Scholar
Kenny Breuer
Google Scholar ID: vmC7Ky4AAAAJ
Brown University
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,258
H-index
35
i10-index
121
Publications
20
Co-authors
10
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Contact
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recent achievements:
- - New paper on Poro-elastic membranes
- - YouTube video post by Ze Franck on Bats
- - New paper in Wind Energy on Gurney flaps for wind turbine load control
Research Experience
- Research areas include:
- - Animal flight – the mechanics and dynamics of bat and bird flight
- - Bio-inspired fluid mechanics – Studying, modeling and emulating the fluid mechanics of sensing and actuation (locomotion) used by animals
- - Fluid structure interactions, with a special focus on the interactions of fluids with extremely compliant structures, such as membranes, whiskers (vibrissae)
- - Vortex dynamics, particularly, the formation, growth and behavior of leading edge vortices at high Reynolds numbers
- - Renewable energy harvesting,
- - Micron scale bio-fluid mechanics, including active matter and bacterial cell motility
