Ento-inspiration: The Bioinspired Design of Multi-functional Materials and Structures

Organizer(s)

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  Marianne Alleyne

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Illinois
  Champaign, Illinois
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  Catherine Loudon

  University of California
  Irvine, California

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Marianne Alleyne – University of Illinois
• 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM PT

  How to stay dry and clean: Novel insect-inspired multifunctional materials
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Bello – University of Illinois

  Co-author: Yutao Chen – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Marianne Alleyne – University of Illinois
• 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM PT

  New photonic materials inspired by nature
  

  Presenting Author: Mark MacLachlan – The University of British Columbia
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM PT

  Microfabrication of surfaces for physical entrapment of insect pests inspired by plant microstructures
  

  Presenting Author: Catherine Loudon – University of California

  Co-author: Patrick Liu – University of California

  Co-author: Cameron Crook – University of California

  Co-Author: Tommasso Baldacchini – Edwards Lifesciences
• 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM PT

  The structural role of the insect tentorium on head stability
  

  Presenting Author: Fredrick Larabee – Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
• 2:55 PM – 3:10 PM PT

  Break
• 3:10 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Using simple design principles to understand functional morphology of insect antennae in mechanosensation
  

  Presenting Author: Marlo G. McCarter – University of California, Irvine

  Co-author: Catherine Loudon – University of California
• 3:30 PM – 3:50 PM PT

  The morphological and aerodynamic characterization of a grasshopper-inspired glide
  

  Presenting Author: Aimy Wissa – Princeton University

  Co-Author: Marianne Alleyne – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Kyun J. Lee – Princeton University

  Co-Author: Siti Fauziyah – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
• 3:50 PM – 4:10 PM PT

  Fast and furious: Lessons from slingshotting spiders in the Peruvian Amazon and droplet-catapulting sharpshooters in an Atlanta backyard
  

  Presenting Author: Saad Bhamla – Georgia Institute of Technology
• 4:10 PM – 4:30 PM PT

  Discussion