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Chiara
Daraio, Professor Aeronautics and Applied Physics, has
won the 2008 Richard von Mises Prize. This prize is
awarded each year by the  International Association of Applied Mathematics
and Mechanics (GAMM) to a young scientist for exceptional scientific
achievements in the field of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. The
prize was awarded at the opening ceremony of the Annual meeting of
GAMM in March, in Bremen, Germany. 05-07-08 |
Michael
Dickinson, Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering,
is among the 190 new Fellows elected to the American  Academy
of Arts and Sciences this year. Dickinson studies animal physiology
and behavior and has become well known for Robofly, a mechanical fly
that sprang from his work on the neurobiology and biomechanics of fly
locomotion. Throughout his career, Dickinson has used a variety of
tools, such as wind tunnels, virtual reality simulators, high-speed
video, and giant robotic models, to determine how the poppy seed-sized
brains of these tiny insects can rapidly control aerodynamic forces.
More than a simple understanding of the material basis for insect flight,
Dickinson's studies provide insight into complex systems operating
on biological and physical principles: neuronal signaling within brains,
the dynamics of unsteady fluid flow, the structural mechanics of composite
materials, and the behavior of nonlinear systems are all linked when
a fly takes wing. Read
more... 04-30-08 |
To address the complex issue
of global climate change from a wide range of disciplines,  Ronald
and Maxine Linde have established an $18 million endowment for
the California Institute of Technology to create the Ronald
and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science,
uniting faculty from chemistry, engineering, geology, environmental science,
and other fields. The initiative will help Caltech achieve its vision of
having an integrated program in global environmental science, spanning
the many disciplines that must make up such a program. Edward Stolper,
Caltech's provost, explains that the Linde Center "will provide a
central home and focus for researchers and students working on understanding
natural variations in and the impact of human activity on the global environment.
These are among the most important and most difficult problems facing our
society." Read
more... 04-15-08 |
Using computer models of neuronal
circuits and experiments on live rats, Athanassios
Siapas, assistant professor of computation and neural systems
at Caltech, and his postdoctoral researcher Evgueniy Lubenov are revealing
the curious mechanism by which the brain spontaneously tips itself  toward
a state balanced between order and chaos. The driving factor in the brain's
self-regulation, they say, is the timing of neural pulses. "Networks
self-organize to an intermediate state, in between the two extremes," Siapas
says. Read
more... 04-18-08 |
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Bioengineering. He along with senior research associate in computation and neural systems and computer science 