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professors from lakehead and villanova universities are studying fish to create underwater robots

december 18, 2023 – thunder bay, ont.

a 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 professor and a professor from villanova university are studying how fish use navigation and propulsion to help them create underwater robots, thanks to funding from nserc.

dr. muhammad khalid, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, received a $25,000 alliance international catalyst grant from the national sciences and engineering research council of canada for his project to build an international research partnership with dr. chengyu li from villanova university, and jointly investigate fluid-structure-chemical interactions in marine environments.

over one year, they will study the “mysterious but very effective techniques adopted by fish in natural aquatic conditions,” dr. khalid said.

“these fish will provide us with lessons to design and develop efficient, agile, stealth, and highly maneuverable underwater robots.”

“we will study how fish sense the presence of predators, prey, food, and mating partners through fluctuations in velocity and pressure in the surrounding water. we want to learn how odour signatures and chemical cues help fish navigate in complex underwater environments,” he said.

the researchers will study how different fish, for example carangiform (jack fish, tuna, salmon), and anguilliform (eels), effectively control fluid dynamics through their kinematics to send and receive chemical cues.

they will investigate how natural aquatic swimmers use chemical odours for their navigation and propulsion.

fish use these elements as important natural sensing and detection methods, but they are still relatively misunderstood by the scientific community.

using the basics of natural swimming to design fish-like underwater robotic platforms form the main goals of this project. the researchers will develop mathematical models and perform computational simulations to investigate and understand odour-guided propulsion of fish-like bodies.

“the findings of this project will reveal important leads for developing bio-inspired techniques and equipment for sensing, detection, navigation, and propulsion of highly interdisciplinary underwater robots,” dr. khalid said.

the success of this project is expected to bring the canadian scientific community and marine engineering industry at the forefront of environment-friendly underwater engineering technologies for a variety of purposes.

these include securing the borders, subsea explorations for natural resources, rescue and search operations, and several other opportunities.

in 2022/23, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 received more than $2 million in assistance from the research support fund to support the indirect costs of research, which includes costs for supporting the management of intellectual property, research and administration, ethics and regulatory compliance, research resources, research facilities, and research security.

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阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 is a fully comprehensive university with approximately 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and over 2,000 faculty and staff at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead has nine faculties, including business administration, education, engineering, graduate studies, health & behavioural sciences, law, natural resources management, science & environmental studies, and social sciences & humanities. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s achievements have been recognized nationally and internationally, including being ranked in the top half of times higher education's 2023 world universities rankings for the fourth consecutive year, and the number one university in the world with fewer than 9,000 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in the’s 2023 impact rankings (which assesses institutions against the united nations’ 17 sustainable development goals). visit www.hsbcwebinars.com.

this photo explains the flow structures around jack fish.

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lakehead mechanical engineering student wins first place

an illustration of the geothermal greenhouse that andreas zailo designed for the competition.

april 6, 2016 – thunder bay, on

a fourth-year mechanical engineering student from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 placed first at the canadian engineering competition held recently at mcgill university.

in the engineering communications category, andreas zailo had to present a clear and concise viewpoint on a technical topic to a judging panel. he had to focus on thoroughly explaining technical, social, economic and environmental impacts.

zailo chose to research the impacts of net-zero geothermal greenhouses for remote and isolated communities in northern canada for his project. while he entered as an individual, his topic came from his degree project work and he credits his teammates alex coulson, evan oulahen and tyler beckie, and his supervisor dr. basel ismail for helping him prepare for the competition.

“basically my presentation covered the engineering processes and technologies that were combined and optimized to create a thermally stable growing platform for year-round food production,” zailo said.

“afterwards, i had to outline the social, economic and environmental concerns and impacts,” he said.

zailo first competed at the locally held lakehead engineering competition (lec) that allows 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to enter four categories: junior design, senior design, software/programming, and engineering communications. winners moved on to the ontario engineering competition (oec) and, ultimately to the canadian engineering competition (cec) if they continue to place first or second.

in addition to placing first at the oec against 16 other ontario universities, zailo also received the social awareness award.

dr. david barnett, dean of the faculty of engineering at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , congratulated zailo on his accomplishment and noted the “importance of communication skills in the development of a successful engineer.”

the annual cec competition held in march brought together 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from across canada who have advanced to the national event following local and regional competitions.

photo of andreas zailo and his team.

from left, teammates tyler beckie, andreas zailo, evan oulahen, and alex coulson.

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media: for more information or to arrange interviews, please contact brandon walker, media relations officer, at (807) 343-8372, or mediarelations@lakeheadu.ca.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 has about 9,700 full-time equivalent 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and 2,000 faculty and staff in 10 faculties at two campuses in orillia and thunder bay, ontario. lakehead is a fully comprehensive university: home to ontario’s newest faculty of law in 44 years, the northern ontario school of medicine, and faculties of engineering, business administration, health & behavioural sciences, social sciences & humanities, science & environmental studies, natural resources management, education, and graduate studies.

maclean’s 2016 university rankings place 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 second in ontario and among canada’s top 10 undergraduate universities, and first among ontario’s undergraduate universities for total research dollars, social sciences & humanities grants, and library expenses. in 2015, re$earch infosource ranked lakehead first among canada’s undergraduate universities.

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