Course Schedule
All assignments are due at 11:59 pm on the specified date. V= Vogel, S. Vogel, S. 2013. Comparative Biomechanics: Life’s Physical World.
Week 1 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Jan 14 | Welcome and Introduction (1) | Classical Physics Wiki page; V Ch. 1 & 2, Append. 1 &2; Vogel (2007) | ||
| Thursday, Jan 16 | Moving on Land I: Walking (2) / Mini-Project I:Get Ur Gait On | Download R and Rstudio |
Week 2 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Jan 21 | Moving on Land II: Running et al. (3) | Kuo (2007) | Post to discussion
board AEM1 due |
|
| Thursday, Jan 23 | Moving on Land III:Scaling (4)
/ Mini-Project I:Get Ur Gait On |
Week 3 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Jan 28 | Levers, Linkages, and Muscles (5) | V Ch. 20 | Post to discussion
board AME1 assessment/revisions due |
|
| Wednesday, Jan 29 | MP1 report due | |||
| Thursday, Jan 30 | Coarse Materials I (6) / Mini-Project II: Beach Muscles | V pp. 286–306 |
Week 4 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Feb 4 | Coarse Materials II (7) | V Ch. 16, 17 | Post to discussion
board AEM2 due |
|
| Thursday, Feb 6 | Coarse Materials III (8) | V Ch. 18 |
Week 5 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Feb 11 | Coarse Structures (9) | V Ch. 19 | Post to discussion
board AME2 assessment/revisions due |
|
| Wednesday, Feb 12 | MP2 report due | |||
| Thursday, Feb 13 | Stretching/Bending (10) Mini-Project III: Stretch the Pig, Bend the Twig |
V pp. 425-436 |
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Week 6 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Feb 18 | Russell et al. (2019) | Post to discussion
board |
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| Thursday, Feb 20 | Adhesion (11) |
Week 7 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Feb 25 | Fluid Motions Around: An Introduction (13) | Post to discussion
board AEM3 due |
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| Thursday, Feb 27 | Fluid Motions Around: Bernoulli (14) |
Spring Break
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Mar 4 | No class | |||
| Thursday, Mar 6 | No class |
Week 8 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Mar 11 | Re: Drag (15) | Qui et al. (2014) | Post to discussion
board AME3 assessment/revisions due |
|
| Wednesday, Mar 12 | MP3 report due | |||
| Thursday, Mar 13 | Re: Shape (16) / Mini-Project IV: Birds of Feather |
Week 9 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Mar 18 | Lift for a Living I (17) | Post to discussion board | ||
| Thursday, Mar 20 | Lift for a Living II (18) |
Week 10 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Mar 25 | Fish Swimming (19) | Sfakiotakis et al, 2009 | Post to discussion
board AEM4 due |
|
| Thursday, Mar 27 | MP4 wing design |
Week 11 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Apr 1 | There Will Be Blood (21) | Post to discussion
board AME4 assessment/revisions due |
||
| Thursday, Apr 3 | \(Re\): The Tiny (22) |
Week 12 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Apr 8 | Final Project discussion/ Mini-Project V: It’s Snot Rocket Science | Post to discussion
board |
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| Thursday, Apr 10 | Final Project discussion |
Week 13 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Apr 17 | Final Project Round Table | AEM5 due | |||
| Thursday, Apr 19 | No class (Easter) | MP4 report due, Team meetings with Prof. K |
Week 14 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Apr 22 | No class (Monday Schedule) | AME5 revision due | ||
| Thursday, Apr 24 | Final Project Work | MP5 report due |
Week 15 Schedule
| Date |
Topic (Lecture) |
Reading |
Assignment |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Apr 29 | Final Project Work | |||
| Thursday, May 1 | Final Project Work |