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2010 GRAD AND PROFESSOR TO HAVE PAPER PUBLISHED |
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May 17, 2010
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Grove City College graduate T. Vernon Baker ’10 of Perkasie, Pa., and Dr. Erik Anderson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, will have a paper published in the peer reviewed academic journal, “Integrative and Comparative Biology.” The journal is one of the most highly respected and cited journals in the field of biology.
The paper focuses on new discoveries made by Baker in the field of biofluid dynamics and intends to transform the way scientists studying biofluid dynamics look at propulsion by undulating surfaces and flexible surfaces, such as the fins of fish. Baker was able to identify a new fluid effect in propulsion by flapping flexible sheets.
Baker, a mechanical engineering graduate, has been conducting research at Harvard University for the past two summers with Anderson. Baker’s research was supported by the Swezey Student Research Fellowship that Anderson was granted by Grove City College. Harvard University has also extended a monetary offer for Baker to pursue his research further this summer.
As an undergraduate, Baker’s research has made a significant contribution to the biofluid dynamics field. Earlier in 2010, Baker presented the results of his findings to The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle, Wash. Baker’s project was titled “Locomotion by flexible foils: effect of length and stiffness on performance.”
The duo’s paper, “Disentangling the functional roles of morphology and motion in the swimming of fish,” is also co-written by Eric D. Tytell, Iman Borazjani, Fotis Sotiropoulos and George V. Lauder.
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