2009 - Biological fluid mechanics involved in the movement of jellyfish.

* Katiya conducted field studies to understand the physics involved in the movement of jellyfish. * Science team discovered the jellyfish not only push water into their bells but drag an almost constant flume of water behind them * Led her to study how marine life contributes to mixing the ocean * Also includes understanding how much sea creatures mix fluid in the ocean at rates comparable to winds and tides * She is a certified research diver.

Self-contained underwater velocimetry apparatus

Category:
Marine Biology; Fluid Mechanics

Completion Status:
done

Patent Number:
7864305

Co-Inventor:
John O. Dabiri; Jack H. Costello; Sean P. Colin