Some Physical Mechanisms for Efficient Swimming

Abstract

I have had an amazing journey during my tenure as a PhD student that allowed me to mature both scientifically and personally. Graduate school has been a great opportunity to extensively improve my thought process, my eagerness to understand the world around me and make great friendships. I would like to thank my advisor, Hossein Haj-Hariri, for the privilege of working with him during my PhD studies. His knowledge and understating of scientific problems as a whole and fluid mechanics and heat transfer in part, was the main courage that let me to take on this journey and learn from him. I have been grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of an amazing team to tackle some of the most complex problems in nature. I would like to thank the PI, co-PIs and program manager of the MURI team, Hilary Barth-Smith, Robert Brizzolara, Hossein Haj-Hariri, Lex Smits, Frank Fish, Silvia Blemker, and Ted Iwasaki for their great discussions and brainstorming that allowed me to think better about the problems and come up with better solutions. I would also like to thank Harsha Chelliah for the support and opportunities during the past year. I would like to thank my fellow teammates Keith Moored,