Megan C. Leftwich

George Washington University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Princeton University

Papers

11

Total Citations

372

H-Index

7

About

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Research Focus

Engineering7 · 269 citations
Lamprey6 · 260 citations
Mathematics4 · 251 citations
Flexibility (engineering)3 · 239 citations
Geology7 · 212 citations
Physics6 · 194 citations
Mechanics5 · 188 citations
Wake5 · 186 citations
Marine engineering6 · 185 citations
Aerospace engineering5 · 179 citations
Computer science3 · 175 citations
Acoustics3 · 171 citations

Key Achievements

7
H-Index
11
Papers
372
Total Citations
34
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Role of body stiffness in undulatory swimming: Insights from robotic and computational models
84 citations · 2016
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2010 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 22
🏛 Institutions: George Washington University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Princeton University

Top Papers

  1. 1
    Role of body stiffness in undulatory swimming: Insights from robotic and computational models
    84 citations · 2016
  2. 2
    Wake structures behind a swimming robotic lamprey with a passively flexible tail
    80 citations · 2012
  3. 3
    Bioinspired Propulsion Mechanisms Based on Manta Ray Locomotion
    75 citations · 2011
  4. 4
    Flowfield measurements in the wake of a robotic lamprey
    75 citations · 2007
  5. 5
    Thrust production by a mechanical swimming lamprey
    16 citations · 2010
  6. 6
    Flowfields produced by a robotic sea lion foreflipper starting from rest
    14 citations · 2020
  7. 7
    Noninvasive 3D geometry extraction of a Sea lion foreflipper
    12 citations · 2015
  8. 8
    Velocity Field Measurements of the California Sea Lion Propulsive Stroke Using Bubble PIV
    6 citations · 2021
  9. 9
    A Robotic Platform to Study the Foreflipper of the California Sea Lion
    5 citations · 2017
  10. 10
    Flowfield measurements in the wake of a robotic lamprey
    3 citations · 2010

Key Collaborators

AJAlexander J. Smits6 shared papersGPGino Perrotta2 shared papersCFChen Friedman2 shared papersAAAditya A. Kulkarni2 shared papersMHMarcus Hultmark2 shared papersETEric Tytell2 shared papersAHAvis H. Cohen2 shared papersBEBoyce E. Griffith1 shared papersKWKeith W. Moored1 shared papersPAPeter A. Dewey1 shared papersFEFrank E. Fish1 shared papersRKRahi K. Patel1 shared papersLFLisa Fauci1 shared papersDSDanielle S. Adams1 shared papersCHChristina Hamlet1 shared papersCHChia-Yu Hsu1 shared papersBWBryan W. Joel1 shared papersEKElijah Kashi1 shared papersHBHilary Bart‐Smith1 shared papersAMAbigal M. Downs1 shared papers
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