Publications

  • Josh R Fernquist, Henry C Fu & Steven Naleway (2022). Improved structural and mechanical performance of iron oxide scaffolds freeze cast under oscillating magnetic fields. Ceramics International. Vol. 48, 15034--15042. Published, 06/2022.
  • Xinhui Shen, Xin Yao, Marcos & Henry C Fu (2021). Can the mechanoreceptional setae of a feeding‐current feeding copepod detect hydrodynamic disturbance induced by entrained free‐floating prey?. Limnology and Oceanography. Vol. 66, 4096--4111. Published, 12/2021.
  • Rogowski, LW, Jamel Ali, Xiao Zhang, James N Wilking, Henry C Fu & Min Jun Kim (2021). Symmetry breaking propulsion of magnetic microspheres in nonlinearly viscoelastic fluids. Nature Communications. Vol. 12, 1. Published, 02/18/2021.
  • Jabbarzadeh & Henry C Fu (2020). A numerical method for inextensible elastic filaments in viscous fluids. Journal of Computational Physics. Vol. 418, 109643. Published, 10/01/2020.
  • Jabbarzadeh, M & Henry C Fu (2020). Large deformations of the hook affect free-swimming singly flagellated bacteria during flick motility. Physical Review E. Vol. 102, 033115. Published, 09/29/2020.
  • K. Samsami, S. A. Mirbagheri, F. Meshkati & H. C. Fu (2020). Saturation and coercivity limit the velocity of rotating active magnetic microparticles. Physical Review Fluids. Vol. 5, 064202. Published, 06/2020.
  • Xinhui Shen, Marcos & H. C. Fu (2020). How the bending mechanics of setae modulate hyrdodynamic sensing in copepods. Limnology and Oceanography. Vol. 65, 749. Published, 04/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11344
  • Kiarash Samsami, Seyed Amir Mirbagheri, Farshad Meshkati & Henry Chien Fu (2020). Stability of Soft MAgnetic Helical Microrobots. Fluids. Vol. 5, 19. Published, 02/05/2020.
  • B. Chaluvadi, K. M. Stewart, A. J. Sperry, H. C. Fu & J. J. Abbott (2020). Kinematic model of a magnetic-microrobot swarm in a rotating magnetic dipole field. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Vol. 5, 19. Published, 02/2020.
  • Rogowsi, L W, A Bhattarcharjee, X Zhang, G Kararsiz, HC Fu & MJ Kim (2020). Magnetically Programmable Cuboids for 2D Locomotion and Collaborative Assembly. IROS. Vol. 2020, 3326. Published, 01/2020.
  • J. J. Abbott & H. C. Fu (2019). Controlling Homogeneous Microrobot Swarms in Vivo Using Rotating Magnetic Dipole Fields. Robotics Research, Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics. Vol. 10, 3-8. Published, 11/2019.
  • Constantino, M. A., Jabbarzadeh, M, Fu, H. C, Shen, Z, Fox, J. G., Haesebrouck, F, Linden S. K. & Bansil, R (2018). Bipolar lophotrichous Helicobacter suis combine extended and wrapped flagella bundles to exhibit multiple modes of motility. Scientific Reports. Vol. 8, 14415. Published, 11/2018.
  • Jabbarzadeh, Mehdi & Fu, Henry C (2018). Viscous constraints on microorganism approach and interaction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Vol. 851, 715-738. Published, 07/2018.
  • Jabbarzadeh, Mehdi & Fu, Henry C (2018). Dynamic instability in the hook-flagellum system that triggers bacterial flicks. Physical Review E. Vol. 97, 033107. Published, 01/2018.
  • J. Ali, U. K. Cheang, J. D. Martindale, M. Jabbarzadeh, H. C. Fu & M. J. Kim (2017). Bacteria inspired nanorobots with flagellar polymorphic transformations and bundling. Scientific Reports. Vol. 7, 14098. Published, 11/2017.
  • J. D. Martindale & H. C. Fu (2017). Autonomously responsive pumping by a bacterial flagellar forest: a mean-field approach. Physical Review E. Vol. 96, 033197. Published, 07/2017.
  • X. Shen, Marcos, H. C. Fu, “Traction reveals mechanisms of wall effects for microswimmers near boundaries.” Physical Review E 95, 033105 (2017). Published, 03/2017.
  • M. A. Constantino, M. Jabbarzadeh, H. C. Fu, R. Bansil, “Helical and rod-shaped bacteria swim in helical trajectories with little additional propulsion from helical shape.” Science Advances 2, e1601661. (2016). Published, 11/2016.
  • U. K. Cheang, F. Meshkati, H. Kim, K. Lee, H. C. Fu and M. J. Kim, “Versatile microrobotics using simple modular subunits.” Scientific Reports 6, 30472 (2016). Published, 07/2016.
  • S. A. Mirbagheri and H. C. Fu, “Helicobacter pylori couples motility and diffusion to actively create a heterogeneous complex medium in gastric mucus.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 198101 (2016). Published, 05/2016.
  • J. D. Martindale, M. Jabbarzadeh, H. C. Fu, “Choice of computational method for swimming and pumping with nonslender helical filaments at low Reynolds number.” Phys. Fluids 28, 021901 (2016). Published, 02/2016.

