Dan Goldman

Daniel Goldman

Dunn Family Professor; School of Physics
Director; Complex Rheology And Biomechanics (CRAB) Lab

My research integrates my work in complex fluids and granular media and the biomechanics of locomotion of organisms and robots to address problems in nonequilibrium systems that involve interaction of matter with complex media. For example, how do organisms like lizards, crabs, and cockroaches cope with locomotion on complex terrestrial substrates (e.g. sand, bark, leaves, and grass). I seek to discover how biological locomotion on challenging terrain results from the nonlinear, many degree of freedom interaction of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems of organisms with materials with complex physical behavior. The study of novel biological and physical interactions with complex media can lead to the discovery of principles that govern the physics of the media. My approach is to integrate laboratory and field studies of organism biomechanics with systematic laboratory studies of physics of the substrates, as well as to create mathematical and physical (robot) models of both organism and substrate. Discovery of the principles of locomotion on such materials will enhance robot agility on such substrates

dgoldman3@gatech.edu

404.894.0993

Office Location:
Howey C202

The Crab Lab

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    Georgia Institute of Technology

    College of Sciences
    School of Physics
    Research Focus Areas:
  • Autonomy
  • Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics
  • Neuroscience
  • Systems Biology
  • Additional Research:

    biomechanics; neuromechanics; granular media; robotics; robophysics


    Research Affiliations: Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines

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