BIOLOGY 597OM - ST-How Organisms Move

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Description:

While watching a heron fly, a worm burrow or even a tree bend in a strong wind, many questions arise about the materials and mechanisms of organismal movement.Understanding how organisms are built and how they move is important not only to studies of basic biology and evolution, but also to the design of biologically-inspired products.In this wide-ranging course, we will examine the fundamentals of movement and materials from single-celled wigglers to multi-legged runners and place them in the context of both evolutionary history and engineering design.The goal of the course is to open new windows into understanding our moving and flexing biological world and to show the fundamental links between organismal biology, physics, evolution and engineering.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umass.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 545-0111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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