BOZEMAN — The latest installment in a workshop series that connects Montana K-12 teachers to Montana State University researchers will be hosted online at 4
BOZEMAN — The latest installment in a workshop series that connects Montana K-12 teachers to Montana State University researchers will be hosted online at 4
BOZEMAN â From the worldâs first airborne insects to todayâs bees and moths, nature has spent an estimated 400 million years developing and fine-tuning the mechanics of fluttering flight. Now a Montana State University researcher is using high-tech methods to see how the small flyers could inform advances in engineering.
Cailin Casey, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in MSUâs Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, studies an unassuming part of the insect exoskeleton thatâs capable of flexing with astounding speed and precision to make wings beat hundreds of times per second.
That work is getting a boost after Casey was awarded a sought-after Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in March. The award comes with a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 plus $12,000 to cover educational expenses.