Sharon M. Swartz

Research.com Recognitions

• 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• Aeromechanics of Membrane Wings with Implications for Animal Flight

  Arnold Song;Xiaodong Tian;Emily Israeli;Ricardo Galvao

  301
  Citations

• Time-resolved wake structure and kinematics of bat flight

  Tatjana Y. Hubel;Nickolay I. Hristov;Sharon M. Swartz;Kenneth S. Breuer

  245
  Citations

• Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics.

  Daniel K. Riskin;David J. Willis;José Iriarte-Díaz;Tyson L. Hedrick

  223
  Citations

• Wing bone stresses in free flying bats and the evolution of skeletal design for flight

  Sharon M. Swartz;Michael B. Bennett;David R. Carrier

  222
  Citations

• Bone modeling during growth: Dynamic strain equilibrium in the chick tibiotarsus

  Andrew A. Biewener;Sharon M. Swartz;John E. A. Bertram

  222
  Citations

• Direct measurements of the kinematics and dynamics of bat flight.

  Xiaodong Tian;Jose Iriarte-Diaz;Kevin Middleton;Ricardo Galvao

  217
  Citations

• Mechanical properties of bat wing membrane skin

  S. M. Swartz;M. S. Groves;H. D. Kim;W. R. Walsh

  197
  Citations

• Wake structure and wing kinematics: the flight of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis

  Tatjana Y. Hubel;Daniel K. Riskin;Sharon M. Swartz;Kenneth S. Breuer

  153
  Citations

• Ecomorphology of Bats: Comparative and Experimental Approaches Relating Structural Design to Ecology

  Sharon M. Swartz;Patricia W. Freeman;Elizabeth F. Stockwell

  136
  Citations

• Design and characterization of a multi-articulated robotic bat wing

  Joseph W Bahlman;Sharon M Swartz;Kenneth S Breuer

  134
  Citations

• Telemetered in vivo strain analysis of locomotor mechanics of brachiating gibbons

  Sharon M. Swartz;John E. A. Bertram;Andrew A. Biewener

  127
  Citations

• Biomechanics of the Bat Limb Skeleton: Scaling, Material Properties and Mechanics

  Sharon M Swartz;Kevin M Middleton

  122
  Citations

• Wing structure and the aerodynamic basis of flight in bats

  Sharon M. Swartz;Jose Iriarte Diaz;Daniel K. Riskin;Arnold Song

  113
  Citations

• Kinematics of slow turn maneuvering in the fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis.

  José Iriarte-Díaz;Sharon M. Swartz

  107
  Citations

• The effect of body size on the wing movements of pteropodid bats, with insights into thrust and lift production

  Daniel K. Riskin;José Iriarte-Díaz;Kevin M. Middleton;Kenneth S. Breuer

  99
  Citations

• The functional morphology of weight bearing: limb joint surface area allometry in anthropoid primates

  Sharon M. Swartz

  93
  Citations

• Membrane muscle function in the compliant wings of bats

  J A Cheney;N Konow;K M Middleton;K S Breuer

  91
  Citations

• Allometric patterning in the limb skeleton of bats: Implications for the mechanics and energetics of powered flight

  Sharon M. Swartz

  90
  Citations

• Falling with Style: Bats Perform Complex Aerial Rotations by Adjusting Wing Inertia

  Attila J. Bergou;Sharon M. Swartz;Hamid Vejdani;Daniel K. Riskin

  90
  Citations

• Upstroke wing flexion and the inertial cost of bat flight.

  Daniel K. Riskin;Attila Bergou;Kenneth S. Breuer;Sharon M. Swartz

  89
  Citations

• Sutural complexity in artificially deformed human (Homo sapiens) crania

  Susan C. Anton;Carolyn R. Jaslow;Sharon M. Swartz

  85
  Citations

• The Aerodynamics of Compliant Membrane Wings Modeled on Mammalian Flight Mechanics

  Ricardo Galvao;Emily Israeli;Arnold Song;Xiaodong Tian

  84
  Citations

• Direct Measurements of the Kinematics and Dynamics of Bat Flight

  Tian Xiaodong;Jose Iriarte;Kevin Middleton;Ricardo Galvao

  8
  Citations