Hydrodynamics of Robotic Fish Schooling
How phase and formation shape the hydrodynamic benefit of swimming in a group (2025–present)
Research Projects
Surfing on Vortices: Bird Flight in a Structured Vortex Wake
Ph.D. thesis work — live birds flying through a controlled vortex street (2020–2025) 
Surfing Wing: Aerodynamic Forces in a Two-Dimensional Vortex Wake
An instrumented airfoil surfing a controlled vortex street, and a model that predicts its lift (2022–2025) 
Flaproo: A Bat-Inspired Flapping Wing Robot
Independent control of flapping, wing folding and wing twist — featured by National Geographic
Active Gurney Flap for Wind Turbine Load Control
Proportional aerodynamic control on a wind turbine blade section (2019–2023)
USC Raven: Compliant Flapping Wing Ornithopter
Independently controlled, compliant wing ornithopter (2018–2019) 
Distributed Multi-Vectored Propulsion (DMVP) System
Direct force controlled propulsion system for aggressive maneuvering 