Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Content

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Andy Fell — February 01, 2024 - 9:00am

By studying birds of prey in flight, a new lab at the ��ϲʿ��ͼ California Raptor Center will give insight into designing drones and treating injured birds.

Engineer Studying Bird Flight Awarded Packard Fellowship

Andy Fell — October 16, 2023 - 8:00am

Christina Harvey, a University of California, Davis, researcher studying how bird flight can be used to improve aircraft design, has been awarded a 2023 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Sexing Chicken Eggs by Scent

Andy Fell — May 22, 2023 - 11:00am

Fertilized chicken eggs can be sexed by “sniffing” volatile chemicals emitted through the shell, according to new work by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Sensit Ventures Inc., a startup company in Davis. The work is published May 22 in PLOS ONE.

Engineers Study Bird Flight

Andy Fell — September 06, 2022 - 2:02pm

With a combination of wind tunnel studies and modeling of inertial forces, aerospace engineer Christina Harvey shows how gulls maintain stable, controllable flight with wrist movements.

A Breath Test for Opioids

Andy Fell — October 03, 2019 - 11:09am