Research Keywords

  • Robotics
  • Propulsive Flows
  • Microfluidics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Biophysics
  • Biomechanics
  • Bacteriology

Presentations

  • Hydrodynamic effects of mastigonemes in Cryptophytes L. Sanchez Arias, H. C. Fu, Microscale Ocean Biophysics 6.0, Mallorca, Spain (poster) 5/22/2022. Other, Presented, 05/22/2022.
  • ncorporating recirculation effects into metrics of feeding performance for zooplankton Microscale Ocean Biophysics 6.0, Mallorca, Spain, 5/22/2022. Other, Presented, 05/22/2022.
  • Josh Fernquist, Henry Fu, Steven Naleway Reinforced Freeze-Cast Structures using Uniform Magnetic Fields (poster) 2022 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition Biological Materials Science Symposium Anaheim, CA. Other, Presented, 03/01/2022.
  • Incorporating recirculation effects into metrics of feeding performance for zooplankton K. Samsami, L. Sanchez Arias, H. C. Fu, 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (poster) 12/17/2021. Other, Presented, 12/17/2021.
  • Hydrodynamic effects of mastigonemes in Cryptophytes L. Sanchez Arias, H. C. Fu, 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (poster) 12/17/2021. Other, Presented, 12/17/2021.
  • Flow-induced Deformations and Bending Stiffness of Tethered Salmonella Flagella H. Moghimifam, J. Ali, M. Jabbarzadeh*, M.J. Kim, H. C. Fu, 2021APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11/23/2021. Other, Presented, 11/23/2021.
  • Motion Dynamics of Magnetically Actuated Rod-Like Softrobots Swimming in Viscous Fluids A. Bhattacharjee, M. Jabbarzadeh*, H. C. Fu, M.J. Kim, 2021 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11/23/2021. Other, Presented, 11/23/2021.
  • Time dependence of trajectories and motor torque in Vibrio anguillarum K. Samsami, M. Jabbarzadeh*, H. C. Fu, 2021 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ,. Other, Presented, 11/23/2021.
  • Hydrodynamic effects of mastigonemes in Cryptophyes L. Sanchez Arias, H. C. Fu, 2021 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11/23/2021. Other, Presented, 11/23/2021.
  • Off-center squirming in viscous flow confined by a fluid pocket M. Jabbarzadeh*, S. Kamarapu, H. C. Fu, 2021APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11/22/2021. Other, Presented, 11/22/2021.
  • Physical constraints on the propulsion of microrobots University of Utah Applied Math seminar, 11/1/2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2021.
  • Physical constraints on the propulsion of microrobots Cornell University Fluid Dynamics Seminar, 10/26/2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/26/2021.
  • Locomotion of Helicobacter Pylori: Cell geometry and active confinement Biological Physics and Physical Biology Seminar Series (online) 9/10/2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/10/2021.
  • Regularized Stokeslets for Geometric Effects on Locomotion. 2021 Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/23/2021.
  • Symmetry breaking propulsion of magnetically rotated spheres in nonlinearly viscoelastic fluids. 2021 Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/15/2021.
  • Strain stiffening of Salmonella flagella measured by flow-induced deformations European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences 2022 Congress, Oslo, Norway, June 5-9 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2021.
  • Physical constraints on the propulsion of microrobots. University of New Mexico Applied Math Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/08/2021.
  • 3D effects on diffusion coupled motility of Helicobacter pylori S. K. Kamarapu, H. C. Fu, 2020 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, online, 11/24/2020. Other, Presented, 11/24/2020.
  • Propulsion of microparticles in nonlinearly viscoelastic fluids through symmetry breaking L. W. Rogowski (presenter), J. Ali, X. Zhang, H. Fu, and MJ Kim, 2020 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, online, 11/24/2020. Other, Presented, 11/24/2020.
