial drones. As time permits, he will also talk about the benefits
of working with
the animals used in his research.

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Tian
http://tian.greens.org