Vivian Inertia work is coming along! Now that I actually understand how you deal with inertial tensors.
Vivian Writing matlab functions for automated regression analysis. Ever feel like you're re-inventing the wheel? And that you might have accidentally made a square one?
Vivian Currently remodeling/tweaking volume-based CoM estimates for a lot of bird-line dinosaurs, based on discussions with Dr Karl T Bates. Aim is to get both whole-body and (more usefully) segment-by-segment CoM and inertial tensors in an evolutionary c... more
Vivian Writing matlab functions for automated regression analysis. Ever feel like you're re-inventing the wheel? And that you might have accidentally made a square one?
Graduate Student, Veterinary Basic Sciences
Thesis Title: The evolution of avian hindlimb comformation
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John Hutchinson
Monica Daley |
About
I am an English grad student (PhD) studying locomotion biomechanics in an evolutionary context. My research interests have so far focused on characterising locomotion in the extant Archosauria (Aves + Crocodilia, and related extinct groups) and the use of data from extant representatives to generate and test hypotheses regarding locomotion in extinct archosaurs, particularly theropod dinosaurs.
In the future I would love to expand my research to include a greater range of saurian reptiles (including extant Squamata and various extinct forms), and to look in-depth at more unusual forms of terrestrial locomotion in archosaurs, including galloping crocodilians and hopping avians. I am also very interested in quantifying the links between limb anatomy, limb posture, and different aspects of locomotion - stability, speed, economy, etc. - as I believe that inadequate knowledge of how form and function interact in extant animals is a a major stumbling block in interpreting the evolutionary history of locomotion contained in the fossil record..
