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Conference Abstracts

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*Sala JAY, **Saro-Cortes V, *Cui Y, Flammang BE, Wissa A. A Flying Fish Robotic Model Organism: Design, Fabrication and Experimental Evaluation. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023.

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*Cui Y, **Saro-Cortes V, *Sala JAY, Flammang BE, Wissa A. A Flying Fish Robotic Model Organism: Designing a biologically relevant caudal fin. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023.

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**Saro-Cortes V, *Sala JAY, *Cui Y, Flammang BE, Wissa A. A Flying Fish Robotic Model Organism: Multibody Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Validation. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023.

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**Kellogg AB, **Legris JD, Beal D, Murphy, CT, Flammang BE. 2D PIV of Bioinspired Oscillating Mola mola Fin Derived from Morphology and Kinematics. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023.

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**Amplo HE, Camp A, Flammang BE. Exploring the Range of Motion of Antennarius commerson using XROMM. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023.

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**Webber-Schultz AC, **Hall KC, *Ajavon AJ, Summers AP, Flammang BE, Simonitis LE. Who nose what flows: dermal denticle morphology and narial flow. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023.

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**Biondi AA, Flammang BE, Murphy C. Post-process Imaging Techniques of Field Photos to Create Morphologically Accurate 3-D Models of Large Marine Mammals. Society for Marine Mammology, August 2022

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Flammang BE. Bioinspired Design Research: Evolution as Beta-Testing. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022.

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**Amplo HE, Camp A, *Harb S, **Sawiki G, *Crawford C, Flammang BE. Using XROMM and Morphological Data to Assess Pronation in Frogfishes. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022.

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*Cui Y, *Boctor A, *Dufficy T, **Saro-Cortes V, Flammang BE, Wissa A. Designing a bioinspired flying fish tail. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022.

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**Saro-Cortes V, Flammang BE, Wissa A. The role of the pelvic fin in flying fish: an experimental study on a bioinspired flying fish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022.

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**Kellogg AB, **Legris JD, Beal DN, Murphy CT, Flammang BE. Bio-inspired flapping Mola mola fin. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022.

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**Webber-Schultz AC, **Amplo HE, **Crawford CH, Flammang BE. Comparative morphology of extant remora soft tissues. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2022.

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**Biondi AA, Flammang BE. Teaching a hands-on, interactive course remotely in a socially distanced world. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021.

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Flammang BE, Marras S, Lehmkuhl O, Anderson E, **Mukherjee A, **Cade D, Beckert M, Nadler J, Houzeaux G, Vázquez M, **Amplo H, Calambokidis J, Friedlaender AS, Goldbogen JA. Remoras pick where they stick on blue whales. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021.

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*Harb S, *Sawicki G, **Amplo HE, Flammang BE. Comparing the Pectoral Girdle and Fin Morphology in Frogfishes. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021.

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**Amplo HE, Flammang BE, Camp A. Using XROMM to study frogfish pectoral fins during locomotion. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021.

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**Biondi AA, Kellogg JE, Ruane S, **Amplo HE, **Crawford CH, Flammang BE. Morphological-based relationships of the Molidae family supported by molecular phylogeny and 3D geometric morphometrics. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021.

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**Crawford CH, **Hart PB, **Randall ZS, Page LM, Suvarnaraksha A, Chakrabarty P, *Cerato-Morales C, *Webber-Schultz A, Flammang BE. Kinematics of Terrestrial Walking in Balitorid Loaches. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021.

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Flammang BE, Marras S, Lehmkuhl O, Anderson E, **Mukherjee A, **Cade D, Beckert M, Nadler J, Houzeaux G, Vázquez M, **Amplo H, Calambokidis J, Friedlaender AS, Goldbogen JA.  Remoras pick where they stick on blue whales. American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2020.

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Flammang BE, **Gamel K, **Garner A. Using robotics and physics to understand the evolution of novel functional morphologies. APS March Meeting 2020.

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**Yang DY, **Gamel K, Flammang BE, Shorter KA. Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of Traditional and Remora-inspired Suction Cups. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, Jan 7 2020

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**Biondi AA, **Amplo HE; **Crawford CH, Flammang BE. Adventures in Scaling and Remodeled Morphology: The Case of the Ocean Sunfish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, Jan 6 2020

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**Seth D, Lauder GV, Flammang BE, Tangorra JL. Fish Fin Compliance: A Perturbation Technique to Determine Compliance During Free Swimming. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, Jan 5 2020

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**Amplo HE, Flammang BE. Frogfish Pectoral Fin Functional Morphology. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, Jan 5 2020

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**Crawford CH, *Cerrato-Morales CL, Flammang BE. Comparative Kinematics of Terrestrial Walking in Two Balitorid Loaches. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, Jan 5 2020

