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Overview

Tyson L. Hedrick is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and environmental science, with a strong focus on aerospace engineering and its intersections with ecology and biomechanics.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including aerospace engineering, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, biomedical engineering, and global and planetary change. Their research topics emphasize biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, aerospace engineering and energy systems, aerospace and aviation technology, amphibian and reptile biology, as well as physiological and biochemical adaptations.

Significant recent publications by Hedrick include:

  • "Vibrational control: A hidden stabilization mechanism in insect flight" (2020) published in Science Robotics
  • "Combined effects of body posture and three-dimensional wing shape enable efficient gliding in flying lizards" (2022) published in Scientific Reports
  • "How biomechanics, path planning and sensing enable gliding flight in a natural environment" (2020) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Aerodynamic explanation of flight speed limits in hawkmoth-like flapping-wing insects" (2022) published in Physical Review Fluids
  • "Experimental evidence that physical activity inhibits osteoarthritis: Implications for inferring activity patterns from osteoarthritis in archeological human skeletons" (2021) published in American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Hedrick frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Collaboration is a key aspect of their academic activity, with frequent coauthors including Bret W. Tobalske, Jonathan A. Rader, Bo Cheng, Rajat Mittal, and Donald R. Powers.

Best Publications

  • Software techniques for two- and three-dimensional kinematic measurements of biological and biomimetic systems.

    Tyson L Hedrick

  • X-ray reconstruction of moving morphology (XROMM): precision, accuracy and applications in comparative biomechanics research.

    Elizabeth L. Brainerd;David B. Baier;David B. Baier;Stephen M. Gatesy;Tyson L. Hedrick

  • Neuromechanics: an integrative approach for understanding motor control.

    Kiisa Nishikawa;Andrew A. Biewener;Andrew A. Biewener;Peter Aerts;Anna N. Ahn

  • Wingbeat Time and the Scaling of Passive Rotational Damping in Flapping Flight

    Tyson L. Hedrick;Bo Cheng;Xinyan Deng

  • Three-dimensional kinematics of hummingbird flight

    Bret W. Tobalske;Douglas R. Warrick;Christopher J. Clark;Donald R. Powers

  • Comparative power curves in bird flight

    B. W. Tobalske;T. L. Hedrick;K. P. Dial;A. A. Biewener

  • A protocol and calibration method for accurate multi-camera field videography

    Diane H Theriault;Nathan W Fuller;Brandon E Jackson;Evan Bluhm

  • Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics.

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

  • Flight control in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta: the inverse problem of hovering.

    T. L. Hedrick;T. L. Daniel

  • The mechanics and control of pitching manoeuvres in a freely flying hawkmoth (Manduca sexta)

    Bo Cheng;Xinyan Deng;Tyson L. Hedrick

  • Estimates of circulation and gait change based on a three-dimensional kinematic analysis of flight in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) and ringed turtle-doves (Streptopelia risoria)

    Tyson L. Hedrick;Bret W. Tobalske;Andrew A. Biewener

  • Wing inertia and whole-body acceleration: an analysis of instantaneous aerodynamic force production in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)flying across a range of speeds

    Tyson L. Hedrick;James R. Usherwood;Andrew A. Biewener

  • A nondestructive method to estimate the chlorophyll content of Arabidopsis seedlings

    Ying Liang;Ying Liang;Daisuke Urano;Kang Ling Liao;Tyson L. Hedrick

  • Time-varying wing-twist improves aerodynamic efficiency of forward flight in butterflies.

    Lingxiao Zheng;Tyson L. Hedrick;Rajat Mittal

  • Tracking a large number of objects from multiple views

    Zheng Wu;Nickolay I. Hristov;Tyson L. Hedrick;Thomas H. Kunz

  • A multi-fidelity modelling approach for evaluation and optimization of wing stroke aerodynamics in flapping flight

    Lingxiao Zheng;Tyson L. Hedrick;Rajat Mittal

  • 3D for the people: multi-camera motion capture in the field with consumer-grade cameras and open source software

    Brandon E. Jackson;Dennis J. Evangelista;Dylan D. Ray;Tyson L. Hedrick

  • Wing kinematics of avian flight across speeds

    Bret W. Tobalske;Tyson L. Hedrick;Andrew A. Biewener

  • Three-dimensional flow and lift characteristics of a hovering ruby-throated hummingbird.

    Jialei Song;Haoxiang Luo;Tyson L. Hedrick

  • How cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) modulate pectoralis power output across flight speeds.

    Tyson L. Hedrick;Bret W. Tobalske;Andrew A. Biewener

  • Clap and fling mechanism with interacting porous wings in tiny insect flight

    Arvind Santhanakrishnan;Alice K. Robinson;Shannon Jones;Audrey Ann Low

Frequent Co-Authors

Rajat Mittal
Rajat Mittal Johns Hopkins University
Andrew A. Biewener
Andrew A. Biewener Harvard University
Bret W. Tobalske
Bret W. Tobalske University of Montana
Margrit Betke
Margrit Betke Boston University
Stan Sclaroff
Stan Sclaroff Boston University
Boyce E. Griffith
Boyce E. Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
George T.-C. Chiu
George T.-C. Chiu Purdue University West Lafayette
T. Richard Nichols
T. Richard Nichols Georgia Institute of Technology
Mihail L. Sichitiu
Mihail L. Sichitiu North Carolina State University
Roger D. Quinn
Roger D. Quinn Case Western Reserve University

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