  • Hydrodynamic effects of mastigoneme distribution in Cryptomonad flagella L. Sanchez Arias, H. C. Fu, 2020 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, online, 11/24/2020. Other, Presented, 11/24/2020.
  • Incorporating recirculation effects into metrics of feeding performance for zooplankton K. Samsami, L. Sanchez Arias, H. C. Fu, 2020 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, online, 11/23/2020. Other, Presented, 11/23/2020.
  • The role of motor reversal and hook-winding timescales in run-reverse-flick motility M. Jabbarzadeh, H. C. Fu, 2020 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, online, 11/23/2020 . Other, Presented, 11/23/2020.
  • Magnetically Programmable Cuboids for 2D Locomotion and Collaborative Assembly L. W. Rogowski (presenter), A. Bhattacharjee, X. Zhang, G. Kararsiz, H. C. Fu, and M. J. Kim, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2020, Las Vegas, NV (virtual), 10/25/2020-10/29/2020. Other, Presented, 10/29/2020.
  • Propulsion of magnetic microparticles for in vivo operation L. W. Rogowski (presenter), J. Ali, J. Tang, X. Zhang, M. Oxner, H. Fu, and M. J. Kim, 2020 NanoScientific Symposium on Nano Applications for Today’s Changing World, online, Oct. 14, 2020. Other, Presented, 10/14/2020.
  • Kinematic model of a magnetic-microrobot swarm in a rotating magnetic dipole field. BhanuKiran Chaluvadi, Kristen M. Stewart, Adam J. Sperry, Henry C. Fu, and Jake J. Abbott (presenter), International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020, 5/31/2020 – 8/31/2020 (online). Other, Presented, 08/31/2020.
  • Large deformation of the hook for free swimming single-flagellated bacteria during flick motility M. Jabbarzadeh (presenter) and H. C. Fu Advances in Computational Biology Workshop, online,. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/13/2020.
  • Time-dependent hook flexibilities in run-reverse-flick motility. M. Jabbarzadeh and H. C. Fu, 2019 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Seattle, WA. Other, Presented, 11/25/2019.
  • Bending Stiffness and Critical Forces for Polymorphic Transformations of Salmonella Flagella Measured in a Microfluidic Channel. H. Moghimifam and H. C. Fu, 2019 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Seattle, WA. Other, Presented, 11/25/2019.
  • Propulsion of spherical microparticles through spontaneous symmetry breaking in mucus, 2019 American Physical Society March meeting, Seatlle, WA. Other, Presented, 11/24/2019.
  • Can the copepod seta sense the hydrodynamic disturbance of prey entrained in the feeding current? X. Shen and Marcos and H. C. Fu, 2019 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Seattle, WA. Other, Presented, 11/24/2019.
  • Approach to finite-size prey by the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. K. Samsami and H. C. Fu, 2019 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Seattle, WA. Other, Presented, 11/24/2019.
  • 3D Confinement Effects on Helicobacter pylori Swimming. S. K. Kamarapu and H. C. Fu, 2019 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Seattle, WA, . Other, Presented, 11/23/2019.
  • A 3D Model of Helicobacter pylori Swimming in Gastric Mucus. S. K. Kamarapu and H. C. Fu, 2019 Society for Engineering Science Technical Meeting, St Louis, MO. (Poster). Other, Presented, 10/13/2019.
  • Deformations in the hook and flagellum during bacterial run-reverse-flick motility. M. Jabbarzadeh and H. C. Fu, 2019 Society for Engineering Science Technical Meeting, St Louis, MO, . Other, Presented, 10/13/2019.
  • Approach to finite-size prey by the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. K. Samsami and H. C. Fu, 2019 Society for Engineering Science Technical Meeting, St Louis, MO, (Poster). Other, Presented, 10/13/2019.
  • Flagellar deformations during bacterial motility and symmetry breaking propulsion in nonlinear fluids, Out-of-Equilibrium Soft Matter in Complex Media Workshop, CECAM, Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/25/2019.
