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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.

*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.

**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.

**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.

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

**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.

**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

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

**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.

*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.

**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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

**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.

**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.

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.

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

**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

**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

**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

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

**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

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

**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

**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

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

**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

**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

**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

**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

**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

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

**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

**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

**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

**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

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

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

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

*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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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