Professor

flammang@njit.edu

973-596-8391

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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0049-965X

Amani is a 5th year PhD student working on the functional morphology and swimming kinematics of sharks. She is particularly interested in their scales, termed dermal denticles, and their influence on water flow around sharks. Amani is also a co-founder and the chief financial officer of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Minorities in Shark Sciences. 

Cat Eno is a 3rd year graduate student pursuing a PhD in Biology with a focus in biomechanics. Cat is interested in pursuing shark tagging, and is funded by a Naval Undersea Research Program (NURP) grant. Cat's project is to work alongside Dr. Brooke Flammang, NJIT, and Dr. Aren Hellum, NUWC, on developing a rechargeable tracking device that utilizes the remora adhesive disc as means of attachment. Cat's goal is to use this device to tag Whale Sharks to learn more about their life history traits as well as aiding in their conservation.

Danna is a first year PhD student, but has been working with the Flammang lab since she was a sophomore as she completed her biomedical engineering degree. Her research interests include animal rehabilitation, morphology, and biomedical simulators. She is currently studying the taxi and takeoff mechanisms performed by flying fishes.  Her work involves both physical experiments and 3D modeling incorporating biomechanics and fluid mechanics.

Joseph is a fourth year undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering who is interested in comparative biomechanics. Currently he is investigating the fluid dynamics of swimming North Atlantic Right Whales. 

Andrew is a third year undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at Yale University. He is interested in bioinspired robotics and currently working on developing a new shark tail robot to explore the effects of tail shape on fluid dynamics. 

Angel is a second year undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering who is interested in bioinspired design. He was recently awarded a scholarship in the NJIT Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) supported by the National Institute of General and Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of The National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Dia is a first year undergraduate in Biological Sciences and Honors College Scholar who is interested in functional morphology and evolutionary biomechanics. 

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