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**Gassler TR, Flammang BE. Animated "Foot" Control During Walking in Skates. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, Jan 5 2020

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**Biondi AA, **Bemis KE, **Crawford CH, Flammang BE. Adventures in Scaling and Remodeled Morphology: The Case of the Ocean Sunfish. International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, Czech Republic; Jul 2019

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**Crawford CH, **Hart PB, **Randall ZS, Chakrabarty P, Page LM, Flammang BE. The Road to a Phylogenomically-Based Bioinspired Robotic Model Approach to Address the Evolution of Terrestrial Locomotion. International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, Czech Republic; Jul 2019

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Flammang, BE, **Crawford CH, Soares D, Suvarnaraksa A, Chakrabarty P, **Hart P, Page L, **Randall Z. Terrestrial walking in fishes with tetrapod-like skeletons. International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, Czech Republic; Jul 2019

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**Crawford CH, **Randall ZS, **Hart PB, Page LM, Chakrabarty P, Flammang BE. The Muscles that Move the Fishes that Walk. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 7 2019

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**Gassler TR and Flammang BE. 3-D Modeling of Walking and Punting in the Little Skate Leucoraja erinacea. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 6 2019

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**Amplo H, **Crawford CH, and Flammang BE. Head, Shoulders, Elbows, Fins: Frogfish Fin Morphology. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 6 2019

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**Biondi AA, **Bemis KE, **Crawford CH, Flammang BE. Mola mola Mismatched Muscle Mechanics. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 6 2019

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**Gamel KM and Flammang BE. Modeling evolutionary selection for performance, in the case of the remora adhesive disc. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 5 2019

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Flammang BE, **Cohen KE, **Crawford CH, Hernandez LP. Sucker with a fat lip: Functional Morphology of the Soft Tissues of the Remora Adhesive Disc. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 4 2019

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**Bernstein JM, **Crawford CH, **Wainwright DK, Ruane S, Flammang BE. Snake Scale Keels: A Three-dimensional Investigation of Function. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa, FL, Jan 4 2019

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**Cohen KE, Hernandez LP, **Crawford CH, Flammang BE. Secrets in master filtering: using microCT and 3D PIV to model silver carp filter feeding. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA, Jan 6 2018

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**Crawford CH, **Randall Z, Flammang BE. Variation in pelvic morphology of Balitorid fishes. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA, Jan 4 2018

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**Amplo H, Flammang BE. Picky Placement: A study of remora attachment. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA, Jan 4 2018

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**Gamel K, Flammang BE. Bioinspired, long-term reversible adhesion. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA, Jan 5 2017

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Flammang BE. Morphology and mechanics of remora adhesion. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA, Jan 5 2017

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Flammang BE. Tetrapod-like pelvic girdle in a walking cavefish. International Congress for Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, DC, July 2016

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*Voris A, Anderson EJ, *Garborg CS, Flammang BE. Using image motion enhancement to uncover the mechanics of remora adhesion. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR, Jan 4 2016

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Flammang BE, *Turner E, *Garborg CS, Anderson EJ. Hydrodynamics of remora attachment. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR, Jan 4 2016

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Flammang BE, **Beckert M, Nadler JH, *Garborg CS, Anderson EJ. Functional morphology of the remora adhesive disc. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL, Jan 5 2015

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**Beckert M, Flammang BE, Nadler JH. Remora adhesive mechanics. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL, Jan 5 2015

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Flammang BE and Lauder GV. (2013) Backwards swimming requires multifin coordination. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

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Flammang BE and Lauder GV. (2012) Navigation through obstacles by bluegill sunfish under different sensory conditions. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.

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Flammang BE, Alben S, and Lauder GV. (2012) Vortex perturbation of fish hovering. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.

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Flammang BE, Lauder GV, Troolin DR, and Strand T. (2010) Instantaneous volumetric wake analysis of locomotion in teleost fishes. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

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Flammang BE. (2010) Functional morphology of the radialis muscle in shark tails. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

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Flammang BE. (2009) Motor control, modulation, and effect on fluid dynamics of caudal fin shape in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

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Flammang BE. (2008) Morphological and functional investigation of the radialis muscle in shark tails. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

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Flammang BE and Lauder GV. (2007) Speed-dependent intrinsic caudal fin muscle recruitment during steady swimming in bluegill sunfish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

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Flammang BE, Ebert DA, and Cailliet GM. (2005) Distribution and reproductive ecology of deep-sea catsharks (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) of the eastern North Pacific. 7th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Flammang BE and Azizi E. (2005) The radial muscle: A new chapter in shark tails. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

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