  • Modeling inextensible elastic filaments in viscous fluids, International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Valencia, Spain. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/18/2019.
  • Deformations in the hook and flagellum during bacterial flick motility, 2019 American Physical Society March meeting, Boston, MA. Other, Presented, 03/07/2019.
  • Dynamics of Elastic Filaments in Viscous Fluids M. Jabbarzadeh and H. C. Fu, 2019 SIAM CSE meeting, Spokane, WA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/26/2019.
  • Hydromechanical Reception of Marine Copepods. Xinhui Shen, Marcos, H. C. Fu, Microscale Ocean Biophysics V, Whistler, BC, Canada,. Other, Presented, 01/14/2019.
  • Dynamic instabilities in the hook-flagellum system and bacterial flicks 12th American Institute of Mathematical Sciences International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/07/2018.
  • Magnetic Actuation of Self-assembled Bacteria Inspired Nanoswimmers J. Ali, U. K. Cheang, J. D. Martindale, H. C. Fu, and M. J. Kim 2017 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Denver, CO, 11/19/2017. Other, Presented, 11/19/2017.
  • Autonomously Responsive Pumping by a Bacterial Flagellar Forest: A Mean Field Approach Contributed talk as co-author J. Martindale and H. Fu, 2016 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, MA . Other, Presented, 11/21/2016.
  • Helicobacter pylori couples motility and diffusion to actively create a heterogeneous complex medium in gastric mucus Contributed talk as presenter, 2016 American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Porland, OR. Other, Presented, 11/20/2016.
  • Motility and peristaltic flow in maintaining microbiome populations Contributed talk as co-author S. A. Mirbagheri, H. Fu. 2016 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, MA . Other, Presented, 11/20/2016.
  • Traction reveals nature of wall-effects for microswimmers near boundaries Contributed talk as co-author X. Shen, Marcos, H. Fu. 2016 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, MA . Other, Presented, 11/20/2016.
  • Instability of hooks during bacterial flagellar swimming Contributed talk as co-author M. Jabbarzadeh, H. Fu. 2016 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Boston, MA . Other, Presented, 11/20/2016.
  • Helicobacter pylori couples motility and diffusion to actively create a heterogeneous complex medium in gastric mucus Contributed talk as presenter, Society for Engineering Science 53rd Annual Technical Meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Other, Presented, 10/04/2016.
  • Biofluid and solid mechanics of (mostly micro) locomotion Math Biology Seminar, University of Utah, UT . Other, Presented, 09/28/2016.
  • Autonomously Responsive Pumping by a Bacterial Flagellar Forest: A Mean Field Approach Invited talk as co-author J. Martindale and H. Fu, 2016 SIAM Life Sciences Meeting, Boston, MA . Other, Presented, 07/14/2016.
  • Helicobacter pylori displays spiral trajectories while swimming like a cork-screw in solutions Contributed talk as co-author M. A. Constantino, J. M. Hardcastle, R. Bansil, M. Jabarzadeh, H. C. Fu, 2016 APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD . Other, Presented, 03/16/2016.
  • Viscous constraints on microscale approach and propulsion Mechanical Engineering Seminar, University of Utah, UT . Other, Presented, 02/16/2016.
  • Viscous constraints on microscale approach and propulsion Physics Colloquium, Montana State University, MT . Other, Presented, 01/15/2016.

Research Groups

  • Ludivine Sanchez-Arias, Other. 01/2019 - 07/2019.
  • Mehdi Jabbarzadeh, Postdoc. 05/2018 - 12/31/2021.
  • Farshad Meshkati, Visiting Student. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno. 08/2016 - 12/31/2016.
  • James D. Martindale, Postdoc. 07/2016 - 08/2017.
  • Mehdi Jabbarzadeh, Graduate Student. Mechanical Engineering. 07/2016 - 05/2018.