Chris Roh
Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering

Insect’s well-adapted interactions with abiotic and biotic surroundings offer inspiration for innovative engineering designs and concepts. One of the primary abiotic components in nature is fluids. In air, water, or in between, insect’s small sizes contend with multiple fluid forces. Through morphological and behavioral adaptations, insects have found numerous ways of foraging, evading, communicating, and feeding in dynamic fluid environments. My main research interest is to study these adaptations and apply the findings to different engineering disciplines, such as agricultural, biomedical, and aeronautical engineering.
Education
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
PhD Aeronautics 2017, M.S. Aeronautics 2013
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Biological Engineering with Honors and Biological Sciences, 2012
Recent Research
Research interests: Fluid Mechanics, Entomology, Comparative Biomechanics, Bio-inspired Engineering, in vivo Engineering
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- Animal Science
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