Primary Recipient

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$170,000.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This project will combine experiments and computations in the design of flexible propulsors, i.e., to reverse engineer a jellyfish. To successfully replicate the observed swimming performance of jellyfish, it is important to first understand the